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Fedora Asahi Remix 40 is a big step forward for Linux on Macs


Only one kinda big thing really holds back this impressive collective effort.

More hardware features of Apple devices are supported, the Fedora Linux 40-based distro ships with KDE's new Plasma 6 desktop, and untold numbers of bugs are squashed, to be replaced with reams more. Still, for someone using an Apple laptop primarily as a portable device, or simply connecting to a monitor with less modern all-in-one cables, there is a desktop awaiting. You have to first stop by the Mac's barren recovery environment, giving your new Linux partition permission to have an alternate security scheme.

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