Last month, the Fedora Project released Fedora 40 and various spins. Now, the project has announced that the Fedora Asahi Remix 40 edition is also available. If you’re not already aware of Fedora Asahi Remix, it’s a spin made for Apple Silicon Macs.

This update brings all the good things introduced in Fedora Linux 40 and also brings OpenGL 4.6 compatible support for Apple Silicon and extensive device support including high quality audio out of the box.

Unlike Fedora Workstation, Fedora Asahi Remix offers KDE Plasma 6 out of the box, but there’s also a GNOME version if you prefer that. If you want to set up a server, there’s a version of Fedora Server as well as a minimal image for building your own experience from the ground up.

One of the unique aspects of Fedora Asahi Remix is ​​that it is installed from macOS itself. You must be running macOS 13.5 or 14.2 to install it and it will require some messing around in Terminal, but it doesn’t seem terribly difficult. If you’re going to install it on your Mac, check it out The Fedora Project docs page.

If you’re already running Fedora Asahi Remix 39 on your computer, you can upgrade to version 40 the normal way. You can find upgrade instructions at Docs website also.

According to some early comments on this release in Project Fedora dialog, one user called the release fast and capable of producing 10+ hours of battery life on a Mac with an M1 chip. However, the same user also noticed some flickering under the taskbar icons.

Today’s release is considered stable, so if you have a Mac with an Apple silicon chip and feel like running Linux, you can. Make sure to back up your data in case the installation wipes out macOS, we haven’t tried it so it’s unclear what happens after running the command on macOS.

source: Fedora Magazine