Porting Linux to Apple Silicon by Asahi Linux
Ranked 5 of 15 conference talks by recommenders
Recommended as a well-done conference talk on the technical challenges of porting Linux to Apple Silicon, including M4 and M5 chips. Caveat: the video switches between camera views too often.
Recommended as a well-done conference talk on the technical challenges of porting Linux to Apple Silicon, including M4 and M5 chips. Caveat: the video switches between camera views too often.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Well-made, excellent conference talk
“This is a really well done talk, with a very interesting peek into how the port is going.”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “39C3 – Asahi Linux – Porting Linux to Apple Silicon – Sven Peter” “It's worth watching the 39C3 talk about porting Linux to Apple Silicon earlier this year.”
Comment from 3 Mar 2026 in “Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5” “the most excellent 39c3 video”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.19” Interesting technical look at the port
“I also found the talk about Asahi interesting, both from a technical standpoint but also as a nice update”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “39th Chaos Communication Congress Videos” “This is a really well done talk, with a very interesting peek into how the port is going.”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “39C3 – Asahi Linux – Porting Linux to Apple Silicon – Sven Peter” “Fascinating reverse-engineering tale.”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Asahi Linux – Porting Linux to Apple Silicon [video]” First-hand reverse-engineering difficulties story
“There was a good talk at ccc by one of the people facing down the difficulties”
Comment from 19 Feb 2026 in “Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.19” “Fascinating reverse-engineering tale.”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Asahi Linux – Porting Linux to Apple Silicon [video]”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Video switches camera views too often
“The Asahi talk was good, but the video switched waaaayyyyy too often between slide only -> slide + speaker -> stage -> only speaker.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “39th Chaos Communication Congress Videos”
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What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's worth watching the 39C3 talk about porting Linux to Apple Silicon earlier this year.”
“There was a good talk at ccc by one of the people facing down the difficulties”
“the most excellent 39c3 video”
“This talk in particular explains the challenges with M4 and M5 chips, but also a lot more.”
“Fascinating reverse-engineering tale.”
“This is a really well done talk, with a very interesting peek into how the port is going.”
“The Asahi talk was good, but the video switched waaaayyyyy too often between slide only -> slide + speaker -> stage -> only speaker.”
“I also found the talk about Asahi interesting, both from a technical standpoint but also as a nice update”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.