With 3D acceleration enabled successfully, Asahi Linux announced the first GPU driver adapted to Apple Silicon

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen RTCs for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, December 10, the Asahi Linux development team announced a breakthrough in enabling graphics acceleration natively on Apple Silicon chips. The goal of Asahi Linux is to port the Linux distribution to the Apple Silicon chip so that the Mac devices on the M1 / M2 chip can also run the Linux distribution.

In an official blog post signed by developers Alissa Alyssa Rosenzweig and Asahi Lina, the Asahi Linux team said it had successfully enabled 3D acceleration for Apple Silicon. CTOnews.com learned that Asahi Lina is the anchor of the oil pipeline channel and has attracted a lot of fans for broadcasting the development of Asahi Linux on YouTube.

In the blog post, he wrote:

For the past two years, we have been working hard to bring you this new driver. I am very proud of the advent of this driver. Although it is still an Alpha version, the driver is beginning to take shape and can run smoothly through the desktop experience and some games.

Although Apple Silicon graphics acceleration does not work with newer libraries, Asahi Linux can run games such as Thor Hammer III Arena (Quake 3) and Neverball. It can also take advantage of the acceleration features of the Linux desktop environment to make it look smoother and make eye effects such as transparency work.