Since WWDC, our new version of Parallels Desktop which runs on Mac with Apple M1 chip has made tremendous progress.

When Apple Silicon Mac was first announced during the keynote at WWDC on June 22 of this year, Apple demoed a Parallels Desktop for Mac prototype running a Linux virtual machine flawlessly on Apple Silicon. Good news: A new version of Parallels Desktop for Mac that can run on Mac with Apple M1 chip is already in active development. It is important to note that currently available versions of Parallels® Desktop for Mac cannot run virtual machines on Mac with Apple M1 chip. We look forward to development continuing apace and maybe, one day, deleting that macOS partition once and for all.With M1 Macs mere days away for early adopters, those who need to run virtual machines on their Macs may have a bumpy time ahead. This writer is neither a developer nor a power user, but had no difficulty in bringing up the desktop. However, compared to all too many bits of code with the 'alpha' label, Asahi Linux seems both robust and impressively far along in its development. Much of these limitations (and more) are discussed in the release notes. Sound doesn't really work properly (we tried a headphone jack, but it was intermittent) and persuading the customized version of Arch Linux ARM to go beyond 1920x1080 for our fancy widescreen monitor looks like it requires some config file edits.Ī lack of Bluetooth is also annoying (requiring peripherals) and Wi-Fi is also temperamental. Otherwise, it all felt like just another Arch Linux install, albeit a particularly snappy one.

We didn't try any other distros at this stage, although the Debian walkthrough looks tempting. Considering this is an alpha, the 'customized remix of Arch Linux Arm' rocks along at an impressive pace despite the lack of GPU acceleration.

'Not great, but usable': GNOME desktop boots on Asahi Linux for Apple M1.

Progress report: Asahi Linux brings forth a usable basic desktop on Apple's M1.

What does 2022 have in store for Asahi Linux on Apple chips? Drivers aplenty, but that GPU still needs tackling.

There's a good chance that our far-too-clever monitor might have taken exception to the video output, but another lengthy push of the power button and the selection of Asahi Linux again conjured a graphical setup wizard and, minutes later, we were looking at a Plasma desktop.

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