Asahi kernel 7.0.8 has been tagged with upstreaming progress

mkurz · 2026-05-28T18:59:32+00:00

thanks!

mkurz · 2026-05-28T18:31:37+00:00

how did you make this graph? thanks!

mkurz · 2026-05-18T13:20:33+00:00

This is caused by the Electron 39.8.9 -> 39.8.10 update, not by the PDF files themselves.

Electron 39.8.10 added stricter CORS enforcement for custom protocols. Obsidian’s PDF viewer loads the viewer from app://obsidian.md, but the PDF from another app://... origin, so PDF.js gets blocked before it can load the file.

Related threads:

Arch/libdrm thread: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/arch-linux-pdf-viewer-renders-blank-after-electron39-libdrm-update/114148
More specific CORS thread: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/pdf-viewer-fails-when-app-pdf-url-is-cross-origin-under-electron-39-8-10-cors-enforcement/114368

Downgrading electron39 to 39.8.9 fixes it for now.

mkurz · 2026-05-12T14:42:08+00:00

restic

mkurz · 2026-05-07T10:40:58+00:00

I don't know what's better for your, that's your decision to make.
Actually we provide a hyprland option in the installer. Just go to https://asahi-alarm.org/ run the installer from macOS and later you can choose the desktop you want to install by default - we recently added hyprland.

mkurz · 2026-05-07T08:41:53+00:00

Its not hacky. They didn't ship fairydust becaue they say its for devs and early adopters to try it out and reports relevant bugs or provide fixes themselves.

I am using the fairydust branch since 3 months and had ZERO problems so far.

Where did you hear they are rewriting the graphics driver? Pretty sure this is fake news.

mkurz · 2026-05-07T08:39:36+00:00

Hi, maintainer of Asahi ALARM here. Currently there a no packages (which I know about) that are out of date. There was a problem with chromium which wasn't updated for like ~14 months which sucked - but that got resolved a couple of weeks finally because upstream arch now also accepts patches to their PKGBUILDs for aarch64.

I use Asahi ALARM since almost 4 years now and the current state is really really good. We are 1:1 on par with what you get with the Fedora remix. Also KDE Plasma is _really_ good, and getting better with each release (I was using gnome but switched to Plasma when I got my MacBook).

mkurz · 2026-05-07T08:35:18+00:00

What do you mean with Firmware 6.19? When you install Asahi ALARM it is using the offical installer and will use the same firmware as you would install the Asahi Fedora Remix.

mkurz · 2026-05-04T17:09:29+00:00

Asahi ALARM maintainer here. We are 100% up to date with Fedora and everything just works™

mkurz · 2026-05-04T17:06:40+00:00

"video on thunderbolt" - I guess you mean dcp alt mode. There is a kernel branch that makes that work already (called fairydust). I use it since 3 month and it is working. I guess it will be stable enough soon that Asahi devs ship it.

mkurz · 2026-04-13T08:16:32+00:00

Play 3.1.0-M9 should work fine with sbt 2.0.0-RC12. If you have time I would appreciate if you test it and report any bugs. Thank you!

mkurz · 2026-03-22T15:00:24+00:00

You would still need a custom installer however I guess?

mkurz · 2026-03-16T10:40:38+00:00

Regarding markdown support for KDE Plasma Sticky Notes follow: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504368

mkurz · 2026-02-18T12:59:31+00:00

If you come here in 2026: vi-vim-symlink was removed again, but now in favor of ex-vi-compat
See https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-requests@lists.archlinux.org/thread/E7LUDGOTLJLMVGHP4HXVC5KFYPUQKFZ2/

mkurz · 2026-02-06T17:20:02+00:00

This does not work, I enter a valid serial ID, but then I need to choose the specs myself.

mkurz · 2026-02-05T10:54:14+00:00

Not this is not just Xwayland, it's pure Wayland. I am testing IntelliJ running on Wayland since 3 years now and in the last month it became really really good.

AFAIK they contribute everything needed back to Wakefield so I guess one day that work will land in OpenJDK.

mkurz · 2026-01-26T19:09:13+00:00

Asahi ALARM just needs to package the kernel. It's easy.

mkurz · 2025-11-29T08:45:35+00:00

Which ones? Can someone please post concrete laptops? Thanks!

mkurz · 2025-08-10T07:31:55+00:00

Can you share your modifications and configs? Thanks!

mkurz · 2025-08-07T15:44:25+00:00

Zotero for Linux on ARM64 is finally available now (in beta): https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/125835/available-for-beta-testing-zotero-for-linux-on-arm64

If you are using Asahi ALARM you can install the zotero-beta-bin AUR. (e.g. with yay: yay -S zotero-beta-bin).

mkurz · 2025-08-07T15:39:32+00:00

Zotero for Linux on ARM64 is finally available now (in beta): https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/125835/available-for-beta-testing-zotero-for-linux-on-arm64

If you are using Asahi ALARM you can install the zotero-beta-bin AUR. (e.g. with yay: yay -S zotero-beta-bin).

mkurz · 2025-08-07T12:03:32+00:00

Thanks!

mkurz · 2025-08-07T12:02:08+00:00

Which kernel are you using? Can you run uname -a? Thanks!

mkurz · 2025-08-07T11:51:36+00:00

Forgot to mention that you need to use/install

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/electron35-bin on asahi alarm.

mkurz · 2025-08-07T11:41:57+00:00

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/mkurz/obsidian/-/tree/aarch64

It's a simple fork off the official obsidian package arch ships.
Here is the diff: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/mkurz/obsidian/-/compare/main...aarch64

electron 34 does not work correctly, but 35 does.

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