Gravity Linux is a Fedora-based project bringing a modern Linux desktop to Apple Silicon Macs. It uses KDE Plasma on Wayland and aims to provide native graphics acceleration, so the desktop, browsers, and games can use the Mac’s GPU. The project emphasizes clean-room reverse engineering: contributors say they do not consult Apple source code or disassembly, and they publish details of their methods. Its long-term goal is to contribute the necessary work upstream, which it sees as essential to sustaining Linux support for these devices.
The newest release is an early alpha for the 2024 M4 Mac mini, installable from macOS through a command-line installer that resizes the disk, downloads the release, and guides setup. This build is intended for developers and testers, not everyday use: power management is incomplete, suspend does not work, and an upgrade path to beta may not exist. The site lists the M4 Mac mini as alpha, while support for M4 MacBook Air and Pro models and the M4 Pro Mac mini remains in progress and is not yet usable. The project invites users to contribute code, report bugs, test hardware, and join its community.
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