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We strive to make sure that our platform support packages and the installation process are completely safe and cannot cause any damage to your computer. In general, it is safe to install and use {variant-name} on any supported machine (the installer will refuse to work on unsupported machines). As with all Free Software, please be aware that {variant-name} is offered with no warranty.

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	XWayland is fully supported as a transition technology to use native X11 apps on a Wayland desktop.
	Why is this a Remix?
	We are using a https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Remix[Remix] as opposed to delivering Apple Silicon support in Fedora Linux proper because this ecosystem is still very fast moving and we believe a Remix will offer the best user experience for the time being. Also, the Remix allows us to integrate hardware support as it becomes available. Nonetheless, as much of this work as possible is being conducted upstream, with several key components being developed, maintained and packaged in Fedora Linux upstream. The Remix image build infrastructure and the installer are currently hosted outside of Fedora Infrastructure due to technical limitations. The infrastructure is entirely open source (see our https://gitlab.com/fedora/sigs/asahi[GitLab] and https://pagure.io/projects/fedora-asahi/%2A[Pagure] repos), and we will eventually migrate to Fedora Infrastucture once it becomes possible.
	Ultimately, we expect Apple Silicon support to be integrated in Fedora Linux in a future release, and are working towards this goal. This approach is in line with the overarching goal of the Asahi project itself to integrate support for these systems in the relevant upstream projects.
	What is the difference between alx.sh and fedora-asahi-remix.org?
	Fedora Asahi Remix can be installed from https://fedora-asahi-remix.org or from https://asahilinux.org (which points to alx.sh). These are functionally equivalent, with the only differences being:
	fedora-asahi-remix.org is maintained by the Fedora Asahi SIG, asahilinux.org and alx.sh are maintained by the Asahi Linux project
	fedora-asahi-remix.org uses a Fedora-built version of the installer package, which includes a Fedora-built version of the m1n1 stage1 (with the Fedora logo and branding), while alx.sh uses the upstream builds (with the Asahi logo and branding)
	fedora-asahi-remix.org and alx.sh are backed by different CDN providers; depending on where you are in the world, one may be a bit faster than the other
	alx.sh can offer additional installation options that are not related to Fedora Asahi Remix
	Both endpoints serve the same installation images, so there is no difference in the resulting system if the same installation option is chosen.
	What devices and hardware are supported?
	The Asahi Linux project website maintains a https://asahilinux.org/fedora/[landing page] with device support information, which is kept up to date as features and new devices are added. {variant-name} closely follows the upstream kernels and support packages, so you can expect support to be on par with that page.
	For more detailed information on specific driver and kernel support, visit the https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki[Asahi Linux wiki] and browse the Feature Support pages (linked at the top of the sidebar).
	Is {variant-name} safe to install and use?
	We strive to make sure that our platform support packages and the installation process are completely safe and cannot cause any damage to your computer. In general, it is safe to install and use {variant-name} on any supported machine (the installer will refuse to work on unsupported machines). As with all Free Software, please be aware that {variant-name} is offered with no warranty.
	As a Linux distribution, {variant-name} gives users much more control over their computers than the stock macOS system does. This also means that there are fewer safeguards against dangerous operations. In general, Apple Silicon systems are very resilient against permanent hardware damage, so it is very unlikely that anything you do will cause any physical, unrecoverable harm to your machine. However, these machines are less resilient against becoming unbootable than typical x86 machines, and this can happen if important boot partitions on disk are corrupted or destroyed. You should be careful if you are using partitioning or disk formatting tools on the internal NVMe storage device:
	Never change, move, or format the first partition on disk (`/dev/nvme0n1p1`, identified as type `Apple Silicon boot` and label `iBootSystemContainer`).
	Never change, move, or format the last partition on disk (`/dev/nvme0n1pX` for the largest value of X, identified as type `Apple Silicon recovery` and label `RecoveryOSContainer`)
	If you make partitioning changes, ensure that the partition table remains sorted by disk offset. This can be achieved by using `sudo sfdisk -r /dev/nvme0n1`.
	If you do end up with trouble booting your machine after making changes to the disk, please see the xref:troubleshooting.adoc[Troubleshooting] section for recovery and restore steps. Note that in the worst case this may involve a full factory reset and loss of all data (on both macOS and Linux partitions), so users are advised to have up-to-date backups before doing any disk management operations.
	In addition, you should avoid making any changes to the existing macOS container partition (usually `/dev/nvme0n1p2`, identified as type `Apple APFS` and typically label `Container` on stock systems). Changes to this partition may make macOS unbootable, which will make it difficult to perform system firmware upgrades or recover, upgrade, or reinstall any Linux installations. At this time, {variant-name} users are expected to have and maintain a working macOS installation, as the installation and bootloader upgrade process relies on the macOS admin user credentials to provision the bootloader. This requirement may be relaxed in the future, once we support system user management and firmware upgrades directly from Linux.
	Can I install to external storage?
	We currently do not have a supported process to install to external storage. The Apple Silicon platform in general cannot boot from external storage at all, so some components must always be installed to internal storage. It is possible to manually move the root filesystem to external storage, but there are limitations (e.g. sleep mode is not currently supported as it causes external disks to re-enumerate) and therefore this is left as an exercise for the advanced user.
	In the future, we expect to have a supported process for external-storage installs that does not require re-partitioning the internal disk (taking advantage of the same mechanism used for macOS installs to external storage), but this is not ready yet. Note that such external installs will still be tied to the machine they were installed on (since some components would still be installed to the internal disk, as the platform requires this to boot).
	Can I run software built for x86-64 (Intel/AMD)? [[x86]]
	{variant-name} now includes support for emulating x86 and x86-64 software, initially targeted at gaming. For more details, please see xref:x86-support.adoc[Running x86/x86-64 applications on {variant-name}].
	For Free/Open Source Software, it is always preferable to make a build for aarch64 (ARM64) instead of trying to emulate an x86-64 build. If your favorite software package is not yet available for this architecture, please request it from its developers! Users comfortable with building software may want to try building it themselves. If you do so, consider xref:package-maintainers::Joining_the_Package_Maintainers.adoc[becoming a package maintainer] to help bring the software to all Fedora users.
	Sometimes there are options other than running x86-64 software, such as native third-party alternatives or web versions. See the <<download-software>> section for some examples.
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