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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.
HOWTOs
How do I access the GRUB menu?
See xref:troubleshooting.adoc#entering-grub[Entering the GRUB boot menu].
How do I access protected content in browsers (Widevine DRM) [[widevine]]
Run `sudo widevine-installer` and follow the prompts. Note that Widevine is third-party software not officially affiliated nor endorsed by the Fedora Project or Asahi Linux.
In addition, Netflix requires manual browser configuration to work. You need to install a browser extension to override your User-Agent for specific sites, and set the user agent for Netflix to:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; CrOS aarch64 15329.44.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/111.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
How do I enable playback of restricted codecs (H.265/HEVC, AC-4, etc.)
See xref:quick-docs::rpmfusion-setup.adoc[Enabling the RPM Fusion repositories].
How do I download software? [[download-software]]
A large amount of free and open source software is available in the Fedora repositories. Just install it directly from your desktop environment's software management tool or use `dnf`!
Some free software is not packaged directly in Fedora, but aarch64 builds may be available officially or from third parties. Look for instructions for **Fedora** users and **aarch64** builds. **AppImage** or **Flatpak** versions may also work as long as they are built for aarch64.
For example:
**Visual Studio Code**: Aarch64 builds are available by following the https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux#_rhel-fedora-and-centos-based-distributions[instructions for Fedora users].
**Telegram Desktop**: Available in the xref:quick-docs::rpmfusion-setup.adoc[RPM Fusion Free repository].
Third-party Fedora builds of software are also available in https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/[Fedora Copr].
Most proprietary software is only available for x86-64 (Intel/AMD) machines and will not run natively on {variant-name}, but often web versions or third-party clients are available that do work:
**Discord**: Use the web version, or try https://github.com/ArmCord/ArmCord/releases/latest[ArmCord] (the aarch64 RPM, Flatpak, or AppImage should all work).
**Spotify**: Follow the instructions in the <<widevine>> section, and then use the web version.
**Zoom**: Use the https://app.zoom.us/wc[Progressive Web App].
Note: Fedora does not endorse nor offer support for third-party software packages or COPR repositories. Make sure you trust the software and repository you install it from.
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