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[Asahi Linux (@[email protected]) @AsahiLinux]

Hi everyone!

There have been some deeply concerning changes to Twitter's policies recently, and we find them to go against the values of the Asahi Linux community.

As such, we will be retiring this account. Please follow us on Mastodon for updates!

https://t.co/dVMJ7lVGiG

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@5dtyeu_Sline See https://t.co/1Nd2nYUebY

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Quick status update!

https://t.co/DEGwN74U2s

Follow us on the Fediverse for longer-form status updates that don't fit in a tweet!

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@jakimo But... it is a link to a post anyone can read?

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PSA: If you've updated your packages recently, update again. We had an old `libinput` version in our repo which turned out to break an Xorg update.

If you're stuck with a non-working login manager due to this issue, see here for how to fix it:
https://t.co/Xn7tp9T5n3

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@m00nra1n The point of charge limits is that 100% usually represents a stressful voltage level for li-ion, chosen to maximize capacity at the expense of longevity. Going a bit lower helps a lot, but it's not "less is better" forever.

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Did you know that with the latest kernel update you can set battery charge limits directly in the KDE System Settings? Give it a try!

This will not yet persist across reboots (KDE bug 450551), but you can add a udev rule to set the properties on startup if you're so inclined.

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@m00nra1n And no, lower percentages don't help. Optimal li-ion longevity is at 60-70% or so state of charge, usually. Going lower means you will have more cycles as you charge more often and discharge further, which stresses the battery more. Overdischarge hurts li-ion too.

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@levraicapad The install images haven't been updated yet, but the old driver works most of the time, it can just fail rarely. You probably got unlucky on your first boot :(

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Also reminder that we made a change to improve the trackpad/keyboard stability on M1 (incl. Pro/Max) machines, so please *do* report if you still experience any issues!

If nobody complains, we'll assume we fixed it 😉

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@zcatav The KDE battery widget will show the real state of charge, so it will stop at the maximum level you set and display the status as "Not Charging".

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@m00nra1n TLP works the same way as the KDE widget and the minimum level is dictated by the driver. You cannot set a level lower than 50%, as the driver will reject it.

It doesn't make sense to set limits lower than 50%, as it won't help your battery longevity.

[Hoshino Lina / 星乃リナ 🩵 3D Yuri Wedding 2026!!! @Lina_Hoshino]

Today we got 24 Steam games to run on the M1 Mac Mini!!!! 🚀🚀🚀

Most of them are actually really smooth! Some of them have some glitches/slowdowns (like Source Engine games), but I'm sure we can figure it out later~! ✨✨

▶️ https://t.co/ry84VJz13C

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Note that the minimum start charge threshold is 50% (this is by design of the firmware API we use to start/stop charging). The actual charge thresholds are implemented in the kernel driver, but will be enforced even during s2idle sleep.

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Some people have remarked on the unnatural appearance of Plasma panel transparency without the blur effect. As far as we can tell, this is normal and the same thing happens on non-Apple systems.

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Note: We've disabled the KWin Blur compositor plugin by default in the latest update, since it is known broken (glitches when moving the cursor above). This is an upstream bug. You can still enable it manually if you want.

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PSA: Due to an oversight on our part, the `mesa-asahi-edge` package we had published when the blog post was published had a known regression that affected text rendering in Chromium.

This is now fixed, so please update your packages again if you have already done so.

[Asahi Linux (@[email protected]) @AsahiLinux]

We've also made progress upstreaming things, and Linux 6.4 should have enough to boot to a TTY on all supported M1/M2 systems. Most of the WiFi support is also upstream now, and several series are coming along.

We're also working on a bunch of brand new features, so stay tuned!

[Asahi Linux (@[email protected]) @AsahiLinux]

Time for another big update! If you've been wondering what has been cooking in Asahi land over the past 3 months, learn all about it from Lina's new blog post!

https://t.co/z4qAr4C0vk

Of course, besides the big GPU driver changes, we have a bunch of other improvements:

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- Touchpad stability issues should be reduced or eliminated. Please let us know how it goes!
- Display controller race condition on probe causing gdm not to start up should be fixed.
- The M2 Air keyboard layout should now behave as intended.
- Lots of other little fixes!