Gravity Linux Alpha Release: Linux on the M4 Mac Mini with GPU and DCP Support
2 hours ago
- Gravity Linux announces early alpha release for M4 Mac mini with DCP and GPU support (OpenGL ES 3.0 and OpenGL 3.3).
- Gravity Linux is a Fedora remix using KDE with Wayland by default, intended for developers, not daily use.
- Known limitations: no upgrade path from alpha, suspend not working, USB-C display out not working (HDMI works), Thunderbolt/USB4 unsupported, higher power consumption, conservative volume limits, flaky shutdown/reboot.
- Limited testing and some developer-oriented settings may cause stability issues; recommended to wait if deal-breakers.
- The alpha aims to gather developer feedback, test workloads, find bugs, and contribute fixes before beta.
- Installation via curl -fsSL https://install.gravitylinux.org | sh from macOS.
- Future plans include support for MacBook Neo and all M4/M4 Pro/M4 Max devices, with M5/M6 in scope.
- Long-term goal is to upstream all work, following clean-room reverse engineering and respecting Apple's copyright.
- Developers are encouraged to join Discord and read contributor guide.
- The release is a starting point; users should report any issues encountered.