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You can now play AAA games on Linux on Apple Silicon

The instructions, for end users, are one paragraph long.

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Oct 11, 2024
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A screenshot of Asahi Linux running a Windows game
A screenshot of Asahi Linux running a Windows game

It's astonishing to imagine the technical wizardry involved in Asahi Linux, running on Apple's own publicly undocumented and unsupported silicon. That you can now play AAA Windows games on it is mindblowing: Windows/DirectX on top of Linux/Vulkan on top of ARM Mac/Metal. And the instructions, for end use…

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