omarchy-m-testing Install

MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

M1 · M1 generation · SoC t8103 · board j313

features

  1. converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-12.51, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1)
  2. converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.31, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1)
  3. converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.6, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1)
  4. converged 4.0.2 · build 4.0.2-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.6)
  5. converged 4.0.0 · build 92468ee (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora9-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-28T08:21:11Z, package set 25fa6cbde8b8)
  6. converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505)
  7. converged 4.0.0 · build 0052582.362956774610001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11, omarchy-mac-boot 20260926-1)
FeatureAsahiAuroraOmarchy #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
Display coprocessor (DCP) asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
USB3 on Thunderbolt ports asahi upstream 7.0 asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓
Thunderbolt asahi wip unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
GPU asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓ ✓ ~ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Video decoder asahi linux-asahi asahi – ~ ~ ✓ ~ ✓ ✓ ✓
CPU frequency scaling asahi upstream 6.2 asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Suspend and sleep asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓
Audio interface (MCA) asahi upstream 6.1 asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Secure enclave (SEP) asahi wip asahi – ✓
Device tree asahi upstream 5.17 asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Built-in display asahi upstream 5.17 asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Display brightness asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ~ ✓
Keyboard asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓ ✓
Trackpad asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓ ✓ !
Battery information asahi upstream 7.1 asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Wi-Fi asahi upstream 6.1 asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Bluetooth asahi upstream 6.2 asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3.5 mm headphone jack asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
Speakers asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microphones asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Touch ID asahi tba asahi – ✓
External displays over USB-C (DP alt mode and USB4) aurora wip supported 7.1.12 – ✓ ✓
Camera image signal processor (ISP) aurora linux-asahi supported 7.1.12 – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Always-on processor (AOP: ambient light sensor, lid angle) aurora – unknown – · · · ✓ · · ✓
A driver for every hardware node aurora – unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ~ ~ ✓
Kernel build options (compared with Asahi's) aurora – unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Bar clear of the notch omarchy upstream 5.17 asahi absent ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Clamshell mode (lid closed with an external display) omarchy linux-asahi supported 7.1.12 supported
Automatic keyboard backlight omarchy upstream 6.4 asahi supported ! ! ! ! ! ! ✓
Speaker protection omarchy linux-asahi asahi supported ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
First join to a 5 GHz Wi-Fi network omarchy upstream 6.1 asahi supported ✓ ! ✓
First-boot hardware setup omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓ ✓ ! ! ~ ~ ✓
Boot chain omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓ ✓ ✓ ~ ✓ ✓ ✓
Disk encryption omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓ ✓ ✓
Package repositories omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Vendor firmware omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ! ! ! ! ✓ ✓ ✓
System services omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Snapshots omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓ ✓ ✓ ! ✓
iwd Wi-Fi backend omarchy upstream 6.1 supported 7.1.12 supported ! ! ! ! ✓ ✓ ✓
Microphone mapping omarchy linux-asahi asahi supported ! ! ! ! ✓ ✓ ✓
Firmware for every driver that asks omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Battery charge limit kept across reboots omarchy upstream 7.1 asahi supported ! ! ! ! ✓ ✓ ✓

Solid once 2 machines agree or a tester confirms. Hover a square for details.

Asahi states: Asahi Linux feature support, CC BY 3.0.

benchmarks

BenchmarkStack / versionScoreMachinesTool
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 0052582.362956774610001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11, omarchy-mac-boot 20260926-1) 1,235 points 2 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.2 · build 4.0.2-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.6) 1,229 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.31, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 1,229 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 1,215 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.6, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 1,214 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-12.51, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 1,191 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 92468ee (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora9-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-28T08:21:11Z, package set 25fa6cbde8b8) 1,143 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 7,478 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 92468ee (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora9-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-28T08:21:11Z, package set 25fa6cbde8b8) 6,857 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 0052582.362956774610001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11, omarchy-mac-boot 20260926-1) 2,650.5 points 2 vkmark 2025.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.31, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 2,557 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.2 · build 4.0.2-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.6) 2,535 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-12.51, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 2,531 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 0052582.362956774610001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11, omarchy-mac-boot 20260926-1) 346 frames/s 2 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 92468ee (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora9-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-28T08:21:11Z, package set 25fa6cbde8b8) 343 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 342 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.2 · build 4.0.2-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.6) 285 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.1
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.6, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 285 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.31, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 281 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-12.51, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 281 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.2 · build 4.0.2-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.6) 418 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.1
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.31, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 417 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 92468ee (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora9-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-28T08:21:11Z, package set 25fa6cbde8b8) 417 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-12.51, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 416 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.4 · build 4.0.4-1 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.6, omarchy-mac-boot 20260927-1) 415 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 415 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 0052582.362956774610001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11, omarchy-mac-boot 20260926-1) 409 frames/s 2 ffmpeg n9.0.2

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reports

UploadedMacStack / versionBuildKernelResults
2026-10-28 12:17 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.0 92468ee 7.2.11-9-1-ARCH 53 pass 3 fail 2 gap 15 skip community
2026-10-27 20:55 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.0 958254e 7.2.11-8-1-ARCH 48 pass 5 fail 2 gap 18 skip community
2026-10-08 14:07 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.4 4.0.4-1 7.1.12-2-12.51-sep-ARCH 42 pass 7 fail 1 gap 23 skip community
2026-10-06 22:20 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.4 4.0.4-1 7.1.12-2-11.31-sep-ARCH 39 pass 7 fail 1 gap 23 skip community
2026-10-06 16:45 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.4 4.0.4-1 7.1.12-2-11.31-sep-ARCH 39 pass 7 fail 1 gap 23 skip community
2026-10-06 06:52 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.4 4.0.4-1 7.1.12-2-11.31-sep-ARCH 40 pass 7 fail 1 gap 22 skip community
2026-10-04 08:36 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.4 4.0.4-1 7.1.12-2-11.31-sep-ARCH 39 pass 7 fail 1 gap 23 skip community
2026-10-02 04:17 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.4 4.0.4-1 7.1.12-2-11.6-sep-ARCH 37 pass 8 fail 1 gap 23 skip community
2026-10-02 01:55 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.2 4.0.2-1 7.1.12-2-11.6-sep-ARCH 36 pass 10 fail 23 skip community
2026-10-01 01:49 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.2 4.0.2-1 7.1.12-2-11.6-sep-ARCH 36 pass 10 fail 23 skip community
2026-09-27 21:41 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.0 0052582.362956774610001 · set apple-test-0052582276d9-20260927 7.1.12-2-11-ARCH 56 pass 1 fail 12 skip community
2026-09-27 20:08 UTC MacBook Air (M1, 2020) converged 4.0.0 0052582.362956774610001 · set apple-test-0052582276d9-20260927 7.1.12-2-11-ARCH 52 pass 1 fail 16 skip community