omarchy-m-testing Install

MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023)

M3 Pro · M3 Pro generation · SoC t6030 · board j516s

features

  1. converged 4.0.2 · build 356696688190001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-12.51)
  2. converged 4.0.2 · build 356696688190001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.36)
  3. converged 4.0.2 · build 356696688190001
  4. converged 4.0.0 · build 526fe64 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora9-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-28T08:21:11Z, package set 25fa6cbde8b8)
FeatureAsahiAuroraOmarchy #1 #2 #3 #4
Display coprocessor (DCP) asahi wip unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ·
USB3 on Thunderbolt ports asahi linux-asahi unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓
Thunderbolt asahi wip unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
GPU asahi tba unknown – ~ ~ ~ ~
Video decoder asahi linux-asahi unknown – ~ ~ ~ ✓
CPU frequency scaling asahi linux-asahi unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Suspend and sleep asahi linux-asahi unknown – ✓
Audio interface (MCA) asahi linux-asahi unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Secure enclave (SEP) asahi tba unknown –
Device tree asahi linux-asahi 7.3 unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Built-in display asahi wip unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Display brightness asahi wip unknown – · · · ✓
Keyboard asahi linux-asahi unknown – ·
Trackpad asahi linux-asahi unknown –
Battery information asahi linux-asahi unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Wi-Fi asahi linux-asahi unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Bluetooth asahi linux-asahi unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3.5 mm headphone jack asahi linux-asahi unknown –
Speakers asahi linux-asahi unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microphones asahi linux-asahi unknown – · · ·
Touch ID asahi tba unknown –
External displays over USB-C (DP alt mode and USB4) aurora wip unknown – · · ✓
Camera image signal processor (ISP) aurora linux-asahi unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 wip unknown unsupported ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Clamshell mode (lid closed with an external display) omarchy linux-asahi unknown unsupported ✓
Automatic keyboard backlight omarchy linux-asahi 7.3 unknown unsupported · · · ·
Speaker protection omarchy linux-asahi unknown unsupported ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
First join to a 5 GHz Wi-Fi network omarchy linux-asahi unknown unsupported ✓
First-boot hardware setup omarchy – unknown unsupported ✓ ✓ ✓ ~
Boot chain omarchy – unknown unsupported ~ ~ ~ ✓
Disk encryption omarchy – unknown unsupported ✓
Package repositories omarchy – unknown unsupported ✓ ~ ~ ✓
Vendor firmware omarchy – unknown unsupported ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
System services omarchy – unknown unsupported · · · ✓
Snapshots omarchy – unknown unsupported ✓ ✓ ✓
iwd Wi-Fi backend omarchy linux-asahi unknown unsupported ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microphone mapping omarchy linux-asahi unknown unsupported · · · ✓
Firmware for every driver that asks omarchy – unknown unsupported ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Battery charge limit kept across reboots omarchy linux-asahi unknown unsupported · · · ✓

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 526fe64 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora9-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-28T08:21:11Z, package set 25fa6cbde8b8) 1,831 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 526fe64 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora9-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-28T08:21:11Z, package set 25fa6cbde8b8) 5,106 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 526fe64 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora9-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-28T08:21:11Z, package set 25fa6cbde8b8) 435 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.2 · build 356696688190001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-12.51) 353 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.2 · build 356696688190001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.36) 352 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.2 · build 356696688190001 351 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 526fe64 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora9-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-28T08:21:11Z, package set 25fa6cbde8b8) 763 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.2 · build 356696688190001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-11.36) 752 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.2 · build 356696688190001 751 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.2 · build 356696688190001 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-12.51) 744 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2

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reports

UploadedMacStack / versionBuildKernelResults
2026-10-28 19:26 UTC MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023) converged 4.0.0 526fe64 7.2.11-9-1-ARCH 50 pass 0 fail 9 gap 14 skip community
2026-10-10 23:54 UTC MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023) converged 4.0.2 356696688190001 7.1.12-2-12.51-sep-ARCH 33 pass 0 fail 14 gap 26 skip community
2026-10-06 22:20 UTC MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023) converged 4.0.2 356696688190001 7.1.12-labf08d2b6f-049a 31 pass 0 fail 17 gap 22 skip community
2026-10-06 17:04 UTC MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023) converged 4.0.2 356696688190001 7.1.12-labf08d2b6f-049a 30 pass 0 fail 17 gap 23 skip community
2026-10-04 06:28 UTC MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023) converged 4.0.2 356696688190001 7.1.12-labf08d2b6f-049a 30 pass 0 fail 17 gap 23 skip community
2026-10-03 05:50 UTC MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023) converged 4.0.2 356696688190001 7.1.12-labf08d2b6f-049a 29 pass 0 fail 17 gap 24 skip community