omarchy-m-testing Install

MacBook Neo

A18 Pro · A18 Pro generation · SoC t8140 · board j700

features

  1. converged 4.0.1 · build 4.0.1-1
  2. converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora10-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505)
  3. converged 4.0.0 · build 1676904 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora10-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505)
  4. converged 4.0.0 · build 18ecf39 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505)
  5. converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-2, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505)
  6. converged 4.0.0 · build 81fd2d2 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261010-1, built 2026-10-19T09:19:57Z, package set 71656b684cbe)
  7. converged 4.0.0 · build f60e1ba.2026092602 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora2-20261017.20, omarchy-mac-boot 20260926-1)
FeatureAsahiAuroraOmarchy #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
Display coprocessor (DCP) asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ · · · · ·
USB3 on Thunderbolt ports asahi tba unknown – · ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Thunderbolt asahi tba absent – ·
GPU asahi tba unknown – ~ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Video decoder asahi tba unknown – · ✓ ~ ✓ ✓ ~ ✓
CPU frequency scaling asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Suspend and sleep asahi tba unknown – ~ ✓ ✓ ✓
Audio interface (MCA) asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Secure enclave (SEP) asahi tba unknown –
Device tree asahi linux-asahi 7.4 unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Built-in display asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Display brightness asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ · ✓ ✓ ✓
Keyboard asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ · ✓
Trackpad asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓
Battery information asahi tba unknown – ~ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Wi-Fi asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ · ✓
Bluetooth asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3.5 mm headphone jack asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓
Speakers asahi tba unknown – · ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ · ·
Microphones asahi tba unknown – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Touch ID asahi tba unknown –
External displays over USB-C (DP alt mode and USB4) aurora tba unknown – ✓ · ·
Camera image signal processor (ISP) aurora tba 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 tba unknown absent ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Clamshell mode (lid closed with an external display) omarchy tba unknown unsupported ✓ ✓
Automatic keyboard backlight omarchy absent unknown unsupported – – – – – – –
Speaker protection omarchy tba unknown unsupported ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · ·
First join to a 5 GHz Wi-Fi network omarchy tba 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 tba unknown unsupported · ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microphone mapping omarchy tba unknown unsupported · ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Firmware for every driver that asks omarchy – unknown unsupported · ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ · ✓
Battery charge limit kept across reboots omarchy tba 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 1676904 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora10-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 2,878 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-2, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 2,807 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora10-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 2,793 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.1 · build 4.0.1-1 1,979 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 18ecf39 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 1,803 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 81fd2d2 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261010-1, built 2026-10-19T09:19:57Z, package set 71656b684cbe) 1,783 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-2, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 8,259 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 1676904 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora10-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 8,226 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora10-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 8,213 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.1 · build 4.0.1-1 7,119 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 18ecf39 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 6,311 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 81fd2d2 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261010-1, built 2026-10-19T09:19:57Z, package set 71656b684cbe) 5,886 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-2, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 264 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 1676904 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora10-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 264 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora10-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 263 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 18ecf39 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 257 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 81fd2d2 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261010-1, built 2026-10-19T09:19:57Z, package set 71656b684cbe) 231 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 18ecf39 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 322 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora8-2, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 321 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 1676904 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora10-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 321 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 958254e (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora10-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261027-1, built 2026-10-27T09:06:56Z, package set ac6a4f103505) 321 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.0.0 · build 81fd2d2 (linux-aurora 7.1.12.aurora8-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261010-1, built 2026-10-19T09:19:57Z, package set 71656b684cbe) 316 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2

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reports

UploadedMacStack / versionBuildKernelResults
2026-10-29 18:41 UTC MacBook Neo converged 4.0.0 958254e 7.2.11-10-1-ARCH 59 pass 0 fail 4 gap 10 skip tester
2026-10-29 14:37 UTC MacBook Neo converged 4.0.0 958254e 7.2.11-10-1-ARCH 54 pass 0 fail 8 gap 11 skip tester
2026-10-29 12:22 UTC MacBook Neo converged 4.0.0 1676904 7.2.11-10-1-ARCH 39 pass 0 fail 9 gap 25 skip tester
2026-10-29 01:59 UTC MacBook Neo converged 4.0.0 18ecf39 7.2.11-8-1-ARCH 37 pass 0 fail 10 gap 26 skip tester
2026-10-28 21:30 UTC MacBook Neo converged 4.0.0 958254e 7.3.0-ARCH-neoclpcd 51 pass 0 fail 9 gap 13 skip tester
2026-10-27 15:44 UTC MacBook Neo converged 4.0.0 18ecf39 7.2.11-8-1-ARCH 44 pass 0 fail 10 gap 19 skip tester
2026-10-19 19:39 UTC MacBook Neo converged 4.0.0 81fd2d2 7.1.12-8-1-ARCH 42 pass 0 fail 14 gap 17 skip tester
2026-10-19 04:03 UTC MacBook Neo converged 4.0.0 f60e1ba.2026092602 7.1.12-2-20261017.20-sep-ARCH 37 pass 0 fail 14 gap 22 skip community
2026-10-07 07:07 UTC MacBook Neo converged 4.0.1 4.0.1-1 7.1.6-neo-cleanroom-hw1+ 30 pass 0 fail 20 gap 20 skip tester