blog: Announce M3 support

Signed-off-by: James Calligeros <jcalligeros99@gmail.com>

Author: chadmed

content/blog/2026/09/6-m2-episode-1.md

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+date = "2026-09-06T10:30:00+10:00"
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+title = "M2: Episode 1"
+slug = "m2-episode-1"
+author = "James Calligeros"
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+It's been a while since we did a blog post outside of the progress reports, and today's as good
+an occasion for one as any; support for M3 series machines has now been merged into the installer.
+In other words, **Asahi Linux now _officially_ supports Macs with an M3 series SoC!**
+
+Linux support for M3 series SoCs and the machines powered by them is now in a state where _almost_
+everything supported on the M1 and M2 series machines just works. This includes the webcam, internal
+microphones, USB (up to the hardware limit of USB 3 10 Gb/s), hardware
+accelerated video decoding **including support for AV1**, WiFi, Bluetooth, and much more! The only major
+exceptions remain full DCP support and the GPU, which we will have more news on in the
+[coming months](https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/12/contributions/532/). **Do not expect
+performant or power-efficient 3D acceleration right now.**
+
+Given that a lot of this work is fresh, support is gated behind the installer's Expert mode.
+Users who wish to give Asahi Linux a try on an M3 series machine can do so by running
+```sh
+curl -L https://alx.sh/ | EXPERT=1 sh
+```
+in a macOS terminal and following the prompts. Please remember to do a system upgrade (`dnf upgrade --refresh`)
+after you have finished installing. We are aiming to drop the Expert requirement
+in time for the release of the Fedora Linux 45 beta in a couple of weeks, barring any major
+regressions or other showstopping issues.
+
+There are some known limitations to be aware of, however:
+- Sleep currently **does not work** due to limitations with the firmware-provided framebuffer.
+  This will be addressed once full DCP support is wired up for M3.
+- Similarly, the lack of DCP support means that the HDMI port on equipped MacBooks is currently
+  disabled.
+
+As always, we would like to thank our generous supporters on both [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/AsahiLinux)
+and [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/AsahiLinux). Support for M3 is the culmination
+of years of hard work from multiple people, many of whom have only been able to access M3 hardware
+because of your support.
+
+We are looking forward to hearing all your feedback, and hope you enjoy using Asahi Linux
+on your M3 devices just as much as we have enjoyed bringing it to you. Stay tuned for
+more updates and happy computing!