Fedora Asahi Remix

Asahi has partnered with Fedora to run Linux (Fedora Asahi Remix) on M1, M2 and M3 Apple computers.

To install Fedora 40:

curl https://alx.sh | sh

Reference: Introducing Fedora Asahi Remix - The most polished Linux® for Apple Silicon Macs.

Installing Nordvpn

The same procedure for installing Nordvpn on a Raspberry Pi also works here:

sh <(curl -sSf https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/linux/install.sh)

Vim

Vi Improved, Vim, is not installed by default. Install it:

sudo dnf install vim

Create and install a vim runtime configuratino file in your home directory. My ".vimrc" file is:


set pastetoggle=<F2>
set showmode
set number
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
set autoindent
set wrap
set linebreak
set mouse=a
filetype plugin indent on
let g:html_indent_inctags="html,head,body,style"
syntax on

Network Attached Storge

Set the setuid flag on "mount.cifs":

sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/mount.cifs

Add a mount statement to your /etc/fstab file. For example:

//NAS_IP/Shared_Folder /media/mounting-point-directory cifs username=NAS_user_name,noauto,users,vers=3.0,rw 0 0

Note the "noauto". Hence, you must manually mount the network attached storage:

mount /media/mounting-point-directory

Also note that the password was not included in the fstab statement. Hence, you will be prompted for the password when you manually mount the drive.

SSH

On Fedora 40 - Asahi Remix, the SSH Server (ssh deamon) does not start up at boot. This may be a good thing since this is running on a MacBook Air M2, and you usually do not want someone logging into a laptop. However, for testing purposes, you want it enable

To determine if the SSH Server is currenty running:

sudo systemctl status sshd.service

To enable the SSH Server for the current session:

sudo systemctl start sshd.service

To stop the SSH Server:

sudo systemctl stop sshd.service