SW:Alternative Distros

Several members of the community have contributed guides and pre-built artifacts in order to use other distros on Apple Silicon Macs. These efforts are listed here. Please remember that these are user-contributed, and the Asahi Linux project cannot provide support or any guarantee of compatibility, functionality, or safety.

Distro	Maintainer	Installation Guide
Debian	https://thomas.glanzmann.de/	https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/m1-debian/
Fedora	https://thomas.glanzmann.de/	https://thomas.glanzmann.de/fedora/
Fedora	https://github.com/leifliddy	https://github.com/leifliddy/asahi-fedora-builder
Gentoo (chroot method)	https://github.com/kellermanrivero	https://medium.com/@kellermanrivero/installing-gentoo-linux-in-apple-macbook-pro-m1-49e163534898
Gentoo (LiveCD method)	IRC: chadmed (https://github.com/chadmed)	Installing Gentoo with LiveCD
NixOS	IRC: tpw_rules (https://github.com/tpwrules)	https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-m1/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md
Pop!_OS	IRC: Lucy (https://github.com/Absolucy)	https://github.com/pop-os/asahi-pop
Alpine Linux	IRC: mps (https://arvanta.net/alpine)	https://arvanta.net/alpine/install-alpine-m1/