Asahi Linux

Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2023–2026), in 7 threads.

People raised many different problems with Asahi Linux, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 7 complaints

Trackpad palm rejection is bad, with input latency, inconsistent scroll speed and high tap-to-click latency2026-04-26
Missing fonts and broken scaling on the intro screen2025-12-25
Palm rejection doesn't work, so accidental touches make the laptop unusable while typing2025-12-25
Bluetooth audio is finicky, so the user switched to a USB DAC2025-02-01
Must reboot into macOS to join video calls because microphone doesn't work in Linux2024-05-28
Bootloader password resets every time macOS boots and connects, requiring company requests2023-09-17
Many open source apps unsupported on ARM AUR, so users must compile and update them manually2023-06-24