freesbie  Nov 26, 2022
Hoshino Lina (星乃リナ) 🩵 3D Yuri Wedding 2026!!!

🚀 8 hours of gaming on Linux on battery on a MacBook Air!!!! 🚀

So I unplugged the M2 MacBook Air while running Xonotic windowed at 1920x1080 in a GNOME desktop at 60FPS...

The estimated battery runtime is almost 8 hours!!!!! ✨✨✨

Nov 26, 2022 at 2:26amWeb
Show threadHoshino Lina (星乃リナ) 🩵 3D Yuri Wedding 2026!!!Nov 26, 2022

And yes the number is accurate ^^

It comes from the battery controller, the same data that macOS uses. It's averaged out over time, so I waited for the number to settle before taking the screenshot (it takes a minute or two).

Show threadspider623 Nov 26, 2022
@lina if I ask to test it on native to get a rough comparison, will I need stitches?
Show threadlaurentNov 26, 2022
@lina that’s crazy I can’t even imagine how it can consume that little power
Show threadspider623 Nov 26, 2022
@lina @xi apple engineers… not using intel hacked hardware….
Show threadBoolean Boss 🧹 (Ari)Nov 26, 2022
@lina ooo impressive
Show threadneonfireNov 26, 2022
@lina estimates are garbage. Show me that real world
Show threadHoshino Lina (星乃リナ) 🩵 3D Yuri Wedding 2026!!!Nov 26, 2022
@neonfire The battery controller's estimates are accurate on MacBooks, we've tested it ^^ (and it matches current consumption metrics)
Show threadneonfireNov 26, 2022
@lina then it should be easy to make a time lapse and prove it lol
Show threadHoshino Lina (星乃リナ) 🩵 3D Yuri Wedding 2026!!!Nov 26, 2022
@neonfire If you don't believe it you can try it for yourself! ✨✨
Show threadneonfireNov 26, 2022
@lina okay, send me a MacBook. Jk, just send me a Macintosh Portable
Show threadMike JohnsonNov 26, 2022
@lina that's awesome!
Show threadRotfarmNov 26, 2022
@lina if I was ever going to get a macbook to run my next linux os, that wuld be why. I've never had a battery run longer than 3 hours
Show threadEvan B🥥ehsNov 26, 2022
@lina How does this compare to the macOS times?
Show threadDani G. GermanNov 26, 2022
@lina interesting

especially considering gnome lol
Show threadAntanicusNov 26, 2022
@lina which distro is that?
Show threadHoshino Lina (星乃リナ) 🩵 3D Yuri Wedding 2026!!!Nov 26, 2022
@antanicus Asahi Linux, which is based on Arch Linux ARM! ✨
Show threadAntanicusNov 26, 2022
@lina thanks! Not like I have the money lying around to get an M2 mac anyway 😂
Show threadRoboChimeraNov 26, 2022
@lina holy! that's incredible! You, the guys and gals that are making the arm based macs run on linux are doing great stuff, it's only been like what? An year? And already hardware acceleration!
Show threadMenschenToasterNov 26, 2022

@lina Amazing work!

That really wants me get a macbook :D

How's the same games performance on macos?

Show threadZhenbo LiNov 26, 2022

@lina It looks amazing!

Is it possible to run Proton/#Wine on M2&Linux at this time?

Thanks.

Show threadasuNov 27, 2022

@zhenboli @lina
To my knowledge, Box64 works (but 32-bit can't work), FEX doesn't yet due to a rather large technical challenge:
https://box86.org/2022/03/box64-running-on-m1-with-asahi/
https://github.com/FEX-Emu/FEX/issues/1221

Not 100% sure about Wine support for these two. Box64 seems to work, FEX seems(??) to have support or at least are close to it.
As for OpenGL acceleration, both have thunking, so if it works on the host, there shouldn't(tm) be problems.

Box64 running on M1 with Asahi – Box86