This is a plan, not a write-up. I haven’t done either of these yet. After Asahi’s GPL move and Darling’s AI-assisted macOS bring-up, I want to understand both before I touch anything on my Omarchy box.
The plan
- Read Asahi’s Linux 7.3 progress report and LLM contribution policy end to end. Note what they forbid and what that means for any Apple Silicon packages I pull.
- Clone Darling into a disposable VM (not my daily Omarchy install), verify the AI contribution rules, and try one or two simple macOS command-line tools first.
- If that works, try a small GUI app and write down what breaks (fonts, keychain, GPU).
- Snapshot before each step and roll back when done. Don’t point Darling at any real files.
Questions I want answered
- How strict is Asahi’s LLM policy in practice for downstream packagers?
- Which everyday macOS utilities actually run under Darling on Linux today?
- Is any of this stable enough to keep, or is it still “interesting demo” territory?
Review before you install: read the release notes yourself, back up your config, and try new versions somewhere you can afford to break first.
Isolate it: try this on a spare machine or in a disposable VM first, with a snapshot you can roll back to. Don’t point it at a machine you care about.
God Bless, and Use the Source!
