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Aurora 2026.10.09: M3 Air GPU activation

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Current14 Air startup report: #35 reports GPU device-control startup failure on this release, with the desktop falling back to software. GPU/PMP dependency and Omarchy Limine-lock corrections are being prepared; repeated rebooting is not a remedy for that reported failure.

Experimental GPU acceleration for the 13-inch and 15-inch M3 MacBook Air, using each Mac’s own supported 14.8.3 firmware and calibration. This matched update includes kernel/headers, m1n1 Aurora15 and Mesa.

curl -fsSL https://github.com/iconidentify/aurora-linux/releases/latest/download/install-aurora-sep.sh | bash -s -- --m3-gpu

Reboot, log into your desktop, then run aurora-m3-gpu-check. It verifies actual OpenGL pixel readback and legacy Vulkan compute readback. The installer retains a GPU-off fallback.

  • Adds the 15-inch Air’s native internal panel and current14 GPU/PMP handoff.
  • Includes the Air night-light notification fix.
  • Keeps the separate J613 25G83 native OpenGL-only profile; Vulkan is unavailable there. No firmware migration is required for the current14 route.
  • Brightness controls remain a known issue tracked in #80.

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400 installer tests passed with one existing skip. The GPU checker passed in the existing M3 Pro desktop. This exact release has not been boot-tested on an Air here.

Release names now use dates: 2026.10.09 follows 12.6. Kernel packages are 7.1.12.aurora2-20261009.1; checksums and the exact matched package list are attached.

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