MacBook Pro — NixOS / Asahi Linux (macbook-pro-nixos)

systems/aarch64-linux/macbook-pro-nixos/

Hardware

Device: Apple Silicon MacBook Pro (M-series)
OS: NixOS via Asahi Linux (nixos-apple-silicon)
Boot: Asahi boot chain (not traditional EFI)

Key Features

Asahi Linux kernel with full Apple Silicon support (sound, GPU, etc.)
GNOME as the primary desktop; Hyprland available but disabled
x86_64 emulation via binfmt (enables running x86 binaries)
Waydroid and libvirtd available (Waydroid disabled by default)
Battery management — charge threshold set via macsmc-battery
Omnissa Horizon client (custom package) for remote desktop
Distrobox for containerised Linux environments
iwd as the Wi-Fi backend

x86_64 Emulation

nix.settings.extra-platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems   = [ "x86_64-linux" ];

This allows building and running x86_64 packages on the ARM host.

Asahi Hardware

The Asahi hardware module provides:

Firmware loading from ./firmware/
Sound setup (setupAsahiSound = true)
Apple-specific kernel patches and device drivers

Useful packages installed: asahi-bless, asahi-btsync, asahi-nvram, asahi-wifisync, apfs-fuse, apfsprogs, muvm, fex

Network

Hostname: macbook-pro-nixos
Wi-Fi backend: iwd (via NetworkManager)
Firewall: extra rules for multicast (ports 1990, 2021)

Battery Management

mjallen.hardware.battery = {
  enable = true;
  chargeLimitPath = "/sys/class/power_supply/macsmc-battery/charge_control_end_threshold";
};

Configuration Files

File	Purpose
`default.nix`	Main config — Asahi hardware, users, network
`boot.nix`	Asahi boot configuration
`filesystems.nix`	Disk layout
`hardware-configuration.nix`	Generated hardware config
`services.nix`	logind, GDM, GNOME, Flatpak, power settings
`firmware/`	Asahi firmware blobs

Secrets

Secrets are in secrets/mac-secrets.yaml, encrypted for: matt, matt_pi5, desktop, pi5, admin, jallen-nas, matt_macbook-pro, macbook-pro.

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