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# Bluefin LTS (Alpha) for ARM

The first Universal Blue ARM image is here! Thanks to p5 and tulip we can now offer ARM images of Bluefin LTS (Alpha). 

Due to the "we started over so it's much easier" nature of Bluefin LTS this was a relatively simple lift. It'll likely be more time until other ARM images are made, but it's a start. (You can help by diving in!)

If you're wondering about Asahi, the Hyperscale SIG in CentOS announced that they are planning on making base images of all of their backports so that it will strsaightforward for us to consume that. This also bodes well for the long-term viability of a Bluefin LTS as those newer kernels and features will ensure it can support newer hardware.

In the meantime, enjoy! Also if you plan to try this on bare metal please post a picture, lots of us don't have ARM laptops. 

## Download Instructions

- [bluefin-lts-arm64.iso](https://download.projectbluefin.io/bluefin-lts-arm64.iso) ([checksum](https://download.projectbluefin.io/bluefin-lts-arm64.iso-CHECKSUM))

Please see [the LTS Documentation](https://docs.projectbluefin.io/lts) for installation instructions there are some manual steps.  

## Using it with your Apple Silicon Mac

[UTM](https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/) can boot these images if suitably configured:

*   File → New, then select Virtualize
*   Select Linux, then enable "Use Apple Virtualization" (The QEMU virtualization backend can also work, but this works better on Apple Silicon.)
*   Browse for the Bluefin LTS ISO.
*   It should default to 4GB of RAM; this is a good minimum value.
*   On the Summary screen, it is not necessary to check the "Open VM Settings" box; while you may wish to adjust the configuration of the VM before first boot, the defaults are sensible.


## Differences/Errata

- No homebrew, they don't have arm builds, we will include [Pixi](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi) instead, which is a nice package manager built on the popular conda ecosystem - there's some good stuff in there!
- Chromium 
- No Firefox or Thunderbird, missing ARM builds, just about everything else is there.
