Aptivi<p><strong>Linux 6.17 enables Touch Bar support for x86 MacBook Pro laptops</strong></p><p>Earlier, Linux 6.15 enabled the Touch Bar support for the newer Silicon-based MacBook Pro laptops that allowed Linux distributions to use this feature to showcase quick actions. This was laid out <a href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/linux-6-15-will-support-apple-z2-touch-bar/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">in an article</a> that we wrote earlier that it was for the Silicon MacBook Pro laptops, with potential expansion being planned later, under the <code>apple_z2</code> kernel driver.</p><p>Today, a <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/84155420-3nos-n64p-o8s2-1o6orssponp6@xreary.bet/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">merge request</a> has surfaced for the Linux 6.17 merge window, which added some of the interesting changes. One of those changes, apart from the Apple hardware-specific fixes, is that Linux 6.17 introduces support for Touch Bar for the older x86-based MacBook Pro laptops. Since this request is <a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b80a75cf6999fb79971b41eaec7af2bb4b514714" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">approved</a>, the first release candidate for Linux 6.17 will allow those MacBook Pros running Linux to use the Touch Bar feature.</p><p>If you’re unable to use the Touch Bar on your old MacBook Pro running a Linux distribution, you should be able to do so on a distribution that uses Linux 6.17. For those with the Silicon-based MacBook Pros, they can already use the Touch Bar, starting from Linux 6.15.</p><p><a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-person-in-white-shirt-using-a-laptop-7561689/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Photo by SHVETS production</a></p><p><span></span></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/linux/" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/linux-6-17/" target="_blank">#Linux617</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/macbook/" target="_blank">#MacBook</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/macbook-pro/" target="_blank">#MacBookPro</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/news/" target="_blank">#news</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/tech/" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/technology/" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/touch-bar/" target="_blank">#TouchBar</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/update/" target="_blank">#update</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/x86/" target="_blank">#x86</a></p>