How to make Linux audio sound working on Mac Hardware (Apple)

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If you have iMac28,2 on Zorin OS 18.1 with Linux Kernel 7.0.0-28-generic

First make sure you have Zorin OS 18.1 with Linux Kernel 7.0.0-28-generic.
Turn on Source Code on Zorin Sofware Update (User Interface). This is so you can get Linux kernel source files.

We do not need to compile a whole new kernel, but just the sound module so it can work with Apple Mac Hardware. Including iMac A1418.

(22. AUG. 2026) Use this script: iMac181-CS8409-Audio-Fix-Ubuntu/ubuntu-26.04-kernel-7.0/install-driver-imac181.sh at main · flagsoft/iMac181-CS8409-Audio-Fix-Ubuntu · GitHub

It basically downloads Linux kernel source 7.0.0-28-generic then create a .tar.bz2 but only from sound/hda with applied patches for Apple Hardware. Then it compiles the source into a module. Next time you reboot it uses this fixed sound module.

Full documentation here:

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