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Snapdragon X2 Elite ARM Laptop CPU

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163 points wmf | 2 comments | 24 Sep 25 22:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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groguzt ◴[24 Sep 25 23:02 UTC] No.45366953[source]▶
Linux support is still basically non-existent for the first gen, and they made all this deal about supporting Linux and the open source community. This is to say, don't trust them
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wyldfire ◴[24 Sep 25 23:08 UTC] No.45367012[source]▶
The truth is much more subtle than "nonexistent" IMO [1].

Clearly it's a priority because the support for ChromeOS/android support is a big headline this year.

[1] https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-10-concept-snapdrag...

Also worth noting that not all the bits needing support are inside of the Snapdragon, so specific vendor support from Dell, Lenovo etc is required.

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wmf ◴[24 Sep 25 23:18 UTC] No.45367103[source]▶
My (admittedly cynical) interpretation is that they are dropping support for desktop Linux completely and shipping Android drivers instead.
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1. cogman10 ◴[24 Sep 25 23:22 UTC] No.45367147[source]▶
That'd definitely fit the Qualcom pattern of trying to force you to update by not upstreaming their linux drivers.

This is one place where windows has an advantage over linux. Window's longterm support for device drivers is generally really good. A driver written for Vista is likely to run on 11.

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2. packetlost ◴[24 Sep 25 23:59 UTC] No.45367492[source]▶
A stable driver ABI will do that. And a couple billion in revenue to fund bending over backwards to make sure stuff doesn't break.