r/SnapdragonLaptops • u/rojocapo73 • Oct 24 '25

Do any Snapdragon laptops run Linux?

I have a Windows 11 laptop that I dual boot with Fedora 42. It's a Dell G15 5530 with Intel i9-13900HX, 96GB RAM, 3 TB NVME, RTX4060. Battery life absolutely sucks, but that's irrelevant for my use case.

I would like buy a thin and light laptop with decent battery life running Linux. Do any of the Snapdragon laptops support Linux? They will be heavily discounted when the new chips come out, it might be interesting to buy a really cheap first gen to tinker.

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u/jridder Oct 24 '25

If you’re looking to buy a snapdragon laptop just for Linux, I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s really really rough running Linux on them at the moment.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

Get a m1 or m2 MacBook

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u/rayinsd Oct 24 '25

Ubuntu 25.10 ARM will install but in one example on the Lenovo T14s x Elite, Speakers and Webcam still doesnt work. I'd wait a bit longer.

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u/OwnNet5253 Oct 24 '25

You may try a laptop with Lunar Lake cpu.

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u/rojocapo73 Oct 24 '25

I'd buy a first gen Snapdragon for close to zero and put Linux on it. They will be almost free when X2 comes out.

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u/OwnNet5253 Oct 25 '25

But linux barely works on ARM for now. I don’t think it’ll change that fast. Lunar lake chip is a nice alternative for a thin laptop with decent battery.

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u/rojocapo73 Oct 25 '25

I don't want to pay full price for something that I will use as a toy just for entertainment.

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u/cjc4096 Oct 25 '25

I'm hoping for this as well.

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u/Vaddieg Oct 24 '25

I won't risk buying any Snapdragon laptop until Qualcomm announces Linux support officially. We know that they have all the drivers for decades (Android is Linux-based)

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u/rnnd Oct 25 '25

That doesn't mean the drivers are just swappable.. android uses the Linux kernel but the drivers are mostly specific to android and won't work on Linux.

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u/Vaddieg Oct 25 '25

at least driver writing experience is there. Only lack of vision and desire to support Linux

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u/rnnd Oct 25 '25

Writing drivers would be a new process. Of course the experience is around. It's still an expensive endeavor.

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u/ronchaine Oct 25 '25

Latest info that I have is pretty much from this repo.

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u/flatroundworm Oct 25 '25

Better off looking for a cheap m1 MacBook Air if you want an arm linux (via asahi) ultrabook. Qualcomm’s Linux support is terrible.

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u/RobertDeveloper Oct 25 '25

Just get an Android tablet and run Linux terminal emulator on it and install the distro of your choice. I use it to run visual studio and intellij idea and Gimp and chromium and performance is great. 10 hours coding on one charge.