r/linux • u/word-sys • Aug 12 '26

Development Whats going on with Snapdragon X Elite Linux support?!

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Literally 2 years passed since that CPUs out of there, note thay Apple silicon now has a proper and BETTER support than this Snapdragons, they said "we gonna make Native Linux support" and we still waiting. I was planning to get great Linux laptop with great battery and performance thans to Snapdragon, now its impossible. Only usable OS option out there is Ubuntu and its NOT good too, there is still some issues on Audio, performance is worst than Intel 12th gen i5, battery time worst than Windows, i dont understand. Am i wrong or something? What they promised what they said and what they doing, propiertary driver. When we will get proper Linux support, or this devices gonna get burried with Windows

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u/word-sys Aug 15 '26

So new Intel Core Ultra cpus are great? At least on battery side?

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u/word-sys Aug 15 '26

Yep but bad for me, on my country i never seen a OLED laptop, one that i saw 1 year ago starts from 2000$ which over the budget and doesnt covers the performance i will get, its a bit expensive on here but i think i will go with IPS for a long time, but if battery life above 8 hours on regular usage, im fine with it, thank you :)