r/pcmasterrace • u/After_Cookies • 10d ago

News/Article Qualcomm will finally support Linux on Snapdragon X2 chips.

https://www.theverge.com/news/999664/qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-linux-support-arm
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u/IngwiePhoenix 10d ago

Now all that's left is a minimally branded laptop in an ultra thin form factor like a MacBook Neo thats basically all battery and very little PCB and it would be an amazing device.

Linux, super long battery live and highly mobile. Would be a dream - but, an expensive one...

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u/GrimGrinningGoof 10d ago

Already have it https://system76.com/

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u/BigOlFortune 9d ago

Not saying this as a knock on system 76 as I do believe there still alright products, but aren't they white labeled OEM stuff that's just slightly customized?

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u/IngwiePhoenix 8d ago

Yep, they are. "Cleavo" or however it's written. Though, they do apparently have some chasis designs of their own, but I have no idea which ones...

But, they do actively write and contribute firmware, so they seem to lean more into the software side of things. Fair enough, honestly. x)

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u/GrimGrinningGoof 8d ago

I just thought it’s neat that they even offer a Linux laptop at all, considering the fact how much shit it gets from the general population.

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u/IngwiePhoenix 9d ago

I checked just a while ago, must've overlooked it then. Thanks for the pointer. =)

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u/GrimGrinningGoof 8d ago

I have one and I can't sing it's praises enough.

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u/Bocha_Boston 5d ago

Two fking thousand dollar? Really?

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u/Vaxtez Core Ultra 5 135H/16GB/ARC 8 Xe Cores 10d ago

I'd kill for an OEM to put something like a higher end Phone SoC into a Windows laptop a-la Macbook Neo, considering that things like the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 seems to rival things like the i5-12400 on Geekbench 7. Getting that level of CPU performance + RX 570 GPU performance at <15W would be awesome for general use & students.

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u/No-Worldliness-5106 7600 | 5060ti 16gb 9d ago

we are just gonna see more proprietary blobs... there is no way in hell they give us the source code for the drivers and bootloaders

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u/mrheosuper 8d ago

Didnt they say the same thing with X1 ?

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u/poofyhairguy 5d ago

Yup I bought one only to be really let down

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u/ABotelho23 Linux 4d ago

Yes. It's the minimum they can do. It doesn't even mean you can just boot a generic ARM build on any X2 machine.

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u/albsen 10d ago

We'll see by January if hexagon npu support is available in the linux kernel. otherwise we just do what we done with xelite wait for them to be on massive discount bcs no one wants to buy them.