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Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series

625 points · 273 comments · aaronday

modeless · 1790208405 · focus · HN ↗
I think a lot of people don't realize the level of performance Qualcomm has reached with these. This is the closest competition to Apple's M series that we have, for the laptop form factor at least. They are better than Intel and AMD's best. I'd love to buy an X2 laptop with Linux preinstalled and supported.
1. MBCook · 1790214441 · focus · HN ↗
  I’m glad we’re finally getting more competitors to Intel/AMD.
  Better for everyone. Apple gets lazy on top. And for those who don’t want a Mac, they should be able to have something great too. And since PC makers are far more willing to experiment with form factors, I’d like to see what they try.
  1. pjmlp · 1790227576 · focus · HN ↗
    Those that dream of an ARM ecosystem don't realise what they are getting.
    Finally the end of IBM PC clones is taking shape.
    ezst · 1790228650 · focus · HN ↗
    And how exactly does that matter? How close do you have your head to x86 assembly for the instructions set to matter?
    pjmlp · 1790230113 · focus · HN ↗
    A computer is much more than an CPU chip, e.g. "PC 99 System Design Guide", among several other references.
    ezst · 1790231491 · focus · HN ↗
    But that's not answering my question? What do you expect to get from today's ARM chips that's fundamentally impossible otherwise? And how is that a step forward?
    dosisking · 1790241365 · focus · HN ↗
    I know I will never switch to ARM willingly. There is no advantage, only vendor lock-in. I feel that x86's openness was an accident, and we should try to keep x86 alive as long as possible.
    pjmlp · 1790244649 · focus · HN ↗
    It actually was an accident, enabled by IBM using off the self parts unlike their previous computers, and Compaq's clean room reverse engineering of the BIOS.

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