Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges
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Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges
#2to be fair, Qualcomm runs on Linux (Android) all the time
Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges
#3Qualcomm has previously announced their desire to support Linux, and they have an upstream roadmap: https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2024/05/upstreaming-...
Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges
#4to be fair, Qualcomm runs on Linux (Android) all the time
Yeah, you are right. Android is a variant of Linux.
Just like MacOS and iPadOS, both run Darwin kernel, but they are very different. Even though iPads have very capable hardware, there are a lot you cannot do on iPadOS.
The same applies to Linux. People want a real desktop operating system.
Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges
#5to be fair, Qualcomm runs on Linux (Android) all the time
Yeah, you are right. Android is a variant of Linux. Just like MacOS and iPadOS, both run Darwin kernel, but they are very different. Even though iPads have very capable hardware, there are a lot you cannot do on iPadOS. The same applies to Linux. People want a real desktop operating system.
All that iPadOS needs to do is to be able to run macOS apps.
Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges
#6to be fair, Qualcomm runs on Linux (Android) all the time
Yeah, you are right. Android is a variant of Linux. Just like MacOS and iPadOS, both run Darwin kernel, but they are very different. Even though iPads have very capable hardware, there are a lot you cannot do on iPadOS. The same applies to Linux. People want a real desktop operating system.
Found the fervent GNU worshipper.
Jokes aside, yes: Android is a Linux.
Just like how Xbox is Windows NT, and MacOS (and iOS?) is(/are?) BSD.
Delineating along kernels is one useful and objective way of describing OS families.
Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges
#7Isn't the Qualcomm chip just an ARM design? Seeing as Linux can run on ARM, is this new? I always just expected to be able to run an ARM based linux on these devices.
Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges
#8Isn't the Qualcomm chip just an ARM design? Seeing as Linux can run on ARM, is this new? I always just expected to be able to run an ARM based linux on these devices.
I presume the actual remarkable thing everyone wants, not mentioned anywhere in this article, is a Qualcomm CPU booting into BIOS/UEFI and subsequently into Windows and Linux, aka the x86-ification of ARM and thus the Personal Computerization (IBM-ification?) of ARM.
Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges
#9Isn't the Qualcomm chip just an ARM design? Seeing as Linux can run on ARM, is this new? I always just expected to be able to run an ARM based linux on these devices.
I presume the actual remarkable thing everyone wants, not mentioned anywhere in this article, is a Qualcomm CPU booting into BIOS/UEFI and subsequently into Windows and Linux, aka the x86-ification of ARM and thus the Personal Computerization (IBM-ification?) of ARM.
Qualcomm SDXE Arm UEFI for Linux is a work in progress, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40422286
Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges
#10Isn't the Qualcomm chip just an ARM design? Seeing as Linux can run on ARM, is this new? I always just expected to be able to run an ARM based linux on these devices.
Sure, the CPU is ARM but you need drivers for everything else. Fortunately Qualcomm is providing those drivers.