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Will the coming of ARM laptops spell the death of a solid native Linux laptop? I really wish I could get Ubuntu on a Samsung Galaxy Book Go, but it seems it is

by dheera 5y ago

Will the coming of ARM laptops spell the death of a solid native Linux laptop? I really wish I could get Ubuntu on a Samsung Galaxy Book Go, but it seems it isn't possible (?)

dralley 5y ago
No. Both Dell and Lenovo are now selling Enterprise laptops with Linux officially available as a supported pre-installed option. And System76 are apure-Linux operation building their own open source firmware in house to get the level of support and features they want. I don't think x86 will die so quickly, and Linux has been getting a lot more support from OEMs recently than it has historically.
opan 5y ago
A friend of mine runs Arch on his Samsung Chromebook Plus, and there's also the Pinebook Pro. Both ARM. Both happen to use the RK3399 SoC, I believe, but there are other supported machines like the Asus Chromebook C201 as well.