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Will this help bring Linux to the upcoming Qualcomm Elite X laptop SoC? A viable Linux ARM laptop would be cool, especially if it promised high performance and

• seabrookmx 3y ago
  Asahi is very close to daily driver material so it's likely that Macs will be the first viable ARM Linux laptops, funny enough. But it would certainly be great to see more variety, and with a standard (ie: UEFI based) install process. I would already be rocking an X13s if the Linux support was there.
  • apatheticonion 3y ago
    It's honestly incredible how much progress the Asahi team have made with Linux on Apple Silicon. In a few years I imagine we will have Vulkan support, external displays, bluetooth and good performing drivers for most of the hardware. I swear, the MBP running Linux would be an unstoppable development environment - at least as far as ultrabooks go. With the developments in Proton, FEX (x86 translation), and usability improvements in desktop linux (Gnome 4x and KDE); I'd go as far to say a MBP running Linux with full hardware support would be the best gaming and general purpose ultrabook on the market. For now I am testing Asahi but daily driving MacOS.
  • camel-cdr 3y ago
    > Asahi is very close to daily driver material so it's likely that Macs will be the first viable ARM Linux laptops, funny enough I've been daily driving my pinebook pro since 2020.
    • seabrookmx 3y ago
      Fair. The raspberry pi-esque performance is a deal breaker for me personally though.