[pwnna]

Interesting development. Could this be a good thing that encourages OEM to standardize on something like the IBM-like PC that we have for x86 systems so we don't have to deal with each individual boards in Android or the traditional GNU/Linuxes?

Furthermore, if the x86 emulation turns out to be as fast as they promised and demo'ed, will this kind of technology be developed for desktop linux? Is it even necessary as most apps tend to be open source and can recompile already?

[mirasmithy]

+1 A major issue with ARM boards is you can't expect [name-your-arm-os] to run on all ARM boards. Each implements it's own boot sequence and drivers aren't the best. Something like this might push for a unified spec.

[mrpippy]

UEFI is the boot environment for Windows on ARM

[filereaper]

I'm actually more interested in getting a standard ARMv8 laptop rather than a tablet to run Linux on it.

Windows 10 being an entry point to get these machines into the market is perfectly fine.