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by 4778468d 2038 days ago
No.

ARM has a huge problem with compatibility and secrecy.

Buy a random intel machine .... will it run Windows and Linux? YES.

Buy a random ARM device..,, will it run Linux? Maybe, probably not, even if it does, probably there’s problems and issues caused by the CPU vendor keeping aspects of its design secret.

ARM is a very very long way from replacing Intel.

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I always forget that not being able to run Linux immediately means that there is a lot of secrecy. It can never be put on Linux.
According to Apples M1: Intel software runs FASTER on ARM than on Intel