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by popcalc 736 days ago
When you rely on volunteers blindly reverse engineering Apple hardware you're never going to reach a level of support and stability that meets mission-critical requirements. It's a hobbyist solution.

"Qualcomm has been working to ensure good Linux support for the Snapdragon X Elite high-end laptop SoC. That work is still ongoing but the initial bits are already in the mainline kernel while other optimizations and other features remain in the works. So far for the Snapdragon X Elite has been many vendors showing off Microsoft Windows based laptops but it looks like from at least TUXEDO Computers there will be a Linux-focused laptop using this ARM64 chip."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TEBKEhhcqM

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It's amusing because Linux started as a hobbyist solution. I think the results will speak for themselves. Asahi Linux is quite usable with some limitations. Corporate support for Linux doesn't guarantee usability based on past efforts.