I've been talking about it for months, but I finally followed Jami Kettunen's instructions and got Chimera Linux installed in my Yoga Slim 7x ARM laptop.
Windows was crashing every few days (while unattended) with the error "The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error is caused because the system stopped responding and the hardware watchdog triggered a system reset." even after a full restore.
I'm hoping Linux is more stable.
Ubuntu 25.04 will support more ARM64 machines, including the Snapdragon X Elite!
#Ubuntu #Linux #UbuntuLinux #Qualcomm #Snapdragon #SnapdragonXElite #SnapdragonX #TechNews #TechUpdates #RaspberryPi
https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/ubuntu-will-improve-arm64-support/
So what is the state of running #Linux on #SnapdragonX Elite / Plus or whatever those #ARM laptops have in them?
Any progress being made?
New post: I got around to trying out the Ubuntu build for Snapdragon X Elite based laptops on my Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x. It works quite well!
https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2024/linux-on-yoga-7x-snapdragon/
@arstechnica I wait for #SnapdragonX #Linux #laptop. Let's support https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-on-ARM-is-coming.tuxedo
"Snapdragon X Elite laptops have a professional-grade video editor at long last, and it's completely free."
DaVinci Resolve becomes ARM-native!!!
Good deep dive into the Oryon cores on in the Snapdragon X Elite SoC https://chipsandcheese.com/2024/07/09/qualcomms-oryon-core-a-long-time-in-the-making/
New post! A detailed review of PC computing on ARM with a Snapdragon X based laptop. Covering the hardware itself, battery life, performance, development, virtualisation & WSL, running other operating systems, and more.
https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2024/yoga-7x-snapdragon-developer-review/
Made some more progress with OpenBSD on the Yogo 7x this evening. Got it online using a USB Wi-Fi dongle and installed a few packages. Got into a X session and could use Firefox and Alacritty.
Couldn't work out how to get fvwm to scale with the DPI. Tried xrandr and Xresources to set the DPI. Seems at least one of them worked as Firefox scaled properly.
I tried a #snapdragonXElite #surface #laptop at Best Buy, and ran BrowserBench.org on it.
#Microsoft #Edge scored 24 on #SpeeDOMeter 3, that's faster than #Chrome on my #AMD #Ryzen 9, with a #Radeon 6900 and 64GB of RAM.
I know what CPU my next laptop is going to have!
The sheen on the new laptop wore off a bit yesterday. I tried to set up a Linux VM and it's broken on these CPUs. It works on the Dev Kit 2023 with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 CPU but not on this Elite X. The VM runs in Hyper-V but at a glacial pace (minutes to do anything). It's not just me either https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/1dmzpzt/running_linux_in_hyperv_on_snapdragon_x/
Hyper-V is the only option too. VMware & VirtualBox only support x86. I got QEMU to boot an arm64 Linux ISO but it's not accelerated.
With Windows on Arm finally a reality, @theverge has spent the last 10 days testing the seven current CoPilot+ PCs, which represent all four Snapdragon X chips, against a selection of similar laptops running Apple Silicon, Intel Core Ultra, and AMD Ryzen processors. How do they fare? The Verge has crunched all the numbers and the results are in…
For more Microsoft news follow @microsoft-news-theverge
Seeing how the #SnapdragonX has been received, i can bet #Microsoft is checking if it can be used for a #Xbox Handled that has been rumored.
I don't think they will go for Snapdragon. There is efficiency, but not software support, and gaming compatibility and performance is janky at best, non-functional at worst.
May be in a second or third version through a compatibility layer.
My early review of this laptop is very positive (once you get through the gauntlet of Windows initial setup). The build quality is excellent, the OLED display is high-resolution and vibrant with deep blacks, battery life is excellent. It reported 8h remaining at a battery level of 64%. It runs cool and fan-free unless you use all cores (like building software). I was able to build Prince in WSL, so I'll be able to use this machine for work when travelling later in the year. #SnapdragonX #ARM
A recent Linux kernel patch adds initial support for the Asus Vivobook S 15 OLED laptop with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor. Some hardware's not supported yet though, including USB4, webcam, SD card, etc. https://buff.ly/3zAGAMv #Qualcomm #SnapdragonX #Linux #AsusVivobookS15OLED
New laptop finally arrived!
It will run Windows for now, while I keep an eye on Qualcomm's ongoing work adding support for Snapdragon X SoCs to Linux.
Gaming su Windows ARM? Snapdragon X Elite delude: compatibilità limitata! #TechNews #SnapdragonX
If you came from the past in a time machine I bet you'd be really confused about which devices are "AI" and which are simply "smart".
I have to say these #SnapdragonX reviews bring some hope for portable computing.
Now we have Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Apple and Qualcomm doing mainstream ARM CPU.
Now, let's see how #ARM progress bringing the transition from x86.
Tuxedo Computers confirms that the Tuxedo-branded Linux on Snapdragon X laptop from German PC maker Schenker that was on display at Computex is a real (albeit work-in-progress) thing, and that it could ship by the end of the year (emphasis on "could.") https://buff.ly/3Vh0L9y #LinuxLaptop #SnapdragonX #TuxedoComputers #Computex2024
