Canonical and Qualcomm have announced a collaboration to bring Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core to Qualcomm devices, with the latter joining Canonical's silicon partner program.
I think Linux phones would be super cool. And I dream one day it will become a properly usable reality. But what I really want is a properly supported, powerful ARM based laptop. Something approaching apple M series performance with the same kind of battery life. If Ubuntu can nail that, or another distro like asahi Linux, I will be happy with that and using graphene OS.
There are a bunch of laptops coming out with the snapdragon elite x processor this year, which is comparable to the apple M type.
The already-out thinkpad x13s has an earlier generation snapdragon cpu, and can run debian. Hibernation and sleep seem to be a bit of an issue, so can’t say ‘full support’ yet.
It seems probable that the elite X snapdragon will be able to run linux too, though there will be some lingering issues.
I think Linux phones would be super cool. And I dream one day it will become a properly usable reality. But what I really want is a properly supported, powerful ARM based laptop. Something approaching apple M series performance with the same kind of battery life. If Ubuntu can nail that, or another distro like asahi Linux, I will be happy with that and using graphene OS.
The problem is that they probably would be stuck with a proprietary firmware. I want a device that is more open and free.
That’s a fair point.
There are a bunch of laptops coming out with the snapdragon elite x processor this year, which is comparable to the apple M type.
The already-out thinkpad x13s has an earlier generation snapdragon cpu, and can run debian. Hibernation and sleep seem to be a bit of an issue, so can’t say ‘full support’ yet.
It seems probable that the elite X snapdragon will be able to run linux too, though there will be some lingering issues.
I will keep an eye on that. But that is good info to have. I appreciate it!