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Still waiting for Framework to announce a motherboard with Snapdragon X.
there’s been a lot of concern that Snapdragon X-based PCs might be locked down to Windows, and while it remains unclear just how easy it will be to install a GNU/Linux distribution on a Snapdragon X PC that ships with Windows, it’s nice to know that at least one company is looking to release a model that will come with Linux pre-installed.
What does that mean? Are they not using UEFI?
I just hope they use Coreboot.
Btw are there any FOSS Coreboot compatible ARM Chromebooks worth looking at?
Coreboot is for x86-64. ARM usually uses U-Boot.
Not true. For example Libreboot currently supports 2 ARM laptops. The way I understand it is that Libreboot uses U-boot as an extra bootloader, kinda like you would run GRUB after UEFI. U-boot can also just work on it's own and Coreboot ARM devices are rather the exception.
I'd argue chain loading coreboot/libreboot from u-boot isn't really "supporting it" as much as it's just extending it, but fair enough. In the end it's still using u-boot with extra steps.
Coreboot uses U-boot as payload meaning it's the other way around. (at least that's how I understand it) I worded poorly what I meant.
Different ARM chips use different boot methods, there's no standard. ARM spec doesn't have any method to actually boot a CPU into a working state. Some ARM chips have crazy booting sequences, for example, some NVIDIA chips boot through GPU.
Crazy! Interesting, a bit like with Wayland. A total mess
Linux was ready for ARM years ago.
Sad that we need to wait for Windows to get support first so manufacturers and chip makers start to care.
And Linux/ARM is still liable to be a blip, once RISC-V takes off.
Let's hope we also getting GPU drivers unlike on those cheaper SBCs...
If TuxedoComputers are working on it, there is faith that they'll do a good job :)
i'm glad to know that tuxedo computers is doing it and now i know where my next purchase is going to be.
Nice Windows key
Likely due to being a prototype. Production laptops from Tuxedo tend to have the “TUX” penguin in a circle logo on the Super key by default. They also have been offering custom engraved keyboard (even with the entire keyboard engraved from scratch to the customer’s specifications) as added service, so probably there will be suppliers or production facility to change the Super key.
By the way, there was one YouTube channel that ended up ordering a laptop with Windings engraving from them: https://youtu.be/nidnvlt6lzw?t=186
Nice. My next Laptop will be a MNT Reform, but if the performance of the Schenker/Tuxedo ARM laptop is right I wouldn't be averse to buying one as well.
This looks great. That would be quite a powerful low-weight machine with long battery life. If they won't be too expensive (and gaming works on them) I might get one. At least RuneLite seems to already support ARM64 on Linux and these chips also put more spotlight on ARM trough Windows on ARM.
Well you will VERY likely need FEX for "Gaming" (if you talk about x86_64 proprietary Windows software)
I am sure Xonotic and others are already available on ARM Linux.
pretty sweet. wonder what the price will be.
Prototypes can go for several million
Nice. A lot of Linux laptops seem sold locked to the inferior ISO keyboard instead of ANSI.
Big ass enter is way better than the small one.
You can't change my mind.
I always hit the slash instead and the short shift messes me up too. although I switched to grid aligned 1u keys for everything recently and other boards were put up for free for a month or so and anything unclaimed went to the electronics pile at the transfer station.
I’m sure the future RSI from reaching your pinky that far from the home row will agree
Ew, ANSI