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bit_user The article said: Snapdragon X1 Elite Linux laptop cancelled due to performance concerns That's just wrong. The issues were really to do with drivers, with a side comment that Linux' battery life on this laptop was still not on par with Windows. The only point where performance entered into the picture was just that the CPU is over a year old and soon to be superseded by the second generation Snapdragon X CPUs. Reply
Findecanor They should talk to Mediatek. They have ARM-based SoCs out in Chromebooks now that are about as fast (on the fastest core, at least) and people are already running Linux apps on them. Reply
ekio The Egg and the Chicken… Many feature not properly supported because the platform is recent, but at the same time if brands are not releasing new hardware for users, how can things improve…? I think that it was easier for them to blame Qualcomm than blaming how long it would take them to get something fully ready on time, and that now it was not a good timeline anymore. Reply
ezst036 ekio said: I think that it was easier for them to blame Qualcomm than blaming how long it would take them to get something fully ready on time, and that now it was not a good timeline anymore. Realistically speaking, the blame is justified. Qualcomm could have put more developers on the Linux platform ( a growing platform , it is super important to point out) and Qualcomm singularly decided against putting more developers on the Linux platform. Well, as such, the Linux platform while on the Qualcomm hardware is expectantly lackluster. Duh…… not enough developers! To my knowledge, Ubuntu/Canonical had to step in and do some things on their own without Qualcomm's assistance. Did Qualcomm expect Expeliarmus? They shouldn't have, because software is not magic. Now, apparently, Qualcomm is hiring several more new developers from the ranks of those who have been in the field for a long time. Why didn't they do that 4 years ago and get ahead of the curve? Reply
bit_user ezst036 said: Qualcomm could have put more developers on the Linux platform Yeah, but Linux on AMD laptops wasn't well-supported for several years after Zen-based APUs came onto the scene. It's something that does take time to mature. ezst036 said: To my knowledge, Ubuntu/Canonical had to step in and do some things on their own without Qualcomm's assistance. The first thing I tried was installing Ubuntu 25.10. Didn't work. And their release notes didn't clearly said this, either, nor what hardware they actually do support it on. So, let's not give Canonical too much credit, here. ezst036 said: Now, apparently, Qualcomm is hiring several more new developers from the ranks of those who have been in the field for a long time. Why didn't they do that 4 years ago and get ahead of the curve? They have been working on Linux support for a while. For instance, on their Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 platform. Just not hard enough, I suppose. The Adreno driver is actually in good shape. It's too bad that it's not working on my laptop. I've heard that others have gotten it working, but I really don't care enough to bother with it, for now. Reply
LordVile bit_user said: That's just wrong. The issues were really to do with drivers, with a side comment that Linux' battery life on this laptop was still not on par with Windows. The only point where performance entered into the picture was just that the CPU is over a year old and soon to be superseded by the second generation Snapdragon X CPUs. I mean performance isn’t exactly great in snapdragon SoCs. It’d be my 4th choice for a thin and light Reply
bit_user LordVile said: I mean performance isn’t exactly great in snapdragon SoCs. It’d be my 4th choice for a thin and light The article falsely claims the effort was dropped for performance reasons. It was not. Simple as that. As for how its performance stacks up against other laptops, let's look at what else Tuxedo offers, in the 10" – 14" range: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Linux-Notebooks/Alle.tuxedo#1271,1292;1271,1294;1271,1298;1271,2078;1271,12889;1271,12890;1275,1319 That list includes Zen 4, Meteor Lake, and Alder Lake. The only option they offer that's arguably better than Snapdragon X1E is Strix Point (Ryzen AI HX 370). So, it's clear that performance wasn't even a hypothetical deal-breaker for them. And some people have reasons for wanting an ARM-based machine, other than absolute performance or efficiency. I don't even use mine on battery power, so that's how much I care about efficiency. Reply
LordVile bit_user said: The article falsely claims the effort was dropped for performance reasons. It was not. Simple as that. As for how its performance stacks up against other laptops, let's look at what else Tuxedo offers, in the 10" – 14" range: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Linux-Notebooks/Alle.tuxedo#1271,1292;1271,1294;1271,1298;1271,2078;1271,12889;1271,12890;1275,1319 That list includes Zen 4, Meteor Lake, and Alder Lake. The only option they offer that's arguably better than Snapdragon X1E is Strix Point (Ryzen AI HX 370). So, it's clear that performance wasn't even a hypothetical deal-breaker for them. And some people have reasons for wanting an ARM-based machine, other than absolute performance or efficiency. I don't even use mine on battery power, so that's how much I care about efficiency. Price wise you could shove a much better processor in that what the currently have for the X elite. The Qualcomm chips are prohibitively expensive for what they are. The performance you get wouldn’t be much better than the 8845HS What other reasons could there be exactly? That’s the selling point of ARM. Performance per watt. x86 is still king in terms of compatibility. Even the best ARM chips just don’t scale to the x86 equivalent once you allow them to suck up as much power as they want. Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/snapdragon-x1-elite-linux-laptop-cancelled-due-to-performance-concerns-linux-pc-maker-says-qualcomm-is-less-suitable-for-linux-than-expected#main
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