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Windows on ARM report: Why AMD & Intel laptops are often (still) the better choice over Snapdragon laptops (www.notebookcheck.net)

submitted 2 days ago by Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Arch Linux got a bunch of money and support from Valve recently (rumoured to be for support of their upcoming standalone VR headset) so that Arch devs can streamline their builds and support more platforms. We can expect things to change considerably in the coming months with regards to Linux on ARM.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

I am really sceptical about this.

Doesn't every ARM laptop need its own "spin" of an OS because ARM laptops don't support UEFI, ACPI and similar technologies? From my understanding, the driver situation is catastrophically bad with ARM laptops (even with x86, the Linux driver situation has room to improve).

And you have to deal with Qualcomm; a company with a relatively bad reputation for medium-long term firmware support (if it's provided at all).