@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoQualcomm spends millions on marketing as it is found better battery life, not AI features, is driving Copilot+ PC saleswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1444
arrow-up1444external-linkQualcomm spends millions on marketing as it is found better battery life, not AI features, is driving Copilot+ PC saleswww.tomshardware.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish47•1 year agoLinux support also appears to be coming along nicely (though not ready yet).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoIt is ready. I only used to dual boot Linux, but I switched completely over 6 months ago with zero issues.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish24•1 year ago I switched completely over 6 months ago There were no Copilot+ PCs 6 months ago. Stop lying.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI didn’t say I used copilot 6 months ago. I use Linux.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•1 year agoI think he mean on these new, modern ARM laptop. None has actually work well so far. This newer Qualcomm chips are those that they themselves put the effort in. Rest were few far and between - garbage from Qualcomm and rest is from community.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•1 year ago Linux support also appears to be coming along nicely (though not ready yet). Linux, as in kernel: Yes. Qualcomm doesn’t develop FOSS GPU drivers, though. freedreno only supports older Adreno GPUs.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoopen source drivers were developed for apple’s gpus, so if there is demand seems like someone would do it for qualcomm
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoIt’s better to support open hardware that doesn’t rely on unsupported reverse engineering by community contributors.
Linux support also appears to be coming along nicely (though not ready yet).
It is ready. I only used to dual boot Linux, but I switched completely over 6 months ago with zero issues.
There were no Copilot+ PCs 6 months ago. Stop lying.
I didn’t say I used copilot 6 months ago. I use Linux.
I think he mean on these new, modern ARM laptop. None has actually work well so far. This newer Qualcomm chips are those that they themselves put the effort in. Rest were few far and between - garbage from Qualcomm and rest is from community.
Linux, as in kernel: Yes. Qualcomm doesn’t develop FOSS GPU drivers, though. freedreno only supports older Adreno GPUs.
open source drivers were developed for apple’s gpus, so if there is demand seems like someone would do it for qualcomm
It’s better to support open hardware that doesn’t rely on unsupported reverse engineering by community contributors.