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https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/23/qualcomms-cpu-beats-apple-m1-m2
#asahilinux runs on #AppleSilicon with a considerable #reverseengineering effort. Now Qualcomm and others are developing desktop #arm systems. Will Linux run on them? Do they support #freeasinfreedm operative systems? I think also about #Freebsd #Openbsd
in reply to Paolo Redaelli

According to the Italian article https://www.dday.it/redazione/47317/snapdragon-x-elite-lascia-a-bocca-aperta-secondo-qualcomm-e-piu-veloce-di-m2-max-e-umilia-amd-e-intel most of the #benchmarks have been run using #Debian so we're mostly safe.
I can't wait to buy a laptop with a #snapdragonxelite with Debian preinstalled!
in reply to Paolo Redaelli

Interesting that Qualcomm had to stuff twice as many performance cores in there compared to Apple’s M1/M2 to become competitive! I really wish Apple Silicon devices weren’t so locked down, requiring Herculean reverse engineering efforts.
in reply to Morgan Aldridge

@morgant
I call #apple closed environment, fully ladded with #drm, as #GoldenPrison. This is the main reason why I avoid Apple's hardware, even as they're so good, even if mighty, good hackers have been able to run Linux on it with #reverseengineering
in reply to Paolo Redaelli

@morgant
That's very sad as I used to love Apple, when they were friends of user freedoms.

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