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Linux Support Continues For The Now-Canceled Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit For Windows
While last week Qualcomm canceled their Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit as a $899 USD mini PC built for Windows 11 on ARM and powered by the X1 Elite SoC, the upstreaming Linux support for it is continuing.
On the Linux kernel mailing list this week the matter was raised among developers whether the upstreaming work for the Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit support for Linux should continue given Qualcomm's official posture and only a limited number of these mini PC dev kits having shipped. It's looking like this Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit support for Linux could be upstreamed within the next kernel cycle or two, providing life to these X1 Elite mini PCs past the short lifespan of the device on Windows.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.
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