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Ubuntu 25.04 Working On More Improvements For Snapdragon X1 Elite Laptop Support
We are nearing one year since the first Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops shipped with Windows 11 ARM
At least having qcom-firmware-extract in the Ubuntu archive lowers the initial user barrier for fetching those firmware files from a Windows install. - hwe-qcom-x1e-meta: This is picked up by "ubuntu-drivers --recommended" in subiquity and pulls in ubuntu-x1e-settings - ubuntu-x1e-settings: A full set of configs needed to make a installation work. So with how things are pacing, it's looking like Ubuntu 25.04 could offer a decent experience for at least most of the current Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops but depending upon the model some features may remain unsupported.
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