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Ubuntu Developers Begin Working On Snapdragon X1 Elite Support


With the mainline Linux kernel beginning to see DeviceTree support for a few Snapdragon X1 powered laptops like the ASUS Vivobook S15 and Lenovo Yoga Slim7x, Ubuntu developers at Canonical appear to be beginning their exploration around supporting some of the Snapdragon X1 hardware with Ubuntu Linux.

With the mainline Linux kernel beginning to see DeviceTree support for a few Snapdragon X1 powered laptops like the ASUS Vivobook S15 and Lenovo Yoga Slim7x, Ubuntu developers at Canonical appear to be beginning their exploration around supporting some of the Snapdragon X1 hardware with Ubuntu Linux. We may see some unofficial spins or guides for setting up Ubuntu Linux manually on such hardware. More than likely this work will materialize more for Ubuntu 25.04 with by then hopefully seeing nice installer support for these laptops that will be nearing one year old in the marketplace come next April.

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