@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 months agoQualcomm spends millions on marketing as it is found better battery life, not AI features, is driving Copilot+ PC saleswww.tomshardware.commessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1439
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•4 months 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•4 months 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•4 months agoIt’s better to support open hardware that doesn’t rely on unsupported reverse engineering by community contributors.
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.