floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoQualcomm spends millions on marketing as it is found better battery life, not AI features, is driving Copilot+ PC saleswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkQualcomm spends millions on marketing as it is found better battery life, not AI features, is driving Copilot+ PC saleswww.tomshardware.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squaremaxinstuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoLinux support also appears to be coming along nicely (though not ready yet).
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 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-squarereddithalation@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoopen source drivers were developed for apple’s gpus, so if there is demand seems like someone would do it for qualcomm
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s better to support open hardware that doesn’t rely on unsupported reverse engineering by community contributors.
minus-squarethequickben@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt is ready. I only used to dual boot Linux, but I switched completely over 6 months ago with zero issues.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago I switched completely over 6 months ago There were no Copilot+ PCs 6 months ago. Stop lying.
minus-squarethequickben@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI didn’t say I used copilot 6 months ago. I use Linux.
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.
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.
It is ready. I only used to dual boot Linux, but I switched completely over 6 months ago with zero issues.
There were no Copilot+ PCs 6 months ago. Stop lying.
I didn’t say I used copilot 6 months ago. I use Linux.