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Snapdragon 8 Elite arrives with Linux support, potentially unlocking PC gaming on phones and tablets (www.techspot.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by onlinepersona to c/linux

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/25405532

Qualcomm engineering director Trilok Soni recently confirmed that the company's Linux team published Linux kernel updates for the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. Qualcomm unveiled the SoC earlier this month, targeting a new generation of flagship phones and tablets supporting Android and Linux.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The more concerning part is the bootloader that keeps being made more and more cumbersome to unlock. Not as easy to install one's system of choice when you need to beg the device maker to allow access to the part of the system required for that. =/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Pray we don't alter the deal further

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Why are you altering the dead in the first place? Leave them be, they're dead