Open Source Project Aims To Make Ubuntu Usable on Arm-Powered Windows Laptops

'A group of programmers and device hackers are working to bring proper
support for Ubuntu to Arm-powered Windows laptops, starting with
first-generation Snapdragon 835 systems, like the HP Envy x2 and Asus
NovaGo. From a report:

The aarch64-laptops project provides prebuilt images for the
aforementioned notebook PCs, as well as the Lenovo Miix 630. Although
Ubuntu and other Linux distributions support aarch64 (ARMv8) by
default, various obstacles including the design and configuration of
Qualcomm Snapdragon processors make these default images not
practically usable. The aarch64-laptops project developers are aiming
to address these difficulties, though work is still ongoing.
Presently, the TouchPad does not work properly on the Asus, with all
three lacking proper support for on-board storage and Wi-Fi, which
rely on UFS support. According to their documentation, this is being
worked on upstream.'

-- source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/02/14/1448221

Cheers, Peter
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Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
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