Microsoft, Qualcomm, and several other PC vendors will launch a series of laptops next week that Microsoft is promoting as a new foundation for Windows on Arm...

Microsoft, Qualcomm, and several other PC vendors will launch a series of laptops next week that Microsoft is promoting as a new foundation for Windows on Arm and the emerging AI PC trend. However, Arm claims that the inaugural Copilot+ PCs violate its intellectual property rights.Read Entire Article

  • nehal3m@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    I don’t give a fuck what Microsoft is doing with ARM, but I do wonder if releasing ARM laptops to the market will have an effect on Linux. It’d be great to get a Linux machine with MacBook-like silence, battery life and cool operation. Asahi is doing some work there for Apple’s implementation. Anyone with some Linux development experience that can shed some light?

    • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      id like to know too. i know for a fact the have been mainlining arm drivers to linux and standardizing it not unlike x86. we even have ways to run x86 code on arm.

      i hope things go as well as its looking.

      • waitmarks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        ??? Literally every android phone is linux. All arm SBCs run linux. Linux is the default on arm, macos and windows are just catching up.

        • A7thStone@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          I realize that. It doesn’t mean I like it. ARM is just a corporation that makes money by holding IP. It’s the opposite is open source.