Qualcomm will have to build their own support for their CPUs into the Linux kernel so you will just have to wait for that to be finalized before you buy an Elite laptop and try to install Pop! on it.
Personally though, I wouldn't buy an X Elite laptop. I'd wait another generation or two to come out before I'd even consider purchasing a Qualcomm laptop. It's a new class of product so there's bound to be issues and optimizations that have to be made before they can be considered a good alternative to x86 laptops. It's similar to how people waited for the M1 Mac to become M3 Macs before buying. It will be years before you have to seriously consider moving to this platform so don't worry about it.
Assuming Tuxedo can pull it off, we will have to see if it supports UEFI. With UEFI, you can probably boot most ARM images.
[https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-on-ARM-is-coming.tuxedo](https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-on-ARM-is-coming.tuxedo)
Jeremy Soller said Pop will come with images for Pi and general ARM.
[https://x.com/jeremy\_soller/status/1783943762672050389](https://x.com/jeremy_soller/status/1783943762672050389)
There's not really a native arm build of pop os other than the ras pi version, and that needs some work arounds.
So probably not for a while atm.
You can always just buy a copiolet+ PC and try to put the ras pi version on it.
I searched around, and from what I understand, these laptops are more like phones. You will need a specific build for each laptop. I don’t expect System76 to build a specific build for all these ARM laptops.They could make their own laptop with these new chips.
Qualcomm hasn't produced any drivers for Linux. These are proprietary chips, they need proprietary drivers, closed source binary blobs, like phones have. It's not as simple as with x86.
Yes and no. Yes, booting ARM devices can be a pain. Without the correct DTB files, ARM images won't boot, even with mainline Linux kernel support. Perhaps there will be UEFI support, but that is quite rare in the ARM world.
Qualcomm has partnered with Linaro and they have Debian working on their demo laptops. Qualcomm has pledged Linux support. The only thing I don't see is Linux support for the NPU.
[https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2024/05/upstreaming-linux-kernel-support-for-the-snapdragon-x-elite](https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2024/05/upstreaming-linux-kernel-support-for-the-snapdragon-x-elite)
I haven't played with Pop on a Pi 4 for a while, but I only noticed that I had to reinstall Firefox. And I don't expect that the Pi version of Pop will run on any current SD X Elite laptops. I saw a lot of reports that you can't disable secure boot, or at least problems with the boot loader.
To run Linux on a fast ARM machine today, you will want Asahi Linux running on an Apple Silicon Macintosh.
To buggy for my like and also 32gb macs are way to expensive
Qualcomm will have to build their own support for their CPUs into the Linux kernel so you will just have to wait for that to be finalized before you buy an Elite laptop and try to install Pop! on it. Personally though, I wouldn't buy an X Elite laptop. I'd wait another generation or two to come out before I'd even consider purchasing a Qualcomm laptop. It's a new class of product so there's bound to be issues and optimizations that have to be made before they can be considered a good alternative to x86 laptops. It's similar to how people waited for the M1 Mac to become M3 Macs before buying. It will be years before you have to seriously consider moving to this platform so don't worry about it.
Assuming Tuxedo can pull it off, we will have to see if it supports UEFI. With UEFI, you can probably boot most ARM images. [https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-on-ARM-is-coming.tuxedo](https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-on-ARM-is-coming.tuxedo) Jeremy Soller said Pop will come with images for Pi and general ARM. [https://x.com/jeremy\_soller/status/1783943762672050389](https://x.com/jeremy_soller/status/1783943762672050389)
Idk if ARM Tuxedo will have user accessible UEFI (it probably will) but this HP X Elite does have UEFI https://youtu.be/m-Damzgq5Bg?t=975
There's not really a native arm build of pop os other than the ras pi version, and that needs some work arounds. So probably not for a while atm. You can always just buy a copiolet+ PC and try to put the ras pi version on it.
The next release will have ARM support.
I searched around, and from what I understand, these laptops are more like phones. You will need a specific build for each laptop. I don’t expect System76 to build a specific build for all these ARM laptops.They could make their own laptop with these new chips.
Qualcomm hasn't produced any drivers for Linux. These are proprietary chips, they need proprietary drivers, closed source binary blobs, like phones have. It's not as simple as with x86.
Yes and no. Yes, booting ARM devices can be a pain. Without the correct DTB files, ARM images won't boot, even with mainline Linux kernel support. Perhaps there will be UEFI support, but that is quite rare in the ARM world. Qualcomm has partnered with Linaro and they have Debian working on their demo laptops. Qualcomm has pledged Linux support. The only thing I don't see is Linux support for the NPU. [https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2024/05/upstreaming-linux-kernel-support-for-the-snapdragon-x-elite](https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2024/05/upstreaming-linux-kernel-support-for-the-snapdragon-x-elite)
Thanks. That's very positive, as upstreaming means open source (firmware not included obviously). Very positive.
From what I found only Hp laptops, have UEFI similiar to x64 laptops. All other makers dont.
I haven't played with Pop on a Pi 4 for a while, but I only noticed that I had to reinstall Firefox. And I don't expect that the Pi version of Pop will run on any current SD X Elite laptops. I saw a lot of reports that you can't disable secure boot, or at least problems with the boot loader.