https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/2a8f2772-9038-4b92-9cef-31a3090331da You can find all of these videos as written articles, plus some extra content, at https://thelibre.news You can the channel grow by donating to the following platforms: Paypal: https://paypal.me/niccolove Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/niccolove Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/niccolove Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/niccolove Stay in the loop: https://t.me/veggeroblog My website is https://nicco.love and if you want to contact me, my telegram handle is [at] veggero. Links: Qualcomm, "Announcing Linux on Snapdragon X2 Series Early Developer Preview" (23 Sept 2026): https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2026/09/announcing-linux-on-snapdragon-x2-series-early-developer-preview Qualcomm OnQ, "Inside Snapdragon Summit 2026": https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2026/09/snapdragon-summit-agentic-ai-pcs-linux Canonical, "Ubuntu coming soon to Snapdragon X2 Series platforms": https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-coming-soon-to-qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-series-platforms Qualcomm's X Elite Linux roadmap (May 2024): https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2024/05/upstreaming-linux-kernel-support-for-the-snapdragon-x-elite Fedora's install guide for Snapdragon laptops: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Snapdragon_WoA_Laptop_Install_%28Fedora_Beta%29 TUXEDO, "Discontinuation of ARM Notebook with Snapdragon X Elite SoC" (Nov 2025): https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Discontinuation-of-ARM-notebooks-with-Snapdragon-X-Elite-SoC.tuxedo Linaro, "Linux on Snapdragon X Elite: Linaro and Tuxedo Pave the Way" (clip shown in this video): https://www.linaro.org/blog/linux-on-snapdragon-x-elite/ The Medion SPRCHRGD 14 S1 device tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-medion-sprchrgd-14-s1.dts Phoronix, Snapdragon X Elite on Linux at the end of 2025: https://www.phoronix.com/review/snapdragon-x-elite-linux-eoy2025 Phoronix, Adreno Gen 8 graphics in Mesa 26.0: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.0-Adreno-Gen-8-Graphics Phoronix, the Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 sprint: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-Yoga-Slim-7x-Gen11-Linux Phoronix, the Zenbook A16 patches: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-Zenbook-A16-X2EE Phoronix, the Zenbook EC driver: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ASUS-Zenbook-Snapdragon-X2-EC ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 device tree in linux-next: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=300f5c59beb257550ae3863aeeed2ba63871dae8 Tobias Heider on KVM: https://bsd.network/@tobhe/117122761215052773 Phoronix, Hans de Goede's DT-ACPI hybrid RFC: https://www.phoronix.com/news/DT-ACPI-Hybrid-Mode-Linux OpenBSD's ACPI commit for X2: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=178891082169317&w=2 Ubuntu Concept 26.10 Snapdragon Edition (the thread with the user reports): https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-concept-26-10-snapdragon-edition/88518 Phoronix on the Concept image: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.10-Snapdragon-Concept linux-firmware, qcom/glymur: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/qcom/glymur Chromium Blog, Chrome for ARM64 Linux: https://blog.chromium.org/2026/03/bringing-chrome-to-arm64-linux-devices.html Flathub download stats, 27 Sept 2026: https://flathub.org/stats/2026/09/27.json Qualcomm's reference images (desktop choices): https://github.com/qualcomm-linux/qcom-deb-images KDE Linux images: https://files.kde.org/kde-linux/ Luca on the X Elite (Aug 2024): https://thelibre.news/snapdragon-x-elite-major-arm-performance-boost-but-should-you-go-out-and-buy-it/ Luca on the X Elite (Apr 2025): https://thelibre.news/snadpragon-laptops-are-pretty-rough-on-linux-but-theres-hope-2/ My StarLite review: https://thelibre.news/we-need-devices-like-the-starlite/ My Duet 5 review: https://thelibre.news/my-new-favorite-linux-laptop/ Linux market share: https://thelibre.news/linux-marketshare/ Music, "Make Funk" by HoliznaCC0: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/bassic/make-funk/ Chapters: 0:00 Linux is coming to Snapdragon X2 1:16 What did Qualcomm announce? 2:46 What happened with the X Elite? 6:29 Why is it so hard? 8:08 What's changed with the X2? 10:35 Does it work? 12:16 What about apps? 13:40 Should you buy one? 14:45 One last thing Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:03:30 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.kockatoo.org https://tube.kockatoo.org/lazy-static/avatars/75ca8476-e2c4-4f21-b5a3-a2d70922e464.png https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/2a8f2772-9038-4b92-9cef-31a3090331da All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.kockatoo.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.