Comment Comment by kop316 As someone who uses Mobile Linux, I am pretty excited to see this, but I can't help but wonder if this is only a "Business decision" and not necessarily Qualcomm turning over a new leaf for being FOSS friendly:- Their Snapdragon X laptop didn't do very well, and they likely realize an ARM Windows laptop will always be a second class citizen: https://www.techpowerup.com/329255/snapdragon-x-failed-qualc... .- Likewise, Mobile SoCs are completely dependent on Android without proper upstreaming (which they haven't done in the past).- They are seeing Valve spending time and money on FOSS support paying off, especially with their new hardware releases.On the other hand, proper upstreaming of the chips give them much more flexibility for different linux-based OSes. parent kop316 11 months ago
- Their Snapdragon X laptop didn't do very well, and they likely realize an ARM Windows laptop will always be a second class citizen: https://www.techpowerup.com/329255/snapdragon-x-failed-qualc... .
- Likewise, Mobile SoCs are completely dependent on Android without proper upstreaming (which they haven't done in the past).
- They are seeing Valve spending time and money on FOSS support paying off, especially with their new hardware releases.
On the other hand, proper upstreaming of the chips give them much more flexibility for different linux-based OSes.