cross-posted from: lemmy.bestiver.se/post/174306
does it run Linux? I’m waiting for a good low power CPU laptop that I can install a standard distro on. preferably arch…
This Year, RISC-V Laptops Arrive
Submitted 4 weeks ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world
https://spectrum.ieee.org/risc-v-laptops
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gi1242@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
nyan@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
Yes, it runs Linux (you didn’t hink they were shipping it with Windows on it, did you?). Debian, Ubuntu, and Gentoo should all have support. I don’t know about Arch.
Peffse@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I didn’t think Debian had support for RISC-V until 13.0 Trixie comes out later this year.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Check the destro of your choice to see if it’s supported.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Not just Linux, but also FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Not sure about NetBSD.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
We could have had ARM laptops much earlier, if some manufacturers at least tried to. I cannot really believe that the same chips that power SBCs couldn’t been put into some small laptops.
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
do they come with all the necessary drivers? Or are they hoping they magically appear in the linux kernel after they’ve sold a bunch?
catloaf@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Sounds like they’ve already got it running Linux, so…
smileyhead@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
The more important question is, are they running mainline Linux, close to mainline Linux (like Raspberry Pi, or outdated much modified unmaintainable vendor and device specific fork (like Android phones do).