Snapdragon Articles & Reviews |
| Snapdragon X Elite Laptop Performance On Linux Ends 2025 Disappointing | Computers | 2025-12-24 |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Linux Performance Improving But Short Of AMD Ryzen & Intel Core Ultra | Processors | 2025-09-09 |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite GCC vs. LLVM Clang Compiler Performance | Software | 2025-06-06 |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Benchmarks On Ubuntu Linux vs. AMD vs. Intel | Processors | 2025-05-08 |
| An Open-Source Graphics Driver For Snapdragon | Display Drivers | 2012-04-14 |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon MDP MSM8660 | Computers | 2011-07-11 |
Snapdragon Linux & Open-Source News |
| Qualcomm Gets The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 Snapdragon X2 Laptop Working On Linux | Arm | 2026-06-04 |
| Canonical Now Considers Their Steam Snap For ARM64 To Be Stable | Ubuntu | 2026-06-02 |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon C Announced For $300+ Laptops | Hardware | 2026-05-28 |
| New Patches Allow The Microsoft Surface Pro 9 5G To Be More Useful Under Linux | Microsoft | 2026-05-21 |
| Ubuntu Concept ISOs Published For CIX P1 AI CPU | Ubuntu | 2026-05-17 |
| NetBSD 11.0-RC4 Comes As Hopefully The Last Release Candidate | BSD | 2026-05-13 |
| Fwupd 2.1.3 Brings Firmware Updating To Modular Smartphones | LVFS | 2026-05-12 |
| FEX 2605 Brings Performance Improvements, Initial Snapdragon X2 Elite Fixes | Linux Gaming | 2026-05-09 |
| Linux 7.1 Kernel Graphics Driver Changes Merged With Intel & AMD Leading The Way | Linux Kernel | 2026-04-20 |
| Many Wonderful Improvements Expected For Linux 7.1, Especially For AMD & Intel | Linux Kernel | 2026-04-12 |
| Linux 7.0 Ready For Release With Many Exciting Changes | Linux Kernel | 2026-04-10 |
| NetBSD 11.0 Nears Release With RC3 Released For Testing | BSD | 2026-04-06 |
| Snapdragon X2's Adreno X2-85 GPU Sees Driver Improvements For Linux 7.1 | Linux Kernel | 2026-04-03 |
| Dell XPS 13 Snapdragon Elite Laptop Sees New EC Linux Driver To Improve Support | Hardware | 2026-04-01 |
| Dell Upstreams Firmware For The XPS Snapdragon X Elite Laptop | Hardware | 2026-03-20 |
| Trying Out Snapdragon X Elite With The Acer Swift 14 AI Laptop On Ubuntu 26.04 | Ubuntu | 2026-03-14 |
| NetBSD 11.0-RC2 Released For Testing | BSD | 2026-03-06 |
| Linux 7.0-rc1 Released With Many New Features: | Linux Kernel | 2026-02-22 |
| Linux 7.0 Brings Apple Type-C PHY, Snapdragon X2 & Rockchip HDMI 2.1 FRL Additions | Linux Kernel | 2026-02-20 |
| Firmware Upstreamed For Supporting The Qualcomm Snapdragon X2's Adreno GPU | Hardware | 2026-02-16 |
| Mesa 26.0 Released With Much Better Radeon Ray-Tracing, Many Vulkan Driver Improvements | Mesa | 2026-02-11 |
| Linux 7.0 Bringing Mainline Support For The SpacemiT K3 RVA23 SoC, Qualcomm Kaanapali | Hardware | 2026-02-10 |
| LLVM 22.1-rc3 Released - LLVM To Provide Windows ARM Release Binaries Moving Forward | LLVM | 2026-02-10 |
| A Lot Of Exciting Changes To Look Forward To With Linux 7.0 | Linux Kernel | 2026-02-08 |
| Qualcomm QUPv3 Firmware Upstreamed For Snapdragon X1 Elite Linux Users | Hardware | 2026-02-06 |
| Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Display Support & Old Adreno 225 Enablement For Linux 7.0 | Linux Kernel | 2026-01-25 |
| Mesa 26.0-rc1 Released With RADV Improvements Leading The Way Along With Intel & NVK | Mesa | 2026-01-21 |
| Fedora 44 Feature Approved For Better Windows On ARM Laptop Experience | Fedora | 2026-01-20 |
| Adreno Gen 8 Vulkan Graphics Merged For Mesa 26.0 To Support The Snapdragon X2 | Mesa | 2026-01-20 |
| Hangover 11.0 Released: Wine + FEX/Box64 Pairing For Windows x86 Apps On ARM64 Linux | WINE | 2026-01-13 |
| Canonical Builds Steam Snap For Ubuntu ARM64 Leveraging FEX | Ubuntu | 2026-01-08 |
| Patches Posted Seeking To Mainline Support For The Acer Swift SFA14-11 Snapdragon Laptop | Arm | 2026-01-05 |
| Radeon Linux Driver Enhancements, Linux 6.19 Activity & Other December Highlights | Phoronix | 2026-01-02 |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max, Intel Graphics & Other Linux Benchmarks That Commanded 2025 | Phoronix | 2025-12-31 |
| Coreboot 25.12 Released With Qualcomm X1 Plus Platform Support, AMD Turin PoC | Coreboot | 2025-12-26 |
| Ubuntu's Rust Infatuation, New Optimizations & Other Ubuntu Linux 2025 Highlights | Ubuntu | 2025-12-26 |
| The Death Of Clear Linux, Other Intel Linux Engineering Setbacks In 2025 | Intel | 2025-12-25 |
| A Recap Of The Top AMD Linux News Of 2025: Strix Halo, AI, Kernel Improvements | AMD | 2025-12-24 |
| Fedora 44 Could Work Nicely "Out Of The Box" On Snapdragon-Powered Windows ARM Laptops | Fedora | 2025-12-15 |
| Igalia's Work Improving The Linux Kernel For Helping Steam Play Gaming On ARM64 | Linux Gaming | 2025-12-15 |
| Linux 6.19 Improves User-Space I/O "UIO" With Shared Virtual Addressing | Linux Kernel | 2025-12-12 |
| Mesa 26.0 Lands Initial Support For Adreno Gen 8 - Including For The Snapdragon X2 | Mesa | 2025-12-08 |
| Tenstorrent Blackhole Support & Other New RISC-V + ARM64 Hardware In Linux 6.19 | Hardware | 2025-12-06 |
| FEX 2512 Released With More Improvements For Gaming On ARM64 Linux | Linux Gaming | 2025-12-06 |
| Linux 6.19 GPU Driver Features: Color Pipeline API, Intel Xe3P, AMDGPU For GCN 1.0/1.1 | Linux Kernel | 2025-12-04 |
| Microsoft ACPI Fan Extensions & Configurable Hibernation Threads For Linux 6.19 | Linux Kernel | 2025-12-03 |
| Features Expected For Linux 6.19: ASUS Armoury, Many Intel Bits, AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 Enhanced | Linux Kernel | 2025-11-30 |
| Improved Upstream Kernel Support For TUXEDO Laptops Being Worked On | Hardware | 2025-11-25 |
| Linux Device Trees For Cancelled Products? Don't "Waste Time" | Hardware | 2025-11-22 |
| Steam Frame Using Mesa's Turnip Vulkan Open-Source Driver | Valve | 2025-11-21 |
| TUXEDO Computers Drops Snapdragon X1 Elite Linux Laptop Plans | Hardware | 2025-11-21 |
| Qualcomm Upstreaming Initial GPU Support For Snapdragon X2 Elite In Linux 6.19 | Hardware | 2025-11-19 |
| Possible Setback For Linux x86_64 Laptops: Prominent Developer Joins Qualcomm | Hardware | 2025-11-13 |
| Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame | Valve | 2025-11-12 |
| Linux Kernel Patches & Device Tree Additions For PCIe M.2 Connectors | Hardware | 2025-11-08 |
| Linux Patches Updated For Snapdragon X Elite Powered TUXEDO Elite 14 Gen1 Laptop | Hardware | 2025-11-05 |
| OpenBSD 7.8 Released With Raspberry Pi 5 Support, AMD SEV Enablement | BSD | 2025-10-22 |
| Linux Display Driver Patches Posted For The Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite | Arm | 2025-10-18 |
| Fedora 43 Landing Emergency Change To Increase /boot Due To NVIDIA GPU Firmware & Other Bloat | Fedora | 2025-10-06 |
| Linux 6.18 Adds Two New x86 Platform Drivers, New AMD PMF Capabilities | Hardware | 2025-10-06 |
| Linux 6.18 Lands Compress-Offload API For Opus Audio Codec | Multimedia | 2025-10-03 |
| Linux 6.18 Device Tree Prepares For Arm C1 Nano / Pro / Premium / Ultra CPUs | Arm | 2025-10-03 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 Ready With "Stubble" For Better ARM64 Experience | Ubuntu | 2025-10-03 |
| SiFive Premier P550, Apple M2 Pro/Max/Ultra DTs & Other SoC Changes For Linux 6.18 | Hardware | 2025-10-02 |
| Intel Arc Pro B50, Raspberry Pi 500+, Strix Halo & Other September Highlights | Phoronix | 2025-10-01 |
| Qualcomm Posts Initial Open-Source GPU Driver Patches For Adreno 800 Series | Hardware | 2025-09-30 |
| Linux 6.18 Power Management Brings Panther Lake Power Slider & New Drivers | Intel | 2025-09-29 |
| Ryzen AI Max+ With Framework Desktop, File-System Tests & EPYC 4005 Dominated Q3 | Phoronix | 2025-09-29 |
| Qualcomm Begins Posting Linux Patches For Snapdragon X2 Elite, 8 Elite Gen 5 SoCs | Hardware | 2025-09-25 |
| Qualcomm Announces X2 Elite SoCs - Up To 18 Cores & Up To 5.0GHz Boost Frequency | Arm | 2025-09-24 |
| Select Qualcomm X Elite Laptops Seeing IRIS Video Acceleration On Linux | Hardware | 2025-09-14 |
| New EC Driver Coming For The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen6 With Snapdragon X Elite SoC | Hardware | 2025-09-01 |
| New Ubuntu Snapdragon X1E Concept ISO Published - Switches To Linux 6.17 Kernel | Ubuntu | 2025-08-31 |
| Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 GPU Support Appears Ready For The Linux Kernel | Linux Kernel | 2025-08-24 |
| New Ubuntu Snapdragon X1E Concept ISO Published - Still A Mess On The Acer Swift 14 AI | Ubuntu | 2025-08-22 |
| Linux Kernel Patches Posted For Enabling USB3 Support On Apple M1 / M2 | Apple | 2025-08-21 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 ARM64 Desktop ISO Aims For Better Hardware Experience With "Stubble" | Ubuntu | 2025-08-20 |
| PCIe Improvements With Linux 6.17: Intel Panther Lake, Qualcomm, Sophgo SG2044 & More | Hardware | 2025-08-08 |
| Linux 6.17 GPU Drivers Led By Stable Intel Xe3 Panther Lake & SR-IOV For Battlemage | Hardware | 2025-07-31 |
| Linux 6.17 Introducing Support For The NVIDIA Tegra T264/Thor, New RISC-V SoCs | Linux Kernel | 2025-07-27 |
| New Ubuntu Concept Snapdragon X Laptop ISOs Published - Your Mileage May Vary | Ubuntu | 2025-07-27 |
| Qualcomm Prepares IFPC Feature For Adreno X1-85 GPU With The Snapdragon X Laptops | Hardware | 2025-07-26 |
| Linux 6.17 Will Be Exciting With Intel "Project Battlematrix" GPU Driver Changes & More | Linux Kernel | 2025-07-25 |
| Ubuntu Concept For Snapdragon X1 Laptops Moves To Linux 6.16, Enables More Devices | Ubuntu | 2025-07-24 |
| A Number Of Problems Make Debian & Other Linux Distros A Pain On Snapdragon X Laptops | Debian | 2025-07-22 |
| New Linux Patches Enable Support For The Snapdragon X1 Powered Microsoft Surface Pro 11 | Microsoft | 2025-07-14 |
| Linux Patches Updated For The New Fairphone 6 Smartphone | Hardware | 2025-07-13 |
| Big Improvements For Qualcomm GPU Driver With Linux 6.17 - Especially For Snapdragon X | Linux Kernel | 2025-07-05 |
| AMD Strix Halo, Snapdragon X & Linux Graphics Were Most Popular This Quarter | Phoronix | 2025-06-29 |
| Ubuntu Concept 25.04 ISOs Published For Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Laptops | Ubuntu | 2025-06-27 |
| Fairphone 6 Announced With Same-Day Linux Support Patches | Hardware | 2025-06-25 |
| Open-Source Linux Driver Preps For Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 GPU Support | Hardware | 2025-06-09 |
| Marking 21 Years Of Covering Linux Hardware | Phoronix | 2025-06-05 |
| Linux 6.15.1 Ships With Fix To Prevent Snapdragon X1 GPUs From Severely Overheating | Linux Kernel | 2025-06-04 |
| Snapdragon X Elite & AMD's Grado + Strix Halo CPUs Captured Phoronix Reader Interest In May | Phoronix | 2025-06-01 |
| Linux 6.16 Enabling Support For 11 More SoCs, Sophgo SG2044 & More Snapdragon X Laptops | Hardware | 2025-05-31 |
| Linux 6.16 GPU Driver Changes Land: NVIDIA Blackwell, Asahi UAPI, Intel Xe Fan Speeds | Linux Kernel | 2025-05-28 |
| Dell Latitude 7455 Is The Newest Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Laptop Seeing Linux Patches | Hardware | 2025-05-25 |
| Debian Installer Trixie RC 1 Adds Rescue Support On Btrfs, Upgraded Linux 6.12 Kernel | Debian | 2025-05-17 |
| Lenovo Thinkbook 16 X1 Plus Laptop Sees Linux Patches But Not Yet Ready For Daily Use | Hardware | 2025-05-16 |
| Canonical Provides Status Update For Snapdragon X Elite Laptops On Ubuntu 25.04 | Ubuntu | 2025-05-13 |
| New Patches Get Linux Booting On The Snapdragon X1-Powered Dell Inspiron 14 Plus | Hardware | 2025-04-24 |
| Patches Hoping For The Upstream Kernel Finally Provide Google Pixel 4a Support | Google | 2025-04-23 |
| Ubuntu 25.04 Now Available For Download With GNOME 48 + Linux 6.14, Better Performance | Ubuntu | 2025-04-17 |
| TUXEDO Provides Update On Their Snapdragon X Elite Linux Laptop | Hardware | 2025-04-09 |
| Linux 6.15 USB/Thunderbolt Changes Include The New PS883X Driver | Linux Kernel | 2025-04-04 |
| Linux Patches Being Worked On For The HP EliteBook Ultra G1q | Hardware | 2025-04-04 |
| Linux Patches Enable Support For The Snapdragon X1 Powered ASUS Zenbook A14 | Hardware | 2025-04-01 |
| Linux 6.15 Graphics Drivers: NOVA Core, Apple Touch Bar, Lots For AMD + Intel GPUs | Linux Kernel | 2025-03-28 |
| Qualcomm Iris Video Decode Driver & DesignWare HDMI Input Support Ready For Linux 6.15 | Multimedia | 2025-03-23 |
| Huawei Matebook E Go Laptops To Be Better Supported With Linux 6.15 | Hardware | 2025-03-16 |
| Ubuntu To Revert "-O3" Optimizations, Continues Quest For Easier ARM64 Installations | Ubuntu | 2025-03-07 |
| Ubuntu 25.04 Working On More Improvements For Snapdragon X1 Elite Laptop Support | Ubuntu | 2025-02-21 |
| Linux 6.14-rc1 Released With NTSYNC Completed, AMDXDNA Driver & Other Enhancements | Linux Kernel | 2025-02-02 |
| Ubuntu's Snapdragon X1 Elite Laptop Support Enables Experimental Hardware Video Decode | Ubuntu | 2025-01-29 |
| Linux 6.14 Adds Support For Blaize BLZP1600, SpacemiT K1 & Snapdragon 8 Elite SoCs | Linux Kernel | 2025-01-24 |
| Arch Linux User Repository Requires Packages To Support x86_64: No ARM-Only Software | Arch Linux | 2025-01-07 |
| Qualcomm Bringing Snapdragon X Series To Mini PCs For As Little As ~$600 USD | Hardware | 2025-01-06 |
| ACD Power/Performance Feature Being Worked On For The GPU Within The Snapdragon X1 | Hardware | 2025-01-02 |
| Microsoft Continued With Many Linux & Open-Source Announcements In 2024 | Microsoft | 2024-12-31 |
| FreeBSD Collaborating With AMD, NetBSD 10.0 Release & Other BSD Highlights Of 2024 | BSD | 2024-12-31 |
| New Linux Drivers Improve Support For ARM-Powered HUAWEI MateBook E Go Laptops | Arm | 2024-12-27 |
| Linux Driver Posted For The EC Found On Most Snapdragon X1 Laptops | Arm | 2024-12-22 |
| Qualcomm Preps Cloud AI 200 "AIC200" Accelerator Support | Hardware | 2024-12-14 |
| Ubuntu flash-kernel Package Looks To Drop Support For Old ARM Hardware | Ubuntu | 2024-12-08 |
| Box64 v0.3.2 Emulator Adds Box32 Option, Introduces Native Flags & More | Linux Gaming | 2024-12-06 |
| Updated Ubuntu 24.10 Install Image Released For Snapdragon X1 Elite Laptops | Ubuntu | 2024-11-28 |
| New Sound Hardware Support In Linux 6.13 | Multimedia | 2024-11-22 |
| Linux 6.13 SoC Updates Land With Initial Support For Many Older Apple Devices | Hardware | 2024-11-21 |
| Linux 6.12 Preps For Release With Real-Time, Sched_Ext, Stable Xe2 & Raspberry Pi 5 | Linux Kernel | 2024-11-15 |
| Snapdragon X1 Elite CPUFreq Support Revised In Latest Linux Patches | Arm | 2024-11-03 |
| Qualcomm Adreno Rusticl-Based OpenCL Merged For Mesa 24.3 | Mesa | 2024-10-28 |
| Linux Support Continues For The Now-Canceled Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit For Windows | Arm | 2024-10-25 |
| Audio Firmware Upstreamed For Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 On Linux | Hardware | 2024-10-20 |
| Ubuntu 24.10 Developer Preview Released For Snapdragon X1 Elite Laptops | Ubuntu | 2024-10-15 |
| OpenBSD 7.6 Released With AVX-512, Initial Support For Snapdragon X Elite SoCs | BSD | 2024-10-07 |
| Linux 6.12 x86 Platform Drivers Brings Improvements For Laptops Plus Intel ELC | Hardware | 2024-09-29 |
| Updated DeviceTree Gets Microsoft Windows Dev Kit 2023 Booting Linux | Microsoft | 2024-09-22 |
| Dell XPS 9345 With Snapdragon X1 Sees Linux Patches But Not Yet Speakers & Other Features | Hardware | 2024-09-20 |
| Initial Raspberry Pi 5 Support & More Snapdragon X1 Laptops Submitted For Linux 6.12 | Arm | 2024-09-16 |
| Linux 6.11 Kernel Released With Some Snapdragon X1 Laptop Support & Other New Hardware | Linux Kernel | 2024-09-15 |
| Linux 6.11 Features Many Exciting Updates For AMD Hardware & More | Linux Kernel | 2024-09-15 |
| Ubuntu Developers Begin Working On Snapdragon X1 Elite Support | Ubuntu | 2024-09-15 |
| Ubuntu 24.10 ARM64 Installer Supports The Snapdragon-Powered Lenovo ThinkPad X13s | Arm | 2024-09-13 |
| Linux Patches Enable Partially-Working, Snapdragon-Powered Microsoft Surface Pro 9 5G | Hardware | 2024-09-04 |
| Intel Launches Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" While Linux Support Settling | Intel | 2024-09-03 |
| Armbian 24.8 Moves To Linux 6.10, Supports Newer ARM & RISC-V Boards | Operating Systems | 2024-09-02 |
| Freedreno Gallium3D Enables Adreno 621 & 505 GPU Support | Mesa | 2024-08-28 |
| Linux Support Emerging For The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge X1 Elite Laptop | Hardware | 2024-08-21 |
| Preemption Support Being Tackled For Adreno 700 Series With Linux MSM DRM Driver | Hardware | 2024-08-16 |
