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Open Source Project Aims to Make Ubuntu Usable on Arm-Powered Windows Laptops

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 12 2019, @07:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the will-it-run-Lotus-1-2-3? dept.

jas writes:

Back in December 2017, Microsoft and Qualcomm announced a partnership to pair Windows 10 and Snapdragon Arm processors for ultra-thin LTE-connected netbooks with a 20+ hour battery life. This Windows-on-Arm initiative has faced several stumbling blocks, with the the first-generation HP Envy x2 and Asus NovaGo criticized for poor performance and app compatibility in Windows 10, due in large part to an inline x86 emulator for apps written for Windows on Intel or AMD processors.

Now, a group of programmers and device hackers are working to bring proper support for Ubuntu to Arm-powered Windows laptops, starting with first-generation Snapdragon 835 systems, like the HP Envy x2 and Asus NovaGo. The aarch64-laptops project on GitHub provides prebuilt images for the aforementioned notebook PCs, as well as the Lenovo Miix 630.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/open-source-project-aims-to-make-ubuntu-usable-on-arm-powered-windows-laptops/

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  • (Score: 1) by shrewdsheep on Tuesday February 12 2019, @01:30PM (1 child)

    by shrewdsheep (5215) on Tuesday February 12 2019, @01:30PM (#800055)

    I am not sure it is systemd's fault. I have never heard about the problems you describe (opensuse here). Maybe it is just Ubuntu having bad defaults.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 12 2019, @02:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 12 2019, @02:02PM (#800071)

    I have. Discovered a new one two days ago.
    Simple solution is to never update it and never reboot.
    If it takes a dive then reinstall.