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Linux on Microsoft Copilot+ PCs? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do you think it will be possible to run GNU/Linux operating systems on Microsoft's brand new "Copilot+ PCs"? The latter ones were unveiled just yesterday, and honestly, the sales pitch is quite impressive! A Verge article on them: Link

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Have you looked? Almost all software on flathub (definitely the majority) lists aarch64 (ARM). So yes, most things work.

Again, proprietary software is the main issue here. Open source software is pretty easy to recompile.

I understand qemu can emulate x86 in those cases, with a performance hit.