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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Imagine Linux on an Arm SoC that benchmark better than Apple's M2 Max! (youtu.be)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Qualcomm brought a company named Nuvia, which are ex-Apple engineers that help designed the M series Apple silicon chips to produce Oryon which exceeds Apple’s M2 Max in single threaded benchmarks.

The impression I get is than these are for PCs and laptops

I’ve been following the development of Asahi Linux (Linux on the M series MacBooks) with this new development there’s some exciting times to come.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I hope for Microsoft to just give up and build a new "windows“ which is just an other Linux distro xD

Ducking windows can’t even clone the Linux kernel right now

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IIRC Microsoft’s woes in the ARM space is two-fold. First is the crushing legacy compatibility and inability to muster developers around anything newer than win32, and second was signing a deal to make Qualcomm the exclusive ARM processors for Windows for who knows how long.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Deal is going to expire in 2024!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That'd be based, but I don't think there's anything in that for them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

They're a platform company that provides services. They could build proprietary services on top of a Linux distro. Basically the same as they're doing now with Edge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well, I’m sure they find a way.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They'll probably sooner embrace-extend-extinguish Linux with WSL