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Re:Linux on Snapdragon X Elite: Linaro and Tuxedo Pave the W... by shenki0 on Sunday July 27, 2025 @04:04AM (#44699650)
The Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 machines have no touchpad or touchscreen support. Listing them as "supported" requires a creative interpretation of the term.
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Re:Linux on Snapdragon X Elite: Linaro and Tuxedo Pave the W... by dvtkrlbs on Sunday July 27, 2025 @04:20AM (#44699724)
They don't say everything works they say kernel works on those laptops.
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Re:Linux on Snapdragon X Elite: Linaro and Tuxedo Pave the W... by LtWorf on Sunday July 27, 2025 @04:30AM (#44699772)
I'd say "boots" would be more appropriate.
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Re:Linux on Snapdragon X Elite: Linaro and Tuxedo Pave the W... by ekianjo on Sunday July 27, 2025 @04:55AM (#44699888)
between booting and being able to everything except supporting non existent proprietary drivers for touchpad and screen from Microsoft is quite a difference.
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Re:Linux on Snapdragon X Elite: Linaro and Tuxedo Pave the W... by thanatos519 on Sunday July 27, 2025 @07:20AM (#44700464)
Works for me - those are the first things I turn off!
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