last time I tried Linux on ARM (a month ago) nothing worked.
replyNo sound, no webcam, no USB-C(iirc) and no video hardware acceleration.
It was a Thinkpad T14s with Snapdragon Elite X-2 if it matters.
Had a similar issue and just pointed codex at my laptop and it got everything working.
replySame. By the time I got back it had even upstreamed a few device drivers to mainline Linux, all on its own.
replyhow'd you do that when wifi and USB wasn't working?
replyI got a Surface Pro 7 soon after it was released and it was really great for the price. A good size to work on, decent battery, and actually worked well as a 2-in-1 device. The keyboard was a bit flimsy but still good enough for on-the-go work. Ran Windows on it for a few years then installed Linux and made it be a manager for my media setup, still working fine today.
replyUnfortubately Qualcomm killed open source support efforts for Snapdragon X*
replyWhen did that happen?
replyIn March on Github and their Discord server.
replyhttps://github.com/qualcomm/fastrpc/issues/193
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1ryv59a/qualc...
This is not super popular Macbook hardware so chances that someone will reverse engineer their firmware are very small.