2025 will be the year of
LinuxRISC-V desktop!!do they come with all the necessary drivers? Or are they hoping they magically appear in the linux kernel after they’ve sold a bunch?
Sounds like they’ve already got it running Linux, so…
The more important question is, are they running mainline Linux, close to mainline Linux (like Raspberry Pi, or outdated much modified unmaintainable vendor and device specific fork (like Android phones do).
The article says Ubuntu.
This doesn’t mean anything. The question refers to the kernel version running.
I’m running fedora 40 with
Linux risc 6.1.15-legacy-k1 #2 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 1 14:17:59 UTC 2024 riscv64 GNU/Linux ```hell yeah!
it’s very possible to get linux to run on a processor without having implemented al functionality. You can just not support some onboard peripherals yet and have to do some things inefficiently in software. You don’t need good power management to simply be “running”, etc.
Getting linux to run is the first step, not the last. It’s the barest minimum you could do to have a product to sell. Running well, taking advantage of all hardware features properly is a whole different game.
The one for Framework seems fine, although generally weak so… depends on the manufacturer?
Unless all the other hardware is bespoke, it’ll use the same drivers as it would if it ran x86 or ARM.
I’m not talking about drivers for stuff that is not the cpu itself. But the processor itself usually contains a bunch of peripherals that need their own stuff.
If someone could spit out some nice high-performance RISC-V CPU with an integrated open-source and most importantly mainlined GPU (which also includes a video encoder/decoder which could handle 4k 264, 265* and AV1) … I’d be SO happy…
- Yes, I know the intellectual property/digital restrictions management cesspit would do everything they could to prevent this from happening. One can dream, though.
This could be cool if:
- battery life is fantastic
- form factor is good (my preference: 14")
- performance is good enough (better than RPi5 ideally, or at least on par)
- price is reasonable - <$1k
- marketing is appropriate - don’t imply gaming performance when games won’t work
I don’t need much from a laptop anymore since I have a Steam Deck for games on the go and a desktop PC for everything else.
We could have had ARM laptops much earlier, if some manufacturers at least tried to. I cannot really believe that the same chips that power SBCs couldn’t been put into some small laptops.
does it run Linux? I’m waiting for a good low power CPU laptop that I can install a standard distro on. preferably arch…
It does run Linux, but it would probably more precise to say it walks Linux.
Yes, it runs Linux (you didn’t hink they were shipping it with Windows on it, did you?). Debian, Ubuntu, and Gentoo should all have support. I don’t know about Arch.
I didn’t think Debian had support for RISC-V until 13.0 Trixie comes out later this year.
Huh. Thought they did. Maybe I’m wrong—it isn’t my distro of choice, after all.
Check the destro of your choice to see if it’s supported.
I can download more RAM now.
