Apple has been using ARM-based Apple Silicon chips in its Macs for a few years now, and ARM Windows laptops are becoming common, but we haven't seen many Linux laptops move away from the x86 architecture. Thankfully, there's at least one option coming soon.

Tuxedo Computers, a company that already sells laptops and desktops built for Linux, confirmed that it is working on an ARM-based Linux laptop using Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite chipset.

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This appears to be the first Linux laptop with Qualcomm's high-end laptop chip

Qualcomm claims the Snapdragon X Elite is able to outperform Apple's M2 chip with higher efficiency, so it should be promising in a Linux laptop. The prototype is codenamed "Drako," and it was shown off during Computex

The prototype is codenamed "Drako," and it was shown off during Computex. Tuxedo says that there are still some things to work on, including drivers, before this can see an actual commercial release,

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tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-

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