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Well, this is a slap in the face. ChromeOS has had a long-standing tradition of requiring device kernels to be in their tree. Giving them a better shot at long-term/community/Linux support.

It's hard to not cynically read this as "we're making it easier for our partners to ship devices with vendor kernels".

I'm pretty shocked. I would've bet good money at this having gone the opposite direction, with ARC already on ChromeOS, etc.

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I don't think this will go away since Google makes the call about what core hardware you are allowed to put into a Chromebook. After all they have to provide 10 years of updates.

Most likely something like Qualcomm (or another similar vendor) saying that they refuse to provide the vendor kernel, and will just ship Windows on ARM instead.

https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2024/05/upstreaming-...

> "supporting Linux on laptops with Windows on Snapdragon"

blinks rapidly

edit: I guess if you squint really hard to read "Windows" as "PC-style operating systems" (or "general purpose computing") it makes sense?

Hmm, maybe they are referring to a specific branding used on recent models, e.g. a "Windows on Snapdragon" sticker similar to "Windows 8 Ready" and stuff.

Linux laptops still tend to be special order or niche brands, but there is nice positive traction in that space.

This is quintessential MSFT. I have absolutely less than zero doubt that there is a informal/formal agreement that they're called such. They always pull this crap. And then their OEMs realize later that the "Windows 8 Ready" sticker is almost more of a pariah.

Were ARM Mali GPU drivers upstream?

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