System76 and Ampere® pioneer custom-built Thelio Astra arm64 developer desktop

System76 Thelio Astra arm64 developer desktop for autonomous driving and software-defined vehicle developers.

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I wonder if arm Linux laptops will become more of a thing.

I know Apple silicon has a lot more going on then just arm, but a Linux based device with that kind of efficiency to power ratio would be cool.
System76, the leading US-based manufacturer of Linux computers, [...]

Bold statement.
- Name a bigger one.
  
  Dell?
  
  Dell.
  
  Only one I can think of is tuxedo computers or tux computers, whatever their called. To be honest I always thought they were bigger
  
  Almost everyone else.
  
  Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus and Acer
  
  Ampere https://amperecomputing.com/
Eh. ARM is old news. I'd really would've liked to see them push RISC-V
- With the most recent news about arm, I wouldn't be surprised if RISC-V got a push from larger fabs.
  
  Bluntly, we've been computing under proprietary/licensed architectures for so long, it's time for a change. Make CPUs open source. Make them cheap.
  
  I hope
If I had money laying around, this would make a compelling home server. With a minimal GPU, or without one, if possible.
Cool dev box
- I can't think of a us case honestly. The ARM architecture isn't well supported and the System76 Tax will make it pricey.
  
  arm64 is very well supported by the Linux kernel. What makes you say it’s not?
  
  “System76 tax”?

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