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Folks,<br>
<br>
I thought I would fill you in on the <a
href="https://www.costco.com/lenovo-ideapad-5x-14-2-in-1-touchscreen-laptop-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-plus-oled-1920-x-1200-windows-11-copilot+-pc.product.4000305603.html">new
laptop</a> that Santa gave me. I've been busy for a couple weeks
but needed to get this returned soon if Linux wouldn't work. I
wanted to run primarily Linux but thought I'd keep some of the disk
as Windows.<br>
<br>
It won't work yet. I finally got Debian and then Ubuntu sticks to
be recognized by the boot screen (F12) but neither would boot. Both
went to never-never land. The problem is the chip is too new. It's
a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus chip with 8 cores. However, it seems
too new.<br>
<br>
Supposedly, Qualcomm hacked Debian enough to get it to run when they
announced the chip. Usually, Qualcomm never shows Linux and only
Windows. The Qualcomm mods have not reached the Linux distributions
yet. With the right amount of hacking people got <a
href="https://git.codelinaro.org/linaro/qcomlt/demos/debian-12-installer-image">Debian
12</a> and <a
href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-10-concept-snapdragon-x-elite/48800">Ubuntu
24.10</a> to work. I'm not anxious to do that.<br>
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I will return this nice laptop and try something else.<br>
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Thanks for all your help and ideas!<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
P.S. Sorry I offended some by using the term Windoz. I only use
Windows about once every 5-10 years and once I get in there my hate
for it always grows😉<br>
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