Never trust Qualcomm in the linux space. It only leads to frustration. Somehow I've had to learn this lesson more than once because I'm not the smartest ARM addict.
Qualcomm is not a good software steward. Every time I used something they had their hand in, it was abandoned rather sooner than later.
Eudora: bought, milked, killed. BREW: rotted. AllJoyn: dead. Toq/Mirasol: gone in two years. CodeAurora: shut down. And the $899 Snapdragon Dev Kit: shipped months late, then cancelled with support "paused indefinitely" while units were still in transit. Even Adreno drivers barely get updates after launch.
The silicon is great. But software at Qualcomm is a launch checkbox, not a commitment. At this point, "powered by Qualcomm" on a dev platform is a signal to stay away.
Eudora was the first email client I used in the 90s, I didn't know that qualcomm was responsible for it's disappearance. Looks like the source was released in its last breath[0]; i'm a bit surprised it hasn't been scooped up and maintained anywhere
Ah yes, the qualcomm way. Rather than upstreaming things so it just works make a Qualcomm Linux, perhaps with NDA and laywer speak to sign off on to get access to anything at all, all to use their mediocre hardware.
Qualcomm you suck, upstream your drivers, make it open. Stop faffing about with closed proprietary junk. Somehow Intel, Tenstorrent, and AMD understand this but you don't. You aren't NVIDIA! Even if you were NVIDIA know that people absolutely despise that model.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 38.7 ms ] threadEudora: bought, milked, killed. BREW: rotted. AllJoyn: dead. Toq/Mirasol: gone in two years. CodeAurora: shut down. And the $899 Snapdragon Dev Kit: shipped months late, then cancelled with support "paused indefinitely" while units were still in transit. Even Adreno drivers barely get updates after launch.
The silicon is great. But software at Qualcomm is a launch checkbox, not a commitment. At this point, "powered by Qualcomm" on a dev platform is a signal to stay away.
[0] https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-eudora-email-client-sou...
I will definitely not be touching their Linux variant for that reason. I simply don't trust the company, one bit. They are the American Huawei.
Qualcomm you suck, upstream your drivers, make it open. Stop faffing about with closed proprietary junk. Somehow Intel, Tenstorrent, and AMD understand this but you don't. You aren't NVIDIA! Even if you were NVIDIA know that people absolutely despise that model.