Open Source For You reports that Qualcomm released an Early Developer Preview of Linux for the Snapdragon X2 Series, aimed at distribution maintainers, kernel contributors, toolchain developers, and hardware enablement engineers rather than end users. The preview is built around Debian 13 and a custom kernel and includes kernel patches, reference device trees, and driver work for the Adreno GPU, Hexagon NPU, USB, and PCIe, with a focus on upstreaming platform support instead of vendor-specific patches. Qualcomm says Debian support should mature first while Canonical works toward an officially certified Ubuntu image for Snapdragon X2, currently targeted for 2027.
Qualcomm opens a Linux Early Developer Preview for Snapdragon X2
Open Source For You reports that Qualcomm released an Early Developer Preview of Linux for the Snapdragon X2 Series, aimed at distribution maintainers, kernel contributors, toolchain developers, and hardware enablement engineers rather than end users. The preview is built around Debian 13 and a custom kernel and includes kernel patches, reference device trees, and driver work for the Adreno GPU, Hexagon NPU, USB, and PCIe, with a focus on upstreaming platform support instead of vendor-specific patches. Qualcomm says Debian support should mature first while Canonical works toward an officially certified Ubuntu image for Snapdragon X2, currently targeted for 2027.
Source: Opensourceforu