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.
Eh. ARM is old news. I'd really would've liked to see them push RISC-V
System76, the leading US-based manufacturer of Linux computers, [...]

Bold statement.
- Name a bigger one.
  
  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
  
  Dell?
  
  Ampere https://amperecomputing.com/
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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