Snapdragon 8 Elite arrives with Linux support, potentially unlocking PC gaming on phones and tablets
Snapdragon 8 Elite arrives with Linux support, potentially unlocking PC gaming on phones and tablets
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/25405532
Qualcomm engineering director Trilok Soni recently confirmed that the company's Linux team published Linux kernel updates for the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. Qualcomm unveiled the SoC earlier this month, targeting a new generation of flagship phones and tablets supporting Android and Linux.
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Maybe I'm just pedantic, but if it's on a phone or tablet, isn't it not "PC gaming"? I'm honestly a little confused what they're going for. I guess "mobile games of the graphical calibre expected of PC games"? But, like, Myst is a PC game. Monkey Island is a PC game. Thomas Was Alone is a PC game. There's a wide range there in graphics... And phones are mobile...
It means the library of PC games. A bit like a Steam Deck can be seen as both a PC and a handheld console.
Think really hard about what the letters "PC" are for us... That's okay, we'll wait...
Hint, it's personal computer. A phone is technically a PC.
So, then there never was a difference and we always had PC gaming on mobile.
Edit: and maybe also on my router, TV and car, as all of them have a computer with an OS inside, and all of them I own, so it's my personal computer
What's the difference?
The only differences, if you didn't know, is/was the friends you made along the journey.
I mean, slap a proper desktop system and plug some bluetooth devices like a controller or a keyboard and mouse, and you got a makeshift laptop / notebook / whatever-the-current-name-is.