1mo ago

Canonical Plans for a Fully Functional Desktop Session on RISC-V with Ubuntu 25.10

9to5linux.com /canonical-plans-for-a-fully-functional-desktop-session-on-risc-v-with-ubuntu-25-10

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1mo ago

9to5linux.com /canonical-plans-for-a-fully-functional-desktop-session-on-risc-v-with-ubuntu-25-10

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Maybe Canonical will expand into Hardware now and release a matching RISC-V computer too. Would match the "we want to be the Apple of the Linux World" vibe I get from Canonical for years.
- “we want to be the Apple of the Linux World”
  Funny that they constantly fail at that ambition, though.
I think this can be a good idea in... 5 years maybe? It will only works on qemu, witch board suppose to have this things? I only know one board with all of thins things in ARM, risc-v is too young. I can't imagine a competitive risc-v board at the moment
- I guess currently it's a chicken and egg situation for OEMs. They can't consider RISC-V based boards/laptops because there is no or minimal software for it. Also, porting to RISC-V can't be that expensive of an endeavor. Most unix software is already portable.
  
  Yes, it's a difficult situation to get out. I think the ecosystem is growing very fast, but enough fast for the ubuntu way? I don't think so
- Framework were selling a RISC-V mainboard, but they've sold out.
  Pine64 also have the "STAR64" and the "StarPro64", they're not going to win any benchmark competitions, but they do exist.
  
  This boards haven't got the rv23 necessary extensions, and aren't competitive, they are expensive for their performance. There only one attractive is the risc-v cpu for learning, etc
- I work in RISC-V CPU development and I'd say 5-10 years is about right for when we'll see usable RISC-V desktop class machines.
I really want RISC-V in the desktop to succeed. It sucks that any modern AMD or Intel CPU can phone home and even run remote code without your permission

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