Qualcomm releases Early Developer Preview of Linux for Snapdragon X2 laptops

Qualcomm has released an Early Developer Preview of Linux for Snapdragon X2 laptops, with boot, USB/PCIe I/O, Freedreno graphics and the Hexagon NPU working. The changes will be upstreamed to the Linux kernel, with mainline inclusion expected around November 2026.

• Boot via systemd-boot, USB and PCIe I/O, Freedreno graphics and Hexagon NPU now work
• The preview targets developers, not average users
• Qualcomm will upstream X2 support to the Linux kernel, expected around November 2026
• Code is available in the Qualcomm Linux GitHub repo