Until now Omarchy, the Arch Linux-based distribution, ran only on x86_64 processors. With the release candidate 4.5-RC1 the project takes a first step toward the Arm architecture, with initial support centered on laptops equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X and NVIDIA N1X chips.
According to Phoronix, Omarchy 4.5-RC1 was tested on the Dell XPS 16 and the ASUS ProArt P14 for NVIDIA N1X support. For Snapdragon X chips, testing was done on the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x and the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s. As with other Linux distributions, on most models Snapdragon support depends on pulling firmware from the Windows partition.
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Arm support on Linux is not new. Fedora 45 has already made the experience on Snapdragon X1 laptops more polished, thanks to Linux kernel 7.2 and Hans de Goede's work, while Ubuntu 26.10 introduced the first concept images for the X2 series. Omarchy, however, has a clear identity: a Linux desktop designed for collaboration with AI agents, backed by Alibaba and SpaceXAI, and extending to Arm laptops widens the audience the project targets.
The project also looks at Macs with Apple Silicon: the Omarchy Mac fork is being folded into the main distribution. Upstream Linux support for Apple chips, however, still lags on the newer M series models, which limits what Omarchy can promise on those machines.
The release candidate is available with ISOs for testing on both x86_64 and AArch64, and the full list of changes is published in the release notes on GitHub.
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