Ubuntu 15.04 On The Tegra X1 Yields Even Better Results, More Benchmarks

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu 15.04 On The Tegra X1 Yields Even Better Results, More Benchmarks

Earlier this week I posted some initial benchmark figures for the NVIDIA Tegra X1 on Ubuntu Linux. Those results showed much promise for this 64-bit ARM big.LITTLE SoC that also bears a Maxwell GPU, but that wasn't tested for the initial comparison. Here are a few more benchmark results from this Tegra X1, including an Ubuntu 15.04 installation to show the difference against the Tegra X1 on Ubuntu 14.10...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-Tegra-X1-More-Tests

[UseLinuxNotWindows]

Why oh why doesn't Canonical try and persuade companies like NVidia to get a tablet running Ubuntu like this out in the shops! The same goes for much of the Chromebook hardware. My workhorse laptop is an Acer C710 Chromebook with reflashed CoreBoot/SeaBIOS, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Very usable little machine although not for heavy gaming of course. Just imagine a decent laptop based on a Tegra X1 but running Ubuntu or Linux Mint with a standard SSD slot and upgradable memory. Please Canonical can you pester NVidia so we have this on the high street in the UK! Same goes for NVidia - there is a market out there.

[Dukenukemx]

Does the graphics chip work on the Tegra X1 under Ubuntu?

[Michael]

Does the graphics chip work on the Tegra X1 under Ubuntu?

Don't know for sure until I have physical access to a system, thus why I've just been running CPU tests. There is the binary blob and CUDA installed, but without seeing display, not sure if everything is running right / rendering well, etc.

[deppman]

Does the graphics chip work on the Tegra X1 under Ubuntu?

The X1 was already running Ubuntu with accelerated graphics on Ubuntu at CES in January - the vast majority of the X1 demos were running what certainly looked to be Ubuntu 14.10. I think only one or two used Android.

In fact, while I'm quite sure the X1 supports Ubuntu Linux (at least for internal use; I believe Drive PX ships with it). I've seen no evidence that other OS like Windows or OSX are supported.

[tuke81]

Hmm, so this thing has unlocked boot loader? Hmh too bad that 500GB version costs $299, while 16GB version is $199(haven't seen teardowns, that would show can you put a normal 2.5" drive there).

[Imroy]

Hmm, so this thing has unlocked boot loader?

Probably. I have the Shield Tablet and it was just like a Nexus - as simple as fastboot oem unlock.