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HP · 2024

HP OmniBook X 14 (Snapdragon X Elite)

Exceptional Windows-on-Arm battery, about 16 real hours, and a light clean build. On Linux it is a non-starter today: this HP chassis has thin enablement next to the ThinkPad T14s X Elite. If Linux is the point, buy AMD instead.

Compiled from public sources and community data, not hands-on tested. What that means.

Linux readiness1.4

Best on ubuntu LTS. Confidence: high

Scores

Specs

CPUQualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
GPUQualcomm Adreno X1 (integrated)
RAM16 GB (soldered)
Storage512 GB
Screen14" 2240x1400 @ 60Hz
Weight1.35 kg
Battery (real)~16 h

Linux compatibility

  • ubuntu-lts Poor support
    Wi-Fi
    broken
    Bluetooth
    broken
    Fingerprint
    unknown
    Webcam
    broken
    Audio
    broken
    Suspend
    broken

ubuntu-lts: Snapdragon X Elite (ARM64). Mainline Linux on the X Elite laptop platform is early and device-specific: the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s and Dell XPS 13 9345 have the most upstream device-tree work, this HP OmniBook X has far less. Expect to build a recent kernel with a Qualcomm DT, and even then Wi-Fi, audio, the Adreno GPU and suspend are partial at best on this exact chassis. No Adreno open driver suitable for general desktop use on this SoC revision. Treat it as a Windows-on-Arm machine that someone might get a console Linux onto, not a Linux laptop. Enablement moves, so check the live status before assuming anything changed. linux-msm: Snapdragon X Elite enablement status →