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StrawberryPigtails 17 points 4 months ago

Linux has run on ARM procs for some time. Software is a little hit or miss, but most things have a compiled build for it at this point. A lot of the big servers are running ARM processors due to potential power savings.

The popularity of the Raspberry Pi really increased the number of projects with ARM builds as well. It's been possible to run a pretty decent desktop stack for 10 or 15 years. When the Pi2B came out.

If you happen to run across a project that is not available on ARM you might give a go at compiling it yourself. About half of the time it's not too difficult and a good beginner project.

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floquant 13 points 4 months ago

Linux runs on ARM, as well as on Alpha, ARC, C-Sky, Hexagon, LoongArch, m68k, Microblaze, MIPS, Nios II, OpenRISC, PA-RISC, PowerPC, Power ISA, RISC-V, ESA/390, z/Architecture, SuperH, SPARC, x86, and Xtensa

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anon5621 13 points 4 months ago

Yeah it does but it really vary from vendor, arm much locked down to what vendor do

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alt_xa_23 11 points 4 months ago

Raspberry pis are arm based and run linux

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nyan 9 points 4 months ago

Linux runs on just about anything, including arches you've never heard of. With arm, assuming you can get at the bootloader, your largest problem is likely to be assembling a compatible device tree if the manufacturer doesn't provide one.

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schnurrito 1 point 4 months ago

Pretty sure that compared to NetBSD, Linux still runs on relatively few architectures. 😝

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nyan 1 point 4 months ago

Judging from the information on https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/, this is true, but not as true as it might appear at first glance. Linux for VAX is an obsolete(?) specialty port not available from most distros, and Itanium support has recently been discontinued, but I think Gentoo supports all the other variations listed. So BSD comes out on top by a hair due to continuing second-class VAX and Itanium support. The rest is just lumper-versus-splitter stuff.

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fratermus 8 points 4 months ago

will linux run on arm?

Millions of Raspberry Pi say "yes, it will".

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bad1080 7 points 4 months ago

only the ARM versions

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frosty 6 points 4 months ago

The Asahi Project even has Fedora Linux running on Apple Silicon Macs, which are ARM-based.

https://asahilinux.org/

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A_norny_mousse 6 points 4 months ago

i mean on pc arm

Yes, that too.

I guess most arm devices have only Linux implemented.

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thatradomguy 6 points 4 months ago

What PC? Some boards run Armbian:

https://armbian.com/

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GustavoM 4 points 4 months ago

*ahem*

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atzanteol 4 points 4 months ago

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=linux+arm

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SuperPengato 3 points 4 months ago

Only if you have a very long arm, like Monkey D Luffy.

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M33 2 points 4 months ago

Just like that https://pine64.org/devices/pinebook_pro/

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Quazatron 2 points 4 months ago

Linux will run on a potato, and it doesn't even have to have hardware memory management.

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warmaster 2 points 4 months ago

It's already running on a gazillion devices.

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SatyrSack 2 points 4 months ago

Take that, Java

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Shimitar 2 points 4 months ago

It is already reality .... Since quite a few years ...

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DieserTypMatthias 2 points 4 months ago

If your system is ARM SystemReady certified, then yes.

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fatality666 1 point 4 months ago

please take your meds.

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flameleaf 1 point 4 months ago

Does it work on arm terminals? I want it on a Pip Boy. Do I need to run the Demon Summoning Program in Wine or is there a native ELF class?

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BCsven 1 point 4 months ago

My iomega ARM based NAS from 15 years ago runs Debian

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HaraldvonBlauzahn 2 points 4 months ago

I had, 17 years ago, a D-Link DNS 232 NAS with an Arm CPU. It ran a pirated (GPL violating) version of Linux. A lawsuit happened, and people published a free version which could install debian in a chroot. I ran an nginx webserver on it, and MoinMoin wiki. The wiki was a tad slow because the box had only 32 Megabyte of RAM (yes, Megabytes). But it worked nicely for years. Had to take it down when Python2 was not supported any more, since MoinMoin developers never managed to port it to Python 3.

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BCsven 1 point 4 months ago

Yep, they work decently. Mine has 256Mb RAM and handles music streaming and Samba Shares via OoenMediaVault. I have it blocked from the internet these days since it can't install latest kernels and probably has a ton of exploit CVEs

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