RISC-V laptop and Linux capability

[raman kumar]

released a RISC-V processor based laptop DC-ROMA RISC-V LAPTOP II . I would like to buy it. I want to know how many Linux disributions are currently supporting RISC-V processors and what about them in near future? I think currently this laptop is running slowly. Is slowness due to laptop hardware or due to less optimized Linux OS for RISC-V system? What we should expect about RISC-V processor's performance in a few years? How many years RISC-V may take to be able to compete with other ISA(x86-64 or ARM) processors especially in terms of Linux performance? Thanks, Please give your opinion.

There is another RISC-V Laptop named RuyiBook launched by MILK-V company.

 

[f33dm3bits]

No way to know for sure but you can get an impression by looking on Distrowatch.

riscv:

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distrowatch.com

riscv64:

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distrowatch.com

 

[f33dm3bits]

Debian does also supports it.

RISC-V - Debian Wiki

wiki.debian.org

 

[Brickwizard]

erm looks like I need to do some Reading, the original Risca was 16 bit for embedded use, it was extended to 32 bit, which i understand is still the current version, although it has 64 bit compatibility as mentioned above it was originally developed by students at Berkley university and coded for BSD, sounds to me like they are trying to compete with intel Atom and Arm

 

[dos2unix]

Architectures/RISC-V - Fedora Project Wiki

fedoraproject.org

openSUSE:RISC-V - openSUSE Wiki

en.opensuse.org

https://ubuntu.com/download/risc-v

VisionFive 2 Starter Kit RISC-V Single Board Computer 8G with USB Wi-Fi Heatsink | eBay

VisionFive 2 is the world’s first high-performance RISC-V single board computer (SBC) with an integrated GPU. VisionFive 2 8GB Starter Kit. -Onboard TF card slot: The VisionFive 2 can boot from the TF card.

www.ebay.com

VisionFive2 RISC-V Single Board Computer, StarFive JH7110 Processor With Integrated 3D GPU, Base On Linux

 

[Condobloke]

Support lifespan​

Ubuntu 23.10 will be supported for 9 months until July 2024. If you need Long Term Support, we recommend you use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 3.7k instead.

from : https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mantic-minotaur-release-notes/35534

 

[KGIII]

Ubuntu 23.10 will be supported for 9 months until July 2024.

Fortunately, interim releases are every 6 months. This gives the user 3 months to upgrade.

A LTS build is my preference, but the interim release will have fresher (for wont of a better word) software available. The interim release is going to be advanced and made a stable release every two years.

Distros, such as Mint, rely on the stable build that is every two years.