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Comment by coredog64 | original | Qualcomm Linux 2.0
[−]coredog64 · 2026-07-02 Thu 02:24 UTC · link
Recently bought an SBC with a QCS6490 (https://radxa.com/products/dragon/q6a/). Curious to see if the vendor winds up using this as a base.
[−]mrbluecoat · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:38 UTC · link
We'll see. They purposely dropped all server/console support and now only offer a Debian desktop image, which seems crazy for an SBC. Not exactly a welcome mat:

> Other variants that were previously provided AS-IS are no longer provided. Interested users need to build those by themselves.

https://github.com/radxa-build/radxa-dragon-q6a

AI / NPU use cases have been severely hampered as well:

https://gist.github.com/Foadsf/3cc2e0ed357c3ac7180589701bf83...

I've personally been wrestling with their broken I2C for a couple weeks.

Really want to love this board but lots of sharp edges at the moment. Hopefully Qualcomm keeps dedicating resources to improving things - I know it's hard work!

[−]Skinney · 2026-07-02 Thu 07:07 UTC · link
MNT just started offering the QCS6490 for their laptops.

https://mnt.re/media/reform_md/2026-06-30-june-update.html