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jonkoops
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2 years ago

Add ARM version to default distributions (Asahi Linux)

Asahi Linux (the de-facto Linux distribution for Apple silicon Macs) https://asahilinux.org/fedora/, and Linux on ARM in general is increasing in popularity. However, installing 1Password on ARM-based Linux machines is still unnecessarily complicated compared to it's x86 counterpart.

This is a request to add support for the ARM architecture directly to the https://support.1password.com/install-linux/#get-1password-for-linux, and especially Fedora (considering it's official status through Asahi Linux), rather than offering it as a separate distribution with an inferior user experience. Other vendors such as Microsoft are already shipping Electron-based apps (e.g. Visual Studio Code) with ARM bundled binaries.

I've been a loyal customer and evangelist of 1Passport due to it's forward thinking approach in features, especially with great features that enhance the developer experience. And I am hoping that this remains true here.

For more information, see https://1password.community/discussion/123176/1password-for-linux-aarch64-m1-for-linux on the forum.

1Password Version: 8.10
OS Version: Fedora Asahi Remix

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7 Replies

  • FrankyO1P's avatar
    FrankyO1P
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    2 years ago

    inffy I'll go ahead and pass your feedback along to the team. 🙂

    jonkoops This is something that is currently being looked into. However, I can not promise when distribution based ARM builds will be available. I've already gone ahead and passed along your feedback to the team.

    Franky

  • jonkoops's avatar
    jonkoops
    New Contributor
    2 years ago

    Now that the Snapdragon X CPUs have been released on a bunch of laptop models, and it having first class upstream Linux support I imagine there will be an uptick in usage of ARM chips with Linux.

    Would it be possible to prioritize this request? There are already ARM builds of 1Password, so adding them to the existing distributions seems like a really quick win that would not require a lot of effort.

    FrankyO1P 1P_PeterG

  • inffy's avatar
    inffy
    New Contributor
    2 years ago

    It would also be nice to have the Flatpak version be available for aarch64

  • FrankyO1P's avatar
    FrankyO1P
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    2 years ago

    jonkoops On Peter's behalf, you're most welcome! 🙂

    If you have any further questions or concerns, let us know!

    Franky

  • 1P_PeterG's avatar
    1P_PeterG
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago

    Hi jonkoops, thank you for this request! I really appreciate your championing of our approach at 1Password, and we want to do everything we can to make the developer experience an excellent one.

    While I don't have any news to share regarding ARM support / packaging at the moment, I'll make sure that your request makes it to our Product team, as well as the link to the older discussion.

    Again, thanks for your feedback here, as well as the context about why this is top-of-mind for you. I'm happy to pass it on!

    ref: PB-36151213