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I have 3 different devices that have it installed right now. One is completely unusable, one has basic support but half of the hardware is missing drivers, and one more is “fully” supported on the xenial branch. The focal one isn’t even going to be available on two of these.
When it comes to apps, there are basically none. This is not daily driver material, however with all the work being done to rebase the project onto newer versions of everything, it has a future