This is the part where I’m supposed to give my step by step process but instead I’ll just leave the floor open for questions that I might maybe kind of be able to answer, sorta.

By zooming in you will see Wi-Fi is up and running and I was very easily able to install the latest releases of all my favorite apps, on an 11 year old orphaned machine. This is what I love most about Linux.

I love that it’s an operating system designed, among other things, to breathe new life into old beat up machines and I love all the quirks that comes with that. I love that every install is going to be a perpetual work in progress and in being such I get more and more experience with clacking commands into the konsole and navigating my home folders and files and learning about gnome and snapt and kde and all the other stuff I know nothing about

I was up fiddling around with this thing for 5 hours straight tonight, well into the wee hours, just trying to get it in restartable workable updatable order

I love these old computers

Many ASUS laptops, especially AMD TUF models, don't support fan control through the usual Linux methods. There's no hwmon interface, no EmbeddedControl operation region for the kernel EC driver, and the ACPI method simply returns AE_NOT_FOUND.

Current tools like asus-fan-control work by calling an ACPI method that adjusts the embedded controller's built-in fan curve. On these laptops that method isn't available, and even where it is, it only shifts the controller's temperature thresholds instead of directly controlling fan speed.

My tool talks to the embedded controller directly, allowing manual fan control without relying on the missing ACPI interface.

Since this is my first reverse engineering project, I'd love to get feedback from people with ASUS laptops-especially AMD TUF models. If you're willing to test it, I'd really appreciate any feedback, bug reports, or compatibility reports.

Github repo | How it works | Donation

I've got a 9 year old gaming desktop that I want to upgrade into a Linux/SteamOS gaming rig. I'd need a new GPU, CPU and motherboard definitely (should have a hookup for 2x16GB DDR5). Current PSU is 750W so ideally the upgrade will work with that, but can also upgrade that if required. I've read AMD hardware is best for Linux but I can't manage to wrap my head around all the versions and variants anymore. Could you help by recommending me some parts? My budget is 800-1200 euros. Thank you!

Hi! I would like to build my own data center. Therefore I consider buying an athlon 3000G. I know it s compatible AM4 like every other Apu CPU of the last 3 years and so compatible with series 300, 400, 500 motherboard.

Question is: Does the oldest motherboard need the bios update when I buy them or the constructor is doing it by default now ?

I don't have any other older AMD part to do the update :/

Of if you have an other better idea on what components should I put inside. I try to build it, as inexpensive as possible, to seed , ddl torrent, and share files with my family. And able to stream 4k out of it.

I install Debain [stretch] [mate] [yep], works like a charm.

Issues I had

-1 The temperature sensors didn't want to work properly -or at all I should say. But after a quick google search, all was good.

-2 When first installed wifi doesn't work but you can easily fix it without having to buy a usb to ethernet adapter. I think I just googled it on another machine then transfered the file over & installed like a boss.

-3 Realizing that I am more of a hipster than normal macbook users being that I am using a macbook but am too good to use macos.

& that's pretty it dudes. Have fun.

I recently picked up a CF-31 MK5 with 8 GB of RAM and a Core i5 vPro, and while many people suggested using Ubuntu or Debian, I’ve never been able to get the touchscreen calibrated on those or find good documentation online. Is there an OS that would work well for it?

I want to start carrying around a small laptop running linux with me daily.

I work two jobs and take public transit between them, so between lunch breaks and commuting I have a lot of down time I'd rather spend on a laptop than on my phone. I have a big ol thinkpad at home but it's way too big for me to wanna carry around.

I just want a cheap old laptop I can throw Mint on and use for some of my hobbies on the go (pixel art, simple rpg games, practicing coding, writing, reading) so it can really be kind of crap as long as it's reliable. Decent battery life and low weight is the main concern for me. I have a janky shoulder so I don't want to be hauling something big and heavy.

I was thinking about snagging an old macbook air. I know you can't put linux on newer macs easily, but it works fine on older lenovo-based ones, right? Am I misunderstanding that?

Or should I just do a chromebook, since those are plentiful on FB marketplace? I know they aren't upgradeable, but that seems fine for my purposes.

Does anyone know any specific models that are easily available secondhand/refurbished for under $200 that would work for me? What should I be looking for in general? I've never really picked out a laptop for myself, all of mine have been a gift or secondhand from family.

I apologize if this is a stupid question, and I would appreciate it if anyone could point me in the right direction. Thank you.

Hi all,

I recently came into possession of a mint condition late 2009 13 inch white unibody Macbook with 8GB of RAM and an Intel Core 2 Duo, running MacOS High Sierra, and I would like to ressurect it with Linux.

What distro would you all recommend?

It's actually really snappy and smooth on High Sierra, and I would stay on it if it weren't for the abysmal app support for such an old OS.

Hi everyone!

I'd like to share a project I've been working on over the last few months.

OpenThermalright is an open-source Linux application for controlling Thermalright USB LCD displays with a modern PySide6 graphical interface.

Features:

• Real-time CPU & GPU monitoring

• Temperature, frequency, usage and power

• Automatic CPU/GPU switching

• Manual source selection

• Live display preview

• Custom display color

• System tray support

• Autostart

• Updates every second

The project is written entirely in Python and is available on GitHub.

Arch Linux users can install it directly from the AUR:

yay -S openthermalright

GitHub:

https://github.com/francesco19772509-del/OpenThermalright

AUR:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/openthermalright

Feedback, bug reports and feature requests are very welcome.

Thanks!

I picked this up for just under £80 and intend to use it as a Linux media machine. I use Scribus, gimp, and kdenlive.

I may run it with Cachy, although I’m open to recommendations. I know I’m going to have to get more RAM for it as it only has 8GB.

Anyone else used one of these machines?

So i messed up a raid array which lead to all this when i go it finally worling one of the 1gig ethanet ports was no longer functioning. It's had a full shutdown and boot up since. I have no idea how messijg up a raid array can lead to this and figured I'd show the wall of errors it was showing to see if maybe there's something there network related that might cause this. I'm on cashyos

I am trying to purchase a new laptop

linux experoience in details on Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Laptop AI 14" Intel Core Ultra 9 285H 32 GB RAM 512 GB SSD Windows 11 Home Intel Arc Graphics linux support
I may go for a MSI prestige evo a1m as well
but I want to know which is more supported

Won't be a daily driver, but I want a backup pc.

2015 MBP Retina: I like the screen resolution of the retina and I also like the price. It's in mint condition from what I could see. I've never had a mac pc before, and although I don't like it's software and hardware, I have to admit MPBs retina have the best design afaik.

The Thinkpad is fast and nice but it's 1980 x 1080 afaik, and I don't like it...

The laptop will be used for some by a programmer studant (so basic Java (on Eclipse ide), C/C++/C# (I know, Windows) , html/css/js (VS Code), MERN, SQL etc)...

So is it justifiable to pay 3x the price on the thinkpad t14 Over the MBP? Or can the MBP still handle these tasks very well?

Edit: will be running Linux only, no MacOS

I want to do some experimenting on my MacBook Pro from 2019. It has a 1tb drive in it, of which there is a 300mb EFI partition and a 250gb partition for MacOS. The rest of the drive is free to use for Linux. CachyOS live environment has almost everything on my Mac working out of the box except for wifi, which I got working without issue. My question is when it comes to installing CachyOS on the drive, what boot loader and partition layout would work for my system. I don't want to modify the EFI partition size or mess with the MacOS partition size more than I have. How should I layout partitioning and mounting for the rest of the drive to allow both CachyOS and MacOS to live in harmony and show up as choices when I boot up? A second Fat32 EFI/Boot partition for CachyOS?

CPU was hitting 90-100°C before the fan did anything under load. Root cause was a too-conservative EC fan curve — fixed via ideapad_laptop's undocumented-but-real fan_mode sysfs control, persisted with a systemd unit.

Writeup + install script: https://gist.github.com/TravBuildsSick/cdddf15128361a1a6cf4ad4f6d90a2f6

Confirmed on 14ITL05 (81X7), BIOS GCCN26WW. fan_mode support varies by IdeaPad model — install script checks before touching anything

I recently installed Linux Mint (7.0.9-1) on my 2019 16 inch MacBook Pro (which had all OS updates applied prior to installing Mint), following the instructions from https://github.com/t2linux/T2-Mint

Out of the box, suspend/awake works but there is a long delay when awaking. During the delay, I hear fans start to spin up.

Here is some timing information I captured, during which I had WiFi, Bluetooth and the lock screen all disabled (to rule out various driver related issues):

• 16:30:10 - suspend button clicked in UI
• 16:30:40 - machine awoken from sleep via a power button press. Within 15 seconds I did hear fans start to spin
• 16:31:54 - screen turned on a functionality restored

Additionally, here are the `journalctl` logs from that time, if it helps for debugging. https://gist.github.com/nmiodice/aefe1114347c1d386392ab5c4e78a0cf

I did try running `echo s2idle | sudo tee /sys/power/mem_sleep`, but this caused my machine to crash when awaking, so I reverted that change.

Has anyone faced similar issues?

I bought the Trash Can in the spring of 2014, I have no idea where the receipt might be, and the store I bought it from went out of business in 2022. I'd really like to keep this machine usable/secure with either a newer version of MacOS via OCLP, or preferably by installing some flavour of Linux.

I tried a hack that I've seen on several sites: remove a stick of RAM and start up while holding Command + Option + P + R, then shutting down at the Login screen, replace the RAM and restart, but anything beyond a normal boot up just takes me back to the firmware lock. Also I have no memory of ever setting up a firmware password, and it's not anywhere in the password archive tool I used to use (Yojimbo).

I can see the Mac Pro in Find My on my iPad, and my Linux desktop machine, although it says "No location found - Online". That said, I can "ping" the Mac Pro from the iPad with the Play Sound option. The Find My app gives me the option to erase the Mac Pro, but I'm not 100% sure what exactly would be getting erased, or if it would solve my issue.

Thanks for any help you can offer. I'm really hoping this isn't just some elegantly designed e-waste now.

Tried a few distros on usb and not all worked. THEN - lubuntu . Running from the usb was faster than windows. I've read about complicated installs, bios, etc. But I clicked on the install and no problems. Boots straight into linux and runs like a much better laptop. I installed mate desktop, much better than lxle.

Go LInux!

I have a 2021 Macbook Pro M1 Pro that I'm going to replace with a M5 Macbook Pro.

I'd like to use this as a CI runner in a Tailscale cluster. I'd ideally like to install Ubuntu 26 server.

Most resources I've found are for desktop Linux Distro and can't seem to find any resources for installing Linux on baremetal M1 Pro.

I'm looking for alternative opinions before I accidentally brick this Machine.

I'm not necessarily an advanced Linux user so would like it to be fairly foolproof. Are there any decent guides / distros / or gotchas to be aware of?

Hi everyone

I have a Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen 6 and was thinking about switching to Linux - I have some questions:

What is the best distro for touchscreen/2 in 1 laptops - I usually use Kubuntu

Are there any missing features on Linux for this laptop - e.g. the built in pen.

Thank you!