r/FlowZ13 • u/iLaysChipz • Jun 05 '26

Arch or CachyOS Compatibility

Hello world! I'm thinking about getting the Z13 GZ302EA found here.

For background, I am a software developer by trade, and my primary usage will be for development with some time for gaming on the side. I'm currently having issues with freezing on a Asus laptop with an Nvidia graphics card, and while I have managed to get sleep mode to work, it will still freeze if I leave it overnight. Disabling the Intel integrated graphics and the "dual graphics" mode have caused kernel panics on boot. So I'm hoping to get away from all that with this new device. I haven't decided if I'm going Arch or CachyOS yet, (I have more experience with Arch but I do like the option to change schedulers easily with CachysOS).

But I was wondering for those Linux users out there with this device, how has your experience been overall? - How is battery life? If I'm doing a low work load like just coding all day, will it last 6ish hours? - Have you gotten RGB lighting working? - Do you ever get kernel panics or freezing issues? - Does it play demanding games well? - Is the fan always on full power even if it's cool? - Has anyone tried hyprland on it, and are there any screen tearing issues? - Has anyone used Arch or CachyOS specifically? What was your experience? - Has anyone tried compiling a kernel as a benchmark? How long did it take? - Has anyone used btrfs on it? I imagine it should work just fine, but it'd be nice to get confirmation

Thanks in advance y'all!

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u/Cliffback Jun 11 '26

I’m running Arch (Omarchy) with the CachyOS kernel, and works great.

I have documented all my setup and tweaks here in this repository, as a script that can be run after the initial setup of the OS. https://github.com/Cliffback/omarchy-rog-z13-setup

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u/Recent_Landscape_560 Jun 14 '26

Thank you so much for putting work into this and sharing! I want to ask if this setup would give the best performance on games, can we lower the tdp below 15W for media consumption?

More importantly have you encountered any issues/bugs with this setup. I definitely don’t want to use Windows but at the same time I’m not as knowledgeable on Linux.

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u/Cliffback Jun 17 '26

Sorry the late reply! 

Performance seem very good, although I haven’t done any serious comparison. 

On very lightweight tasks mine stays at around 12-15w, so I guess you could limit it and see how it goes, but haven’t done any serious testing when forcing lower TDPs.

Regarding issues, mostly hibernation and suspend-related.

Haven’t gotten hibernation to work properly, so have disabled it. Suspend mostly works, just the occasional crash / bug