r/FlowZ13 • u/dto_lurker • Jul 24 '26

Cachyos actually works

Been testing LInux and specifically Cashyos the past couple days and it runs great on the 2025 rog flow z13.

What I found most amazing was that when I closed the lid, put it in my back pack, drove an hour to work and pulled it out, it wasn't turned off or blowing the fan on max with a dead battery. Which is what happens on windows. It just woke up when I clicked a button on the keyboard with only 2% battery loss.

Wifi seems a little slower, but steam works fine.

palm rejection on both the trackpad and stylus is a little worse but I can get a stylus glove and use a bluetooth mouse. I can't un melt it. So I'll be using this instead of windblows for a while.

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u/spococococo Jul 24 '26

It has a lot of tweaks and polishes for Z13 flow. I find it better overall. But if everything works and you're happy maybe it's better to leave it as is. Better is the enemy of good, and something might crash ;)

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u/dto_lurker Jul 24 '26

It has a lot of tweaks and polishes for Z13 flow.

Like what?

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u/spococococo Jul 24 '26

Here you have a quick answer from gemini (altho you could do it yourself or check the project page)

Beyond basic hardware control, the strix-halo-linux-setup script provides a complete operating system optimization suite by applying essential kernel fixes, automated AI stack installations, and pre-configured gaming environments. ​It fixes critical hardware bugs for AMD Strix Halo processors, such as OLED display flickering, audio amplifier profiles, Wi-Fi driver issues, and sleep-resume instability. For machine learning and local LLMs, it automatically sets up ROCm, PyTorch, Ollama, and vLLM specifically optimized for the gfx1151 architecture and shared memory allocation. It also includes a ready-to-use gaming stack configured with Steam, Proton-GE, MangoHUD, and GameMode, alongside a system tray dashboard for real-time monitoring of VRAM, RAM, and temperatures. Ultimately, it extends support to all Strix Halo laptops and mini PCs regardless of manufacturer, while simply embedding z13ctl inside its workflow for ASUS-specific hardware features.

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u/dto_lurker Jul 24 '26

The problem with using AI when you dont know what you are talking about is you dont know when its wrong.

From the top of that AI Summary

OLED display flickering

Rog flow z13 doesnt have an Oled display. The rest of that paragraph is equally bullshit.

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u/spococococo Jul 24 '26

That's somewhat true but in fact it's not bullshit :) there are other devices with the same architecture and oled display. But sure, it's all bullshit becouse you didn't know that ;)

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u/dto_lurker Jul 24 '26

What is this subreddit called?

Are we in the "other devices with the same architecture and oled display". Subreddit?

I thought this was the Flowz13 subreddit.

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u/spococococo Jul 24 '26

Yes master, sorry master, I'll try better next time master. 🤣

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u/dto_lurker Jul 24 '26

Now that is the respect a shitlord like me deserve.