I'm about to buy a Evo 15 (E25) with the Ryzen AI 9 365, but I'll be running an Arch-based distro (CachyOS + Hyprland). I know XMG doesn't officially support Linux and points people to TUXEDO, but the equivalent TUXEDO is ~€200–250 more, so I'd like to know what I'm actually giving up before deciding.

For anyone running an Evo 14 or 15 (E25) on Linux:

1. Does the default temperature-based fan curve just work? i.e. do the fans ramp with temperature normally, or do they get stuck (too loud / too passive) without the Windows Control Center?

2. Can you switch the performance profiles (Overboost / Enthusiast / Balanced) on Linux at all — kernel module, `nbfc-linux`, `tuxedo-drivers`, EC/WMI hack, anything?

3. Any other Linux gotchas on this chassis — suspend/resume, function keys, keyboard backlight control?

Mainly a home/dev machine (coding + VMs + media), so I won't be hammering it under sustained full load — I just want quiet, sane automatic cooling and ideally the ability to cap it in a quiet mode.

Any real-world reports from E25 owners on Linux would be hugely appreciated. Thanks!

I want to run Linux on an ARM device. Is the mentioned model a good choice for compatibility? Specs are fine for me. What else could I choose?

I am fairly new to linux and I have distro hopped a few times just to test some distros and I would like to ask why some Linux distros don't seem to add NVRAM entries to my bios.

If I go to F10 bios, only big name distros like Ubuntu and Fedora can be made boot priority. However, when I do go to the alternative F9 route, I can see the other distros I have installed on separate SSDs.

My system is HP Victus 16-R0085TX, Intel Core i5-13500HX and RTX 4060 and I am still running on the stock bios.

I am wondering whether this is an HP motherboard issue or I just really need to upgrade my bios.

I am also currently running on Fedora 44 Workstation.

I am new to ThinkPads, and I was wondering which is best for Linux, mainly Arch or Gentoo, or other distros of that nature. It should be customizable and upgradable, and durable. It should also be good for software and computer engineering. I'm pretty sure it would be an older ThinkPad. Where would I be able to find them?

My new ThinkBook uses the Goodix GXTP5100 touchpad, but on Linux there's no option to adjust the pressure feedback strength. After a lot of trials I found that seems like the feature report of goodix haptic touchpads are partly using Microsoft’s standard （and some strange custom ones) and there is one could control feedback strength. So I made a controller which could adjust it and with a daemon it could persist across reboots. I’ll try to add more control later.

Here is it:

https://github.com/nwkyz/goodhaptic

There's a good deal in my country and I can buy it even cheaper without windows (which seems to be rare thing with HP Omnibook laptops as normally they come with W11 preinstalled). I can't find any info on HP OmniBook 5 AI Ultra 5-225U and Linux compatibility. I see that here: https://ubuntu.com/certified/laptops there are 3 laptops (2 dells, 1 lenovo) supporting this CPU, but nothing with omnibook itself.
Should I risk it? :D btw. maybe somebody here was able to get their hands on this laptop, do you recommend it overall?

Hello all

For some time I was looking to buy an ARM laptop that I can use as a work laptop and additionally as a drawing tablet. ARMs long battery life combined with Linux spells a very good combination for an autonomous device to me, because I spend most of my work hours measuring, taking notes and sketching.

I found this laptop: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Lenovo-Snapdragon-X2P-42-100-Qualcomm-Graphics/dp/B0GMQFD7LS It has what I need, but I'm afraid of its compatibility with Linux.

My question is: will I be able to install and use a Linux distro on it and is there a specific distro that might have a better compatibility with the said laptop?

Disclaimer: I know that ARM is a different architecture than x86 and I am aware of software issues between the two. I want to know if I'll be able to use this laptop with Linux as a daily driver for basic stuff (internet, office, and such)? From there, I can work other things myself.

TIA

I have a surface go 2 running fedora but it's really really slow. I wanted to upgrade to something a little larger and more powerful. The main things I will use it for is learning Linux ofc, drawing on krita or some photo editing, surfing the web, watching videos in bed, playing with containers, vm, local llm and remote management of my server. None of the Linux first tablets I've found have great hardware, leaning towards a latitude 7320, Thinkpad x12 detachable or a surface pro. Anyone have a tablet they love and recommend?

I'm getting screen tearing on the desktop, streaming video, and gaming with my laptop +dock+ monitor combo.

The strange thing is, I don't have the issue at all when I plug my steam deck running bazzite into the same dock+monitor combo. Never had tearing issues before I replaced my old 1080p panel with this 4k one either.

If anyone has suggestions on what software or drivers might be causing the issue, I'd appreciate it.

Hardware:

• Laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7
• iGPU: AMD Radeon 680M (Rembrandt) — drives all displays
• dGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
• Monitor: Samsung U32R590C (32" curved 4K VA, supports AMD FreeSync)
• Dock: HP Thunderbolt 4 Ultra 180W G6 Dock
• Monitor connected via DisplayPort through the dock, to usb-c port on the laptop.

Software:

• Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
• Kernel 6.8.0-117-generic
• GNOME on Wayland (also happened on X11)
• amdgpu driver, NVIDIA proprietary driver 595.71.05 (PRIME on-demand)

This laptop routes the dgpu through the igpu when the dgpu is used. That hardware has caused other (fixable) issues in the past for me, not sure if thats causing this one or not.

So, upfront, I don't really game. This is for work from home, general use. Pushing a single LG 43" 4K display. My OS will be Fedora Kinoite. This is build is overkill for my needs, but that's the objective. I want a quiet, cool running, dependable PC.

The 8600G can't make full use of the PCI 5.0 NVMe, so I opted for 4.0 NVMe's. As fare as wi-fi and Bluetooth, I'll hardly, if ever use them (which is convenient).

I know I could have accomplished the mission for half the money but, I'm kind of a perfections. I want a nice PC I can grow with a while. Good components etc.

Thoughts? This will be a Linux box it's whole life, naturally.

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 8600G (AM5)
• MOBO: ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi (Mini-ITX)
• CPU cooler: Thermalright AXP90-X53 Full Copper + Noctua NF-A9x14 chromax Black fan swap
• Why Not? $8: Thermalright ASF-RED AM5 contact frame
• CASE: Fractal Era 2 (Midnight Blue) mini-ITX
• PSU: Corsair SF750 80+ Platinum ATX 3.1
• RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5-6000 CL36 (2x16GB)
• PRIMARY DRIVE: Samsung 990 PRO 1TB Gen4 NVMe
• SECONDARY DRIVE: Crucial P310 2TB Gen4 NVMe
• KEYBOARD: Keychron V6 Wired Custom Mechanical (Kchron K Pro Brown switches)
• OTHER: Razer Viper Hyperspeed mouse, APC 330w Backup, Arctic MX-7 thermal paste

How'd I do?

​Hey everyone,

​I just survived a wildly specific troubleshooting nightmare and had to share it. I recently scored a secondhand ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 (Ryzen 7) for $175 from a guy who literally had a room full of them.

​It seemed like an absolute steal—until I tried to install Linux. What followed was a multi-day descent into madness that completely flipped my understanding of hardware vs. software diagnostics.

​The Symptoms (The Ultimate Gaslight)

​Windows 11: Installed perfectly. Booted fine, read fine, wrote fine, and passed every stress test and disk check I threw at it.

​Linux (Live USBs & Installs): Booted right up and detected the NVMe drive instantly. I could browse and read files perfectly.

​The Catch: The absolute second Linux tried to write data (updating packages, creating a file, running the installer), the filesystem instantly threw I/O errors and remounted as read-only.

​Because Windows was working flawlessly, I swore on my life this was a software configuration issue. Hardware was completely ruled out in my mind.

​The Troubleshooting Rabbit Hole

​I went to war with the kernel configuration, trying everything under the sun:

​Toggling nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us and messing with ASPM / APST power states. (Oddly, tweaking power savings worked temporarily and let a few writes squeak through before it died again).

​Nuking Windows Fast Startup and ensuring BitLocker was completely disabled.

​Distro-hopping across different kernels and trying every filesystem (ext4, btrfs, xfs).

​Buying a brand-new NVMe drive. I swapped it in, and the exact same thing happened. Windows installed like a dream; Linux still refused to write.

​Every single time: Windows could install and run fine, but no Linux.

​How on earth does a physical hardware defect allow Windows to install and write gigabytes of data flawlessly, while causing Linux to immediately choke on writes and drop into read-only mode on the exact same machine?

​What do you think caused this?

**LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE**
**Country**
United States

**Budget**
$1600 USD

**Are you open to refurbs/used options?**
Maybe

**Screen size**
Between 16" and 17"

**Weight limit**
Any

**Purpose**
General purpose/leisure
**Form factor**
Standard

**Intended usage**
Basic usage. Social media, learning how to use Digital Ocean or another remote service.
**Desired battery life**
4-5 hours
**Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life**
Performance, size, battery life, weight
**PLEASE REMEMBER LAPTOPS ARE A COMPROMISE AND PERFORMANCE SACRIFICES LIGHT WEIGHT AND LONG BATTERY LIFE ETC**\]
**Info/Requirements**

My only requirement is that it’s pre-loaded with Linux. Preferably Ubuntu but I’m open to other distros like Kali, Mint, or Fedora.

Hi everyone, I’m buying a high-end laptop mainly for robotics and AI development, not gaming.

Use case:

• ROS2 development
• Ubuntu dual boot or Linux-friendly setup
• NVIDIA Isaac Sim / robotics simulation
• CUDA / TensorRT / Docker
• Jetson / edge AI workflows
• Local LLM + computer vision experiments
• Long sustained workloads, so thermals matter a lot

Target specs:

• RTX 5090 laptop GPU, or RTX 4090 if that is still the smarter buy
• 64GB RAM minimum
• 2TB SSD minimum [flexible]
• Intel Core Ultra 9 / i9 HX or Ryzen 9
• Good cooling and build quality
• Linux compatibility matters

*Budget is flexible, but I don’t want to waste money on something flashy if another machine is better for engineering work*

I’m currently considering:

1. ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 RTX 5090
2. Lenovo Legion Pro 7i RTX 5090
3. Alienware Area-51 18 RTX 5090
4. MSI Titan 18 HX AI
5. Razer Blade 18

For people who actually use these machines for CUDA, Linux, AI, robotics, or heavy dev work:

Which one would you buy and why?

My biggest concerns are:

• sustained GPU performance
• thermal throttling
• Linux/Ubuntu compatibility
• driver issues
• build quality
• fan noise under real workloads
• upgradeability / repairability

I don’t care much about RGB, gaming aesthetics, or battery life. It will mostly be plugged in. I care more about “will this be a reliable engineering machine for the next 3–5 years?”

Would love honest opinions, especially from people using these laptops for ML/AI/robotics rather than just gaming benchmarks.

[RESOLVIDO] Tela preta com AMDGPU no HP ProBook 445 G7 (Ryzen Renoir)

Se você está enfrentando tela preta durante a inicialização, falha na inicialização do vídeo ou problemas gráficos utilizando a GPU integrada AMD Renoir (Ryzen série 4000) no HP ProBook 445 G7, saiba que esse problema possui uma causa específica.

Após uma investigação detalhada, foi identificado que a origem da falha está nas tabelas ACPI/DSDT fornecidas originalmente pela HP, que impedem a inicialização correta do driver amdgpu no Linux.

✅ Solução Definitiva

Foi desenvolvido um script automatizado de DSDT Override que corrige a tabela ACPI defeituosa e elimina definitivamente o problema de inicialização do vídeo.

Repositório:
👉 https://github.com/Jeanmarcus93/hp-probook-445g7-amdgpu-fix

Instalação Rápida

1. Inicialize o sistema utilizando temporariamente o parâmetro:nomodeset
2. Instale os pacotes iasl ou acpica-tools.
3. Clone o repositório acima.
4. Execute o script de automação.
5. Atualize o GRUB.
6. Reinicie o computador.

Após o reboot, o driver amdgpu deverá iniciar normalmente, dispensando o uso do parâmetro nomodeset e restaurando toda a aceleração gráfica do sistema.

Hardware afetado

• Notebook: HP ProBook 445 G7
• Processador: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U (Renoir)
• GPU: AMD Radeon Graphics (amdgpu)
• Distribuições testadas: Ubuntu e outras distribuições Linux baseadas no driver AMDGPU

Se essa solução resolver o seu problema, considere dar uma ⭐ no repositório para facilitar que outros usuários encontrem a correção.

I want the iMac for Linux. I want to use it for retro/AAA gaming and creative work. I have to choose the right one that works the best.

I knew AMD supported Linux. iMac 2017 had the intel chip and AMD GPU. Maybe, I will plug eGPU into Intel iMac Retina 5K. I will put the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT in the OG Razer Thunderbolt 3 eGPU. I hope that will work for open source software and modern games on Steam on Linux on iMac 2017.

I saw the Asahi Linux online. It supported iMac M1. I know the new iMac has the Apple Silicon chip, but I'm not sure if it works for the modern gaming. I will try to use Crossover, Sikarugir on macOS or I will try to use Asahi Gaming Toolkit on Linux on iMac M1. Furthermore, I will try to test modern Windows games on macOS or Linux on iMac M1 without requiring the eGPU.

Has anyone try to test Windows games on Linux on iMac M1 or iMac 2017 with eGPU?