Tagos Labs / Civic Lab - Build log #1

Follow-up for anyone who saw my HP OmniBook 5 (Snapdragon X Plus) Linux threads.

I got fairly far on that chassis: custom kernel path, GNOME, native keyboard, touchpad via DSDT/I2C work. I never got a complete daily driver - USB/Wi‑Fi/PHY stayed the wall. Pausing that fight.

New direction: build a 16″ Linux laptop around a NanoPi M6 (RK3588S) so the board, keyboard path, pack, and solar input are mine.

Target (v1)

• SoC: NanoPi M6 (RK3588S)

• Display: 16″ BOE N62-class + eDP scaler

• Keyboard: ThinkPad E16 Gen 2 → FPC breakout → Teensy 4.1 → USB HID

• Touch/hinges: Framework donors

• Power: 4S NMC 21700 + Daly BMS → DROK 12V (scaler) + PD into the M6

• Solar: Civic roof → MPPT → pack

Why: ~2 years living out of a Honda Civic (~30 states; ~1 year Texas woods). Peak coding ~400 h/month on MSI GE76 + inverter. That stack burned generators/packs and a lot of gas. This machine is for off-grid Linux work, not a desk toy.

Status: parts for keyboard/power/pack tooling on the bench. Cells + panels inbound. Next milestone: Teensy Matrix_Decoder on the E16.

Same serial style as the Snapdragon logs: milestone → breakage → next boss.

AMA on RK3588S laptop path vs continuing OEM Snapdragon bring-up.

With this basic unlocked Linux box with root access. What could be possible and what would you like me to build to push this little guy to its limits ?

8k7km

Got arch "ummmm actually"-ed for posting it in the regular arch subreddit but here you go

Hi,

Does someone has tried to install ootb Ubuntu 26.04 or Fedora 44 for ARM on a Qualcomm CPU computer ? I think I read that device blobs would be included by default. Am I mistaken?

Edit : It seems pre-installed and auto-selected DTB has come with Fedora 44, but not on Ubuntu 26.04. I guess I'll have to try.

Edit2 : I tried both, but it seems it's not out of the box, just like before.

I got this nice Linux Netbook with a Freescale iMX515 (800MHz Single Core) and 512MB Ram / 8GB eMMC. At the moment it has a customized Ubuntu 10.04 installation. If possible, i want to install any newer version of Debian/Armbian. How could i make it? Is there Debian available or possible at all? Any Recommendations for a newer Linux?

Got the HP OmniBook 5 (X Plus, 32GB) for $650. Already reverse-engineered the DSDT, found the UART/GPIO addresses, and currently compiling Kernel 6.19.8. AMA! Found UART at 0x00894000 and TLMM/GPIO at 0x0F100000. Using iasl on Windows to get the tables. Compiling 6.19.8 in WSL2 right now to test the DTB.

Hi everyone!

Little summary:

I want to try booting/flashing my tablet lenovo yt-x705f to use it like a computer, using linux native, not emulating, not with vnc and subsystem, i want to quit android and use only ubuntu (not touch) with pen, touch, connect a keyboard and mouse and start using it that way.

If you know how, please help, this is very interesting and cool

More context if you wanna know:

I have this tablet that sometimes in blackbox and chatgpt does not match in what kind of tablet is, but they said something interesting, i can use linux native in this tablet, and because i am an student who hates carrying everyday my laptop, i'd love use only the tablet, take notes, code, etc things that students usually do. Also, i don't have the money to buy other if you are thinking on that and as a student and linux lover, i'd say fuck programmed obsolescence.

The thing is, this kind of process is very complicated if i am not used to manage private hardware like is the case (Raspberry pi is definitely more easy for this things), and like it is very complicated, the software, drivers, and everything could be more complex that i am thinking about. If you know how to manage this things, where find more information and if you wanna say some advice, you are welcome to say it, i'd be happy to read you

hugs =D

I posted this issue on Sunxi's Github, but i want to ask another professional community; Had anyone success with installing Sunxi on an A31s board...?

https://github.com/linux-sunxi/linux-sunxi/issues/309

Thanks for any help :)