Just graduated and now that I'm not broke for the first time in my life, I'm trying to off-set the years of low-end PC subsistance playing old games on minimum settings by building some, relatively, overkill decadence. I'm talking the newest triple A games, 3 monitors, 4k and 144 Hz. Maybe even some OLED shenanigans, who knows.

I want a machine that can do, within reason, everything, but I'm worried about the Linux compatibility and whether I can expect problems with this build, since it's a big purchase for me:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VTmpYN

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VTmpYN

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor

Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler

Asus ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory

Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card

NZXT H9 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair RM1000e (2023) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

I'm currently dual-booting POP_OS! and Windows 11 on my laptop, but I'm not attached to it and I don't mind switching to something else for performance and better linux gaming experience.

Anything wrong with this build?Like Linux gaming compatibility issues? or just more general stuff like not enough cooling or motherboard too cheap for the rest of the hardware? I don't have a whole lot of experience building PCs so I'm a bit apprehensive.

Hello

I'm running EndevourOS on an ASUS Vivobook K3405VC.

Sometimes my cpu temp goes up to 100C. So, checking my fan speed with sensors, I saw that even when the temp is over 90C the fan only goes up to 4100 RPM (but usually less than that), though the max speed is 6600 RPM.

I tried increasing the speed through a lot of tool, including lm-sensors, but the best I could do is run at at a constant max speed, buy changing /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/hwmon/hwmon4/pwm1_enable to 0.

I looked at the Arch wiki, but this is everything I have in /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/hwmon/hwmon4/:

device/      fan1_input   fan1_label   name         power/       pwm1_enable  subsystem/   uevent

I also tried the asus_fan module, but it didn't work either.

I'd appreciate any help.

Hello folks,

the biggest blocker for making a new Xorg major release still is hardware testing. Unforunately we only have limited HW configurations, so we need the help from the community.

Anybody who likes testing Xorg master branch, feel free to either contact me directly (you can also reply here) or join xorg maillist and mail us there.

Hello, i want to build an ITX (arch) linux pc and i'm not sure, if this config is compatible with linux:

Motherboard: ASROCK A620I Lightning WiFi DDR5 AM5
GPU: Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon™ RX 7600 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 Dual HDMI/Dual DP
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Processor 4.7 GHz 32 MB L3
CPU-cooler: Noctua NH-L9a-AM5
Power-supply: Cooler Master V850 850W SFX Gold
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL36 AMD Expo
SSD: Crucial T500 SSD 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2
(Case: Fractal Design Terra)

Thanks for any help!

Hi

I am using Fedora 40 on HP ProBook 640 G2, recently I installed Matlab 2018a. It works fine but it has low graphics issues. I have tried different helps from internet but none worked.

Following are the details:

Processor: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz

Memory: 7.6 GiB of RAM

Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 520

I checked my opengl version and following is its detail:

server glx version string: 1.4
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.4
   Max core profile version: 4.6
   Max compat profile version: 4.6
   Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
   Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 24.0.6
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 24.0.6
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 24.0.6
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
   GL_EXT_shader_implicit_conversions, GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix,

I really don't know what is wrong but any help is appreciated. Thanks

I just got a hp envy 360 16 to replace my original surface book. I mostly just use it for art programs for work and personal art, digital paintings. This is the first time I've used windows 11 and I hate it. Any advice for a version of Linux that will work for it? So far most of what I've read people have problems with older versions, not sure if mine will work, but it's a newer one. I've never used Linux before. I really just want a computer I can do my art on and not have windows 11. I don't want my computer to do anything other than run clipstudio paint and have a web browser. Windows 11 seems really intrusive, constantly telling me things I didn't ask for and doing things I don't want it to do, pushing the Microsoft ecosystem I don't want to use . Or anyone know if a 2 in 1 laptop that works well with Linux that would run paint programs and work like they are intended?

Simple try ubuntu minimum or others linux version and test it with usb key with 24.04, to report here malfunction or problems to make a compatibility list to help people buy new pc with linux ubuntu or others

sharky, your favorite shark

Hi, I’d like to have wifi (not so much because of wifi but more because of Bluetooth and afaik they come together). I heard Intel wifi works well on Linux but I plan to build on AM5 socket (AMD). Hence, do you think it would make more sense to buy a separate card for better compatibility, and if yes then which one?

Edit: also open to suggestions about which mobo brands work better with Linux, if it matters at all. I know to avoid ASUS for AM5.

by current tech I mean anything Intel 12th gen, i3-N300 or newer and by affordable, no more than $500ish.

I've read that Linux often has problems running all the systems on laptops. most work, but there are gremlins and things like webcam, audio, Bluetooth malfunction, etc..

I'm not against buying used / refurbished.

I was looking for a mini PC with coreboot and found star labs byte, is there any better choice for a mini PC that supports coreboot? Does anyone recommend it?

Currently looking to deploy a linux system for NAS, VMs, and minor coding / development. My main system is a MacBook Pro. I was looking to build a 13900K system but found a possible alternative of running dual Xeon Gold 6138 (40 cores and 80 threads) . From a cost perspective NAS drives, video card, etc will be the same with the big difference of spending $500 for a dual xeon system that I can add ram to or $500 for just the 13900K CPU. What are the advantages of getting the newer system with less cores for a higher price -vs- more cores cheaper system.

Currently I have a Steelseries Apex Gaming keyboard (linked for easier finding of which one it is, original steelseries store page for it is delisted since discontinued) and am trying to get the M1-12 and/or MX1-10 keys to function in Linux Mint. Was using these for extra keybinds in various games when I was using Windows. I have mapped the M1-12 keys to functions F13-24 and MX6-8 to mouse buttons 6-8 via Steelseries GG/Engine on Windows. Issue comes when I swap back to Linux, it doesn't detect any input from the keys stated earlier.

Does anyone know how I can get the OS to properly detect these keys and possibly remap them if need be? I've already tried key detection via xev and various guides on using wine for the Engine program (this doesn't even detect the keyboard itself).

If this is not possible, then any suggestions on a replacement keyboard would be appreciated. Preferably, but not required, having numpad, nav keys, hotswap in case I don't like the switches, and extra buttons that can be remapped or programmable layering if extra buttons not possible.

I'm on Kubuntu 22.04, kernel version 5.15.0-105-generic on both my devices. Not using opentabletdriver on either device (it doesn't support the Parblo A640, only supports the V2 version). The tablet works out of the box on my laptop, plug and play. But on my desktop there are these strange jittering:

The jittering, demonstrated in Kolourpaint, on my desktop

Things work fine on my laptop

I've tried different USB ports on my desktop, turning it on and off again (lol), different USB cables but nothing seems to work!

It should be noted that before getting the Parblo A640 I was using a borrowed XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 and it worked fine out of the box for both my desktop and laptop, with and without opentabletdriver and with the same cable and USB ports.

Edit: I booted into Windows 10 on my desktop and the jittering is gone. I suspect this is a driver issue on the desktop's Kubuntu installation. Though I have no clue how to check, would be helpful if someone gave me some pointers.

Also, here are the specs for my desktop and laptop:
Desktop:

OS: Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS x86_64  
Kernel: 5.15.0-105-generic  
Packages: 3140 (dpkg), 24 (flatpak)  
Shell: bash 5.1.16  
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: Plasma 5.24.7  
WM: KWin  
WM Theme: Breeze   
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G (4) @ 3.600GHz  
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series  
Memory: 16GB

Laptop:

OS: Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS x86_64  
Kernel: 5.15.0-105-generic  
Packages: 2329 (dpkg), 13 (flatpak)  
Shell: bash 5.1.16  
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: Plasma 5.24.7  
WM: KWin  
WM Theme: Breeze   
CPU: Intel i5-8350U (8) @ 3.600GHz
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620
Memory: 8GB

FINAL EDIT: it was evdev, i switched to libinput and everything works now

my Dell laptop has an additional 32gb optane storage, however it says it's encrypted, does linux use this storage? or is it safe to format it and use for something else

Hello everyone!

I am looking forward to buy a drawing tablet and I was thinking of buying Huion Inspiroy v2. I mostly use my iPad for drawing but I wanted a graphic tablet to restart drawing a bit on Photoshop (on Windows) and Krita, and also to try sculpting as well, on Blender. I don't want to spend the money for a Wacom Intuos (I had one, the A4 size, which I gifted to a friend when I bought the iPad Pro years ago). It will be used occasionally, so I want a budget option such as Huion Inspiroy v2 L. I read a bit about it, watched videos and I think that it would fit my needs perfectly.

But then I looked at the drivers, I don't know how it will work on Arch Linux. They have a .deb package for Linux for the drivers but well, I am not on Ubuntu. I checked OpenTabletDrivers online and seems like Inspiroy is not in the supported tablet list.

So I was curious if anyone uses it? How did they make it work? May be it does not need drivers? But then how could I configure the buttons?

My second option is, XP-Pen Deco L. It is nice as well. I feel like I like the Huion more but the XP-Pen looks nice too. Is it better with Linux drivers? I find drivers for it on AUR too.

I am looking forward to your feedback, thank you!

Hi,

thx for having me in this community, this is my first post here. I hope the flair is correct, i found it to be most fitting.

Against my better knowledge i bought the Galaxy Book 2 360 with only 8 Gig of RAM and Win 11 preinstalled. While the laptop itself is a thing of beauty IMHO, performance was subpar though. 2 Firefox tabs and VS Code open and we were already in SWAP territory. Installing AtlasOS didn't help much either, although it reduced the footprint of Windows.

What kept me from trying out Linux on the Galaxy Book were reports online that nearly no distro works well and that UX is mostly broken. Since i use Mint on my Workstation and the kids PCs as well i thought i'd just fire up a USB installer of Mint and try it out.

Cinnamon 21.3 didn't really work without tweaks, probably because of the old kernel, but Cinnamon 21.3 Edge works pretty darn well right after install.

Specs:

• Intel Core i5-1235U (1.3 GHz up to 4.4 GHz, 12 MB L3 Cache)
• 8 GB LPDDR4x Memory (brand not specified on the website, but it's safe to assume it's a single 8 Gig Samsung stick soldered to the MB)
• 256 GB NVMe SSD
• 13.3" FHD AMOLED Display
• Bluetooth v5.1
• Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+), 802.11 ax 2x2

What works:

• Wifi
• Touchpad
• Touchscreen (although a bit finicky)
• Sound
• Webcam and Mic
• Thunderbolt 4
• Wake when lid is opened
• Charging with lid closed

What doesn't work (yet):

• Power Modes
• Fingerprint Reader
• Keyboard Brightness
• Energy Saving / Sleep Mode (shuts fully down)

The Book 2 360 seems to use a different fingerprint reader then the Pro Lineup, because there's a GitHub project explaining how you can use that one.

Overall i like the performance of Mint on the Galaxy Book 2 360. Instead of almost 5 Gigs of RAM on Win11, it uses just over 2 Gig on Mint. The AMOLED display is awesome. Day to day use with UI adjustments via Plank and Conky is pretty snappy and responsive, and although i miss the fingerprint reader, the things that work out of the box are enough for me.

So if you can find the laptop used (which usually costs around 400-500€) i'd say it's an alternative to the Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga.

https://preview.redd.it/e6mtretu86zc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=6eadce265cfe2b4900017430acba51bb7c49c4f1

Hello everyone,

I want to buy a new Laptop that I can use for university. So far I have been using a 2020 Macbook Pro with an Intel Chip, but it has been a giant pain to set literally anything up in Linux, to this day bluetooth doesn't work 100% of the time for example. Also the batterylife and heatup is not great.

The usecase is looking at pdfs or slides, (LaTeX) Text editing, browsing the web and coding including debugging. It should have bluetooth functionality because I listen to music during studying and the battery should allow me to do music + one of the tasks listet for 14+ hours. It would be great, but not nessesary if it could stream 4k video to an external Screen. The 13 inch screen of the macbook is totally fine, so having a bigger screen would only make problems with weight and transport I think.

Just to repeat, it doesn't need to be a giant powerhouse for that I have my desktop at home.

My budget is 1000€, mayby a bit more if there is a significant value spike there.

Do you guys have any suggestions that fit this description, and that have good linux support of course?

Thx in advance

I was planning to install Linux Mint on my laptop and before I install it, I wanna make sure if my laptop is compatible with linux. Is the Acer Aspire 7 A715-76G (12th Gen Core i5-12450H + GTX1650) compatible with linux? If it is, I would also know if other distros were also compatible like Arch, Ubuntu, NixOS, Fedora, OpenSUSE, but I would specifically want to know if Linux Mint is compatible with this device.

I'm thinking on buying a new laptop, the yoga 7 looks really good for the price (600$ renewed with 16gb ram and 512gb ssd)

Device : Fedora with Hyprland + Waybar on avita magus 12.2

I have recently installed Fedora with hyprland on this device but there are couple of problems

• NetworkManager unable to detect wifi : Before I tried mint with xfce there this wasn't a issue but here in fedora even after installing different packages " nmcli dev wifi status " returns nothing at all
• Sounds : Installed pipewire, pamixer and pavucontrol but that doesn't work at all - installed VLC too
• Touchscreen : maybe drivers are not available in kernel and it is not a compulsory requirement either but good to have and I couldn't fix it

Hi! I've been casually looking for a new laptop for the past few months. I think I have settled on the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024). The one with the 4080 and 32gb ram. I don't really need a gpu that crazy, but it's the lowest model that has 32gbs of ram... This laptop is the closest that I have been able to find to the perfect laptop in terms of battery life, specs, form-factor, and looks. From what I can tell, there is also an open source community for asus software so that I could even take advantage of the cool rgb light tricks if I so choose.

My main question here is: Is this the best laptop for the money? I am being very particular because I buy a laptop once every 10 years or so. My last one being a 2015 macbook pro 15" with an i7 and 16gbs that I have run into the ground and is currently running fedora, because it is no longer supported on macos. I really liked the Dell XPS line too, but I felt that the ASUS was a better fit in terms of battery-life, looks, reliability, and such. I don't like the X1 carbons because the fn and ctrl buttons are reversed and that irks me...

I was looking at the Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 14" but realized that it didn't quite have the screen size that I want. I would prefer a 15-16" screen because the biggest use I'll have for it is single screen while travelling, not with a dock or other screen most likely. That one hit most of my marks though. The other tuxedo models that have the bigger screen have a full size keyboard which pushes the typing area over to the left and I want the keyboard to be centered (yes I know that's probably not a huge deal to most people).

Any input or recommendations are welcome. I am really trying to not have to pay almost $3k for a laptop if I don't have to. But right now it seems like the only one I can find that ticks all of my boxes. The main things I'm looking for are: really good build quality, thin and light, high in the specs department, very long battery life, and the thing with the keyboard in the middle not over to the left, and a trackpad that is nice to use and doesn't have any buttons under or over it (plus is on the larger side).

I'd like to stick to a budget of around $2000-ish if possible too. But slightly more is also fine.

Thanks!

of 2024 with OpenWRT support (csv);

cat ToH_dump_tab_separated.csv | cut -f 18,20,21,19,3,4,30,35 | grep -iP "\t[2-9]\t[0-9]{4}|cpu" | grep -iPv "\t[2-9]\t[0-9]{4}\t(16|32|64|128|256)[^0-9]" | grep -P "/ax|wlan" | perl -pe 's/ /_/g;s/([^\t\n]{17})[^\t\n]*/$1/g;s/(brand)/0$1/g' | sort | column -t | perl -pe 's/^/    /g'

AKA more than one 1 GHz CPU core, 256 MB flash, and Wi-Fi 6:

brand   model        cpucores  cpumhz  flashmb    rammb  switch             wlan24ghz
Acer     Predator_W6  4         2000    4096_eMMC  1024   MediaTek_MT7531    b/g/n/ax
GL.iNet  GL-MT6000    4         2000    8192_eMMC  1024   2x2.5G:_RTL8221B,  b/g/n/ax
Linksys  MX4200       4         1400    512NAND    1024   Qualcomm_Atheros_  b/g/n/ax
Linksys  MX4200       4         1400    512NAND    512    Qualcomm_Atheros_  b/g/n/ax
NETGEAR  RAX120       4         2000    512        1024   Qualcomm_Atheros_  b/g/n/ax
QNAP     QHora-301W   4         2200    4096_eMMC  1024   ¿                  b/g/n/ax
ZyXEL    EX5601-T0    4         2000    512NAND    1024   ¿                  b/g/n/ax

Linux is not picking up the core temperature of the AMD Genoa 9334 ES + H13SSL-NT. On windows with fancontrol it detects the core temp as well as the other mobo cpu sensors. With lm-sensors ubuntu is showing k10 but these appear to be the sensors on the board. I have attached two images to show the difference in the sensors detected. I have a fresh install of ubuntu server 24. Has anyone any ideas as to how I can get linux to detect the same temp as on windows for the core? I have read in many places k10 is the cpu temp but I know this not to be the case testing under load. Any help appreciated. Linux temps Windows temps

What I know lm-sensors is showing the package as k10. This is NOT the core temperature of the CPU.
The core temperature is available as it canbe returned on Windows. Tested on Debian Bookworm + Ubuntu24 + Arch.

EDIT

Some extra information:
(output of pwmconfig)
# pwmconfig version 3.6.0+git

This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)

controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on

your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm

circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.

We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.

The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed

after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you

physically verify that the fans have been to full speed

after the program has completed.
/usr/bin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed

Output of sensors detect:
# sensors-detect version 3.6.0+git
# System: Supermicro Super Server [123456789]
# Board: Supermicro H13SSL-NT
# Kernel: 6.8.8-2-MANJARO x86_64
# Processor: AMD Eng Sample: 100-000000897-03 (25/17/0)
This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.
Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... NoVIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 15h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 16h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 17h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 15h power sensors... No
AMD Family 16h power sensors... No
Hygon Family 18h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 19h thermal sensors... No
Intel digital thermal sensor... No
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
Intel 5500/5520/X58 thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No

I think it should be detecting AMD Family 19h thermal sensors here. Is there a way to force it to install the module for this even though its not detecting it?

A quick relook at the Linux laptop, StarBook MK VI!

https://preview.redd.it/95iykxj7isyc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=084830b78c20e9d9f6cf50733164b8b9c7ea44c9

Watch the video on Elacity!: Video Link

Confused between these 2.

Legion Slim 5 configuration: AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS RTX 4060

Alienware m16 r2 configuration: Intel core ultra 9 185H RTX 4060

Planning to use Pop!_OS on these devices with integrated graphics only. Wanted to clear some doubts such as

1. Are the new intel integrated GPU (ARC) drivers supported?
2. Heard issues regarding battery optimization issues for AMD CPU/GPU. Do these still hold with latest kernel?
3. Does Pop!_OS graphics switch interact MUX switch, because that option was present for my earlier 1050 Ti too

Also what would be your suggestion between these 2?

My use case:

Running 10-15 containers (DB, MQ, Cache etc) Running 2-3 IDEs simultaneously (intelliJ, GoLand and VSCode) Small number of tabs in browser (8-10) DB Clients/ GUI for these databases

Thanks in advance

My PT broke at least a few months ago, and I'm looking for something better that charges and connects with USB instead of charging with a proprietary dock and connecting with only BT. Is LILYGO really trustworthy? It's an ESP32 device and the entire software and firmware is completely transparent and open-source. It has to be a smartwatch under $40 that ain't one of those cheap off-brand Chinese models all over Amazon. The LILYGO T-Watch has USB, but I don't know if it does connectivity or just charging.

After a disappointing purchase of a defective used T480, I'm in the market for a new laptop that meets several specific criteria. I'm a PhD student in the EU, and I can spend up to €1500, though I'd prefer to keep costs lower if possible. Here's what I need:

• Upgradeable components: Not-soldered RAM and storage are non-negotiables for me, stemming from my positive experiences with the repairability of older ThinkPads.
• Decent performance: It needs to handle everyday tasks with ease. My research isn't computationally intensive, but sometimes I'm dealing with running a digital library or
• High-quality screen: A must-have for prolonged work on photographic sources and detailed note-taking.
• Great battery life: Essential for long sessions without access to power.

I'm currently eyeing the Slimbook Executive or Excalibur due to their specs and upgradeability, but I'm hesitant about their customer service. I'm also curious about the feasibility of running Asahi on Fedora Linux as a daily driver. Obviously, MacBooks sucks in upgradeability department, but otherwise MacBooks is a great machine. Not a fan of OS tough.

Has anyone here used Slimbook laptops, particularly the Executive or Excalibur models? What has your experience been like, especially with customer service? Also, any insights on the practicality of running Asahi would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your advice!

EDIT: Forgot to include Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro in the "considering" list.

1. on mac i ran "sudo dd if=Desktop/Ar/archlinux-2024.05.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/rdisk4 bs=1m" in terminal to instal the arch iso

2. held escape while booting the zenbook (new ssd in laptop so no os on it) to get to the boot menu which is empty

3. go to bios and see that my usb stick is a section called "usb external port" but not in the "boot priority" section"

example of bios from asus help page

https://imgur.com/0MVrXjw

model is ux3405

Edit: apparently creating my own boot option was the answer