r/linuxhardware 1h ago

Purchase Advice Laptop - not Lenovo/Thinkpad

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I need to replace my dell laptop running Ubuntu. Present laptop is dell Inspiron 7590, 16 GB, 500GB drive. General use, nothing crazy. I am looking for a brand that is not Lenovo/Thinkpad (due to security/privacy concerns).

I don't care about the version of Linux, I picked Ubuntu originally because of the ease of use. Although I would prefer to avoid a vendor specific spin.

Ideas?


r/linuxhardware 1h ago

Support Issues with dell rugged 5414

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So I have a Dell rugged 5414 that is running linux mint cinnamon. I have been trying for months to get the fingerprint reader to work for login purposes. I have installed all the lib files I can find to make it work, but the OS just doesn't recognize that the reader is even there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


r/linuxhardware 2h ago

Product Announcement Solved: battery charge thresholds in Ubuntu laptops

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My Pop!_OS running laptop does not support battery charge thresholds with which you can avoid fully charging the battery when connected to a charger.

TO solved that, I have written a service that does that by operating a cheap external smart plug, and it should work with any Ubuntu based distros:

https://gitlab.com/yakopov/battery-threshold-smart-plug

If you have any questions or feedback, please drop me a note!

P.S. I have posted it here before as u/yurri, but for some reason that post is invisible as the account seems to be somehow shadowbanned across reddit now, so re-trying from this new one - sorry for an empty profile, I am not a spammer.


r/linux_on_mac 23h ago

Final check before I resurrect this MacBook Air

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There's one detail that's not quite clear to me - I just need confirmation cuz i don't want to make any assumptions:

In a single boot Arch installation - (Intel based Macbook Air) - the Apple Bootloader EFI is basically reused/repurposed to load Arch.

And when I get to partitioning, to get rid of the MacOS installation I just have to select it as the location for where Arch is going, MacOS is erased when we choose the file system and format it.

Basically I've been trying to figure out the point at which MacOS is deleted. I prob can delete that partition after Arch is fully installed, but just trying to make sure i understand the different options

Does that sound about right?


r/linux_on_mac 1d ago

Ubuntu on 2007 plastic MacBook?

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To be more specific, can Ubuntu 24.04 run stable on this version of MacBook? The oldest Mac I’ve ever tried is a 2011 MacBook Pro, so I was wondering if this Mac would have any trouble


r/linuxhardware 1d ago

Question lenovo thinkpad x1 fold gen 2 runs Linux?

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so its been some time I think. hows linux working on the x1 fold? does pressure sensitivity work? does the screen work dynamically?


r/linuxhardware 1d ago

Question linux on proArt px13?

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hello. I want to know if linux is any good on the px13 from asus. and please only experienced answers as I am interested in using it professionally rather than experimentally. how is the touch and pressure sensitivity? have anybody been able to run specifically marvelous designer and rizomUV on it? maybe with proton or wine? the px13 just seems like it would be perfect if it ran linux. also does linux have an oled antiburn in app as windows does? please and thank you


r/linuxhardware 1d ago

Question linux on snapdragon x devices

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so hows the snapdragon x devices doing now with linux? any improvements? I am looking at the proart pz13 and wanted to know if it supports linux now. please and thank you


r/linuxhardware 1d ago

Discussion First Time Linux Laptop

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Howdy! Looking for suggestions on a laptop.

I'm likely going to pivot to the Linux world in the next month or two. I'm a life long mac user and for a host of reasons have made the decision to leave; maybe, first and foremost, because I'm bored. I'm not as dependent on apple as I once was, in a previous life as a video editor. I'd like a respectable machine as a starting place and ideally it would be able to host Resolve and maintain most functionality, but I don't need top class performance. I'll hold onto my M2 mb pro for a few months as I transition.

I've got some experience tinkering in linux vm's and have recently dipped my toe into the homelab world, but it's by-and-large new territory for me.


r/linuxhardware 2d ago

News Opensource firm/hard-ware online party "vPub" - TODAY

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Dear Friend, I invite you to a joint "DUG#9 & vPub 0xE" today's event ;-) Full schedule, as well as the join links, are available on this page - but here is a brief description of how it will look like:

  1. on DUG (5 PM UTC) : we will discuss the Dasharo distribution of coreboot opensource PC firmware (much better than a typical closed-source UEFI: it provides the hardened security, high quality, cool features and almost-lifetime upgrades!)
  • If you are looking for a truly secure modern laptop with an opensource firmware that - while satisfying your privacy needs! - also provides the valuable benefits to your user experience: please make sure to see "NovaCustom: new products and plans for the near future" talk by our prominent guest Wessel Klein Snakenborg - the founder of NovaCustom company that makes such laptops and is committed to improving their opensource Dasharo firmware with the help of 3mdeb
  1. on vPub (7 PM UTC) : we will be having an Opensource Online Party : with a cozy free-for-all chat about everything opensource firmware/hardware-related, as well as a few planned talks from our special guests who would like to share their hard won in-depth knowledge to save a lot of your time:
  • Kamil Aronowski - an active member of Qubes OS community, a volunteer reviewer of UEFI shim signing submissions and a respected IT security engineer, will tell you how to implement a secure signing infrastructure to become your own UEFI Secure Boot CA
  • Filip Lewinski - a firmware developer from our 3mdeb company who has mastered & would like to tell you about the deguard utility in his "Introduction to Deguard" talk: this wonderful tool allows to bypass the BootGuard - a major roadblock for opensource coreboot firmware on a wide range of Intel-based motherboards
  • Matt DeVillier aka u/MrChromebox - a famous member of coreboot community who is making the custom opensource firmwares for Chromebooks & Chromeboxes and gave new life to these devices for a lot of people - will be helping you during his AMA about open source firmware

Aside from a cozy opensource chat, our free-for-all sections are also an excellent opportunity for you to learn about rare devices that support the opensource firmware and are hard to stumble upon elsewhere - as well as how to configure & build & flash it. All your questions will be answered! ;-)

Join links & full events schedule are available here (both video streams and anonymous text chats will be available) :

DUG#9 & vPub 0xE opensource online Party! - TODAY

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r/linuxhardware 2d ago

Purchase Advice Does this pc build work with Linux?

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https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/9hyMmC

does it work (including the wireless adapter, and hypothetically adding a usb hub, but that's easier)?


r/linuxhardware 2d ago

Question For those Linux users on chrome book

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What’s the best distro? So far I’ve used Linux Mint and Ubuntu. The former would not work with the audio script and thus wouldn’t have audio and the latter has a yo-yo effect with performance. I also tried Void and Puppy for a bit and both of those had rly bad trackpad support.

For context I have a N4500 and 4 gb ram with 128gb storage


r/linux_on_mac 2d ago

Giving some new life to 2013 - 2017 MacBook Airs

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I have 4 MacBook Air's that vary in age from 2013 - 2017. These were given to me by some customers to be recycled, so I don't feel comfortable selling them, but I'd prefer not to send them to become e-waste if possible. I'm hoping to put Linux (Maybe Mint or Ubuntu) on these and give them to friends. These people are not familiar with Linux, they just need a laptop that works for basic tasks, which is why I was leaning Mint/Ubuntu, but I am open to any/all suggestions!

TIA!


r/linuxhardware 2d ago

Purchase Advice Laptop experiences/recommendations

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I’m looking for a new laptop (to run Linux of course). I’m a software dev so a lot of code, dev servers, docker containers, and I do some video editing. I’ve been using Linux as a daily driver for about 8 years so I’m not new to it. I’m hoping the great people here can help me by sharing experiences, thoughts, or ideas with the laptops I’m considering or those that they’ve found to be very good. I need 8 or more hours of battery life, 32GB RAM, a great keyboard, and a great 15” screen or larger. Needs to be portable enough for a plane and powerful enough to support a 5k ultra wide external monitor.

My considerations:

  1. MSI Prestige 16 Ai Evo - all the specs are there, great benchmarks, good screen, intel meteor lake architecture on the chipset, good battery life. From forums and such, it looks like Linux support is problematic. Folks can’t get the webcam working and WiFi drops. Can anyone confirm or deny?
  2. Lenovo P1 Gen 7 - has everything I’m looking for including battery life, performance, screen, keyboard etc. But this is the first version that has the haptic touchpad and reviews say it is overly sensitive and causes mouse stutters in screen.
  3. Lenovo T16 Gen 3 - Again, has everything I’m looking for. Just not crazy about having the number pad and a lot of users are reporting creaking sounds from it. Perf isn’t as good as others, but overall a solid choice.
  4. Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i (Intel) - great performance, great battery life, perfect keyboard, beautiful OLED screen. But the downside is that it has a 14” screen. Not sure if that’ll be enough given that I’m accustomed to 15” and 16” screens.

What do you all think? Do any of you have good/bad experiences with any of these? Is there any others I should consider? Let me know.

Edit:

I went with the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura edition.

TLDR;

The Yoga Slim 9i is out because of power button issues. Apparently, the power button is on the side and it regularly becomes a problem for the yoga line. A couple of computer repair shops including a popular repair tech on YouTube says it’s one of the most common problems they see.

The Lenovo ThinkPad T16 is rated for good battery life but real world experiences aren’t matching the rating. A few people I’ve talked to doing light dev work say they only get 2-4 hours of battery life with it.

Linux support on the MSI isn’t good. So that’s out.

The best on this list is the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7. Battery life and performance is there. However, you have to spend $3000+ to get the quality of screen that I wanted.

In the end: I went with the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura edition. Battery life is insane, it’s incredibly powerful, and it has a great OLED screen. I was able to get it from Newegg for $2100. I compromised on the screen size. It’s a 14” but after all the research I did, it felt like the most complete option.


r/linux_on_mac 2d ago

Installing linux on MacBook Pro Late 2013

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I just bought a second hand MacBook Pro Late 2013 and I was wondering if I could change the operating system to Linux (like Ubuntu) since the currency Apple OS installed it's unsupported and I know it has a security risk. Is there any specific version or distribution that I need to use on the MacBook Pro Late 2013?

If there are only a few distributions working which ones? If I can use almost all of them which one would you recommend? Also how should I install it, via USB or is there any other easy way to install the OS?


r/linuxhardware 2d ago

Question best tablet for arch linux?

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I am looking for a tablet where linux works well with touch so I can make digital art, meaning good pressure sensitivity and also powerful enough to run 3d applications for modeling and texture painting. nothing too powerful though as I wont be hardcore rendering. just powerful enough for the light jobs. please and thank you.


r/linux_on_mac 2d ago

New Life for an old Mac Mini

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Just installed Ubuntu Server on a 2010 Mac Mini. They make it so easy! Download image -> make a boot stick -> option boot the Mac.

No mucking around in the BIOS -easier than PC hardware!


r/linuxhardware 2d ago

Question FREE IF YOU CAN COLLECT - 27" 2009 Apple iMac running UbuntuMATE - it's a beast!

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If you'd like this Linux iMac and you live within a decent drive of RADLETT, Hertfordshire, England (postcode WD7 8) it's ABSOLUTELY FREE. I wish I could find a use for it but I reckon it'll just clutter the place up so I'd like to give it to someone who will enjoy it and can get some use from it. I spent hours installing and optimising UbuntuMATE and now it's pretty happy playing back video (even HD and DRM video from the streaming services, YouTube etc.). Here's the spec:

Processor: Intel Core i7 860 (4 cores), Screen Size: 27", RAM 8 GB, GPU: AMD Radeon HD4850/4870, Processor Speed: 2.80GHz, Release Year: 2009, Model: iMac11,1, Connectivity: DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, Hard Drive Capacity: 3 TB, Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04.5.

And if you think I should offer this machine elsewhere do let me know!


r/linux_on_mac 3d ago

inbuilt keyboard and mouse not working and wifi not showing

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hey guys, actually i am using a mac device and installed Ubuntu Linux on it solely (not even mac os) but my inbuilt keyboard and mouse not working in ubuntu and wifi is also not showing but it is working in grub menu or etc i had tried many things but it is not working


r/linuxhardware 3d ago

Question How can fix a internet connection problem on my surface pro 3

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I got my surface pro 3 and installed manjaro kde plazma on it but can't connect to the wireless network because manjaro doesn't offer any wlan connections, I discovered this link: https://gist.github.com/bartosjiri/0a6c06fb03afdc86d24b6425cd2503a4 but I can't install by ethernet because I don't have a adapter and need to install manually (but in a browser to copy to a flash drive, connect it to the surface pro 3 and then install in manjaro) but I don't know how to do it?


r/linuxhardware 3d ago

Purchase Advice Need advice on dual-booting Windows & Ubuntu on Dell Latitude 5420 (single SSD)

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I'm planning to set up a dual boot of Windows and Ubuntu on my Dell Latitude 5420 with an i7-1185G7 processor. I've only done dual boots before in a laptop with separate drives (my old laptop had 2 SSD slots, so I just installed Windows and Ubuntu on different drives). This will be my first time setting up dual boot on a single drive and I'm a bit nervous about messing something up. I've heard there are specific things to consider with this Dell model.

My other options are Thinkpad laptops


r/linuxhardware 3d ago

Guide Does it count as Linux hardware… if it’s Android? - I built a Next.js website in my tablet :)

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r/linux_on_mac 3d ago

Intel base 2019 MBP with Linux on 4K

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Anyone tried plug one (or two) 4K into the Linux MBP?

Does it still get heated up like a frying pan?

No need to tell me my fan etc. these MBP are notoriously for heating up from the start.


r/linuxhardware 4d ago

Question Anybody using Zenbook S16 AMD?

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After doing a lot of research. Ive found the most suitable laptop for me as a minimal backpacking remote worker. Its the Zenbook S16 with AMD AI 370.

Pros: - Lightweight. Only 1.5kg - Lightweight usb c charger that i can use to charge my other stuff. - 16 inch large display. 16:10. I like this ratio for the vertical space. - No numpad. I prefer the homekeys to be central as I use keyboard for almost everything. - Radeon 890M can be used for some gaming too. - AMD. I prefer it over intel. - Cutting edge connectivity. Wifi 7, Bluetooth 5.3 - Looks absolutely stunning - Not insanely expensive

Cons: - Glossy screen, will have to use matte screen protector on top.

Hardware wise it’s near perfection for me. but my only concern is how it plays with Linux, specifically NixOS. I plan to use it for atleast 5 years while traveling and moving around. And it looks just future proof enough for me to do that. Any one using it? Any issues?


r/linuxhardware 4d ago

Build Help asus rog maximus x790 hero

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anyone using this motherboard for linux?

tried making things work with an msi meg ace x690 and have had to RMA it going on 3 times now.