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Marwellus

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From: Stuttgart, Germany

Registered: 2024-11-24

Posts: 3

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

Lenovo IdeaPad S540-14IWL (2020, old but works quite well)

OS: Arch Linux x86_64 
Host: 81ND Lenovo IdeaPad S540-14IWL 
Kernel: 6.12.1-arch1-1 
Uptime: 2 hours, 59 mins 
Packages: 858 (pacman), 7 (flatpak) 
Shell: bash 5.2.37 
Resolution: 1920x1080 
DE: GNOME 47.1 
WM: Mutter 
WM Theme: Adwaita 
Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
Icons: Papirus-Dark [GTK2/3] 
Terminal: kgx 
CPU: Intel i7-8565U (8) @ 4.600GHz 
GPU: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] 
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX250 
Memory: 4127MiB / 7661MiB

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Chaseis4344

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Registered: 2024-06-29

Posts: 6

Re: Laptops which run Arch

My dad had an old laptop he kept in a corner, with the amount of space he had left over from installing windows (7, I think?) he always needed a usb in it to use it, so he told me if I can make use of it and have space left over, that I could have it, so I put Arch on it as an experiment and never looked back

 
Chaseis4344@arch-towns
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OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: HP Stream Laptop 14-DS0xxx
Kernel: Linux 6.11.10-hardened1-1-hardened
Uptime: 1 hour, 46 mins
Packages: 555 (pacman)
Shell: bash 5.2.37
Display (CMN14C4): 1366x768 @ 60 Hz in 14" [Built-in]
DE: Budgie 10.9.2
WM: Mutter(Budgie) (X11)
Theme: Arc-Dark [GTK2/3/4]
Icons: Papirus-Dark [GTK2/3/4]
Font: Cantarell (11pt) [GTK2/3/4]
Cursor: Adwaita (24px)
Terminal: terminator 3.12.7
Terminal Font: Source Code Pro (10pt)
CPU: AMD A4-9120e RADEON R3, 4 COMPUTE CORES 2C+2G (2) @ 1.50 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics [Integrated]
Memory: 1.71 GiB / 3.69 GiB (46%)
Swap: 23.04 MiB / 4.00 GiB (1%)
Disk (/): 8.99 GiB / 23.65 GiB (38%) - ext4
Local IP (wlo1): 172.16.110.14/24
Battery (Primary): 47% [Charging, AC Connected]
Locale: en_US.UTF-8

Falstaff

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Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 84

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 (AMD) works well with Arch. I haven't tested Bluetooth yet, which I believe is not working yet.

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OS: Arch Linux x86_64 
Host: 21ME001MUS ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 AMD 
Kernel: 6.12.1-arch1-1 
Uptime: 1 hour, 4 mins 
Packages: 658 (pacman) 
Shell: bash 5.2.37 
Resolution: 2880x1800 
WM: sway 
Theme: Adwaita-dark [GTK3] 
Icons: Adwaita [GTK3] 
Terminal: terminator 
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics (16) @ 5.132GHz 
GPU: AMD ATI c4:00.0 Phoenix3 
Memory: 2041MiB / 55880MiB

Last edited by Falstaff (2024-12-08 04:34:16)

Zod

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From: Hoosiertucky

Registered: 2019-03-10

Posts: 636

Re: Laptops which run Arch

MSI Raider a18 hx a7vig.

In order to connect to wifi, during setup, I used wpa_supplicant because impatience. [1]
Ethernet works out of the box. Other then that it's been smooth sailing.
Edit: iwd has some problem with ath12k and this hardware, when I sort this I'll update.

##Update: This is how I supported the qualcom  WCN785x wifi
The firmware:

git clone https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/ath-firmware/ath12k-firmware

Install the firmware:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo … en_5#Wi-Fi

Config for iwd:

# cat /etc/iwd/main.conf
[General]
EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
ControlPortOverNL80211=false

The lappy:

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: Raider A18 HX A7VIG (REV:1.0)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.7-2-cachyos
Uptime: 2 hours, 53 mins
Packages: 822 (pacman)
Shell: fish 3.7.1
Display (AUOC8A7): 2560x1600 @ 240 Hz in 18" [Built-in]
WM: Hyprland (Wayland)
Theme: Sweet [Qt], Sweet-Dark-v40 [GTK2/3]
Icons: BeautyLine [Qt], BeautyLine [GTK2/3]
Font: Hack (10pt, Regular) [Qt], Hack (9pt) [GTK2/3]
Cursor: bibata-modern-ice (24px)
Terminal: kitty 0.38.1
Terminal Font: Hack-Regular (15pt)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D (32) @ 5.46 GHz
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU [Discrete]
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 610M [Integrated]
Memory: 4.10 GiB / 30.52 GiB (13%)
Swap: 0 B / 16.00 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 15.66 GiB / 914.83 GiB (2%) - ext4
Local IP (wlan0): 192.168.1.164/24
Battery (BIF0_9): 100% [AC Connected]
ocale: en_US.UTF-8

[1] It didn't work well, out of the box, with iwd: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc WCN785x Wi-Fi 7(802.11be) 320MHz 2x2 [FastConnect 7800] (rev 01)

Last edited by Zod (2024-12-29 16:16:49)

linuxghost

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Registered: 2017-06-16

Posts: 23

Re: Laptops which run Arch

From PCSpecialist where they only support Windows...
Notice the rebranding.

 System:
  Host: archtop Kernel: 6.12.9-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: PCSpecialist product: Lafite Pro IV 14M v: Standard
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: TongFang model: GX4HRXL v: Standard serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: N.1.14PCS06 date: 11/14/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 59.3 Wh (74.0%) condition: 80.1/80.1 Wh (100.0%)
CPU:
  Info: 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics [MT MCP]
    speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/5100
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Phoenix3 driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-2: Kingcome FHD WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 2880x1800~120Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.3-arch1.2
    renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi gfx1103_r1 LLVM 19.1.6 DRM 3.59
    6.12.9-arch1-1)
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info,wlr-randr x11: xdriinfo,
    xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Network:
  Device-1: Motorcomm Micro. YT6801 Gigabit Ethernet driver: N/A
  Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: mt7921e
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.1 TiB used: 166.49 GiB (4.0%)
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.64 GiB used: 8.26 GiB (27.0%)
  Processes: 406 Uptime: 1h 40m Shell: Zsh inxi: 3.3.37

Having trouble with the (PCSpecialist installed) notorious MT7922 WiFi/Bluetooth card. Thinking about replacing it with Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1690.

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Wasp68

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Registered: 2022-09-11

Posts: 3

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NP300E5C series laptop:

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: 300E4C/300E5C/300E7C 0.1
Kernel: 6.6.72-1-lts
Uptime: 3 hours
Packages: 601 (pacman)
Shell: bash 5.2.37
Resolution: 1366x768
WM: Fluxbox
WM Theme: Dark-red
Theme: Arc-Dark [GTK2/3]
Icons: Arc [GTK2/3]
Terminal: lxterminal
Terminal Font: Ubuntu Mono 12
CPU: Intel Celeron B820 (2) @ 1.700GHz
GPU: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family
Memory: 1196MiB / 3618MiB

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bedtime

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Registered: 2019-02-12

Posts: 106

Re: Laptops which run Arch

ASUS VivoBook:

user@Arch-Linux 
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OS: Arch Linux x86_64 
Host: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop TP470EA_TP470EA 1.0 
Kernel: 6.13.2-arch1-1 
Uptime: 2 hours, 39 mins 
Packages: 751 (pacman) 
Shell: bash 5.2.37 
Resolution: 1920x1080 
DE: KDE 
WM: KWin 
Theme: Adwaita [GTK3] 
Icons: Adwaita [GTK3] 
Terminal: konsole 
CPU: 11th Gen Intel i7-1165G7 (8) @ 4.700GHz 
GPU: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] 
Memory: 4428MiB / 7633MiB

Everything appears to work except the finger print sensor.

ramonarch

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Registered: 2024-09-29

Posts: 7

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1:

                  -`                     ramon@dell-latitude-3190
                 .o+`                    ------------------------
                `ooo/                    OS: Arch Linux x86_64
               `+oooo:                   Host: Latitude 3190 2-in-1
              `+oooooo:                  Kernel: Linux 6.12.17-1-lts
              -+oooooo+:                 Uptime: 7 mins
            `/:-:++oooo+:                Packages: 1442 (pacman), 7 (flatpak-use)
           `/++++/+++++++:               Shell: fish 4.0.0
          `/++++++++++++++:              Display (BOE0744): 1366x768 @ 60 Hz in ]
         `/+++ooooooooooooo/`            DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.2
        ./ooosssso++osssssso+`           WM: KWin (Wayland)
       .oossssso-````/ossssss+`          WM Theme: Breeze
      -osssssso.      :ssssssso.         Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark ]
     :osssssss/        osssso+++.        Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [G]
    /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-        Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans ]
  `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-      Cursor: breeze (24px)
 `+sso+:-`                 `.-/+oso:     Terminal: konsole 24.12.2
`++:.                           `-/+/    CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5030 (z
.`                                 `/    GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 605 @ 0.75 GHz ]
                                         Memory: 2.43 GiB / 7.58 GiB (32%)
                                         Swap: 0 B / 3.79 GiB (0%)
                                         Disk (/): 34.41 GiB / 118.22 GiB (29%) s
                                         Local IP (wlan0): 192.168.1.197/24
                                         Battery (DELL 1VX1H03): 79% [AC Connected]
                                         Locale: en_US.UTF-8

                                                                 
                                                                 

rfx

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Registered: 2023-11-21

Posts: 4

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Acer Swift 3 (SF314-51 from 2016)

                  -`                     rfx@archtop
                 .o+`                    ------------
                `ooo/                    OS: Arch Linux x86_64
               `+oooo:                   Host: Swift SF314-51 (V1.11)
              `+oooooo:                  Kernel: Linux 6.12.17-hardened1-1.1-hardened
              -+oooooo+:                 Uptime: 2 mins
            `/:-:++oooo+:                Packages: 1070 (pacman)
           `/++++/+++++++:               Shell: bash 5.2.37
          `/++++++++++++++:              Display (AUO213D): 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz in 14" [Built-in]
         `/+++ooooooooooooo/`            DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.2
        ./ooosssso++osssssso+`           WM: KWin (Wayland)
       .oossssso-````/ossssss+`          WM Theme: Breeze
      -osssssso.      :ssssssso.         Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
     :osssssss/        osssso+++.        Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4]
    /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-        Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2/3/4]
  `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-      Cursor: breeze (24px)
 `+sso+:-`                 `.-/+oso:     Terminal: konsole 24.12.2
`++:.                           `-/+/    CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U (4) @ 2.80 GHz
.`                                 `/    GPU: Intel HD Graphics 520 @ 1.00 GHz [Integrated]
                                         Memory: 1.23 GiB / 7.62 GiB (16%)
                                         Swap: 0 B / 3.81 GiB (0%)
                                         Disk (/): 146.52 GiB / 237.47 GiB (62%) - btrfs
                                         Local IP (wlan0): 192.168.178.55/24
                                         Battery (AC14B8K): 86% (6 hours, 37 mins remaining) [Discharging]
                                         Locale: de_DE.UTF-8

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MiniPC: Ryzen 7430U, 64GB DDR4, Samsung 990 Evo 2TB
Laptop: Intel Core i5 6200u, 8GB DDR4

Arch hardened <3

TarikCelik

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Registered: 2025-03-21

Posts: 2

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Thinkpad E14 Gen 5 (Intel). Everything works normally in GNU/Linux (wifi, bluetooth, even fingerprint).

OS: Arch Linux x86_64 
Host: 21JK0006TX ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 
Kernel: 6.13.7-zen1-1-zen 
Uptime: 35 secs 
Packages: 852 (pacman) 
Shell: bash 5.2.37 
Resolution: 1920x1200 
DE: GNOME 47.5 
WM: Mutter 
WM Theme: Adwaita 
Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
Terminal: kgx 
CPU: 13th Gen Intel i7-1355U (12) @ 5.000GHz 
GPU: Intel Raptor Lake-P [Iris Xe Graphics] 
Memory: 1252MiB / 15649MiB 

Last edited by TarikCelik (2025-03-21 21:02:02)