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crb

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From: Romania

Registered: 2025-09-04

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3, both intel and amd model work with minimal issues. The only significant issue is the keyboard light not working sometimes when presssing Fn + Space

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UnkleWyan

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Registered: 2025-09-13

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

I just installed onto an MSI RAIDER GE78 HX 13V.

Everything is working flawlessly, and I have never been so excited to use it more.

usr0

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From: out there

Registered: 2020-07-01

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

I am at root tty. again. I was doing so well. Dell e1707, t7600 cpu, 4 Gigs ram, GeForce Go 7950 GTX, 2 TB, multiboot w/ win7 ultimate, Arch/w Blackarch. One of 6.16 uprgades shredded my displays. I was trying to install from the archive. Almost had it. mirrors are 404 today. now, upgraded the install from june to 6.17. None of the linux kernals , 6.10 and up, nouveau or dkms nv nothing. shredded displays...
Oh well we'll see...

Asriel

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Registered: 2016-11-28

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

Honor Magicbook Art 14, 2025 version.  Everything works, except fingerprint that will not be ever supported.

Might need libinput quirk if your libinput is too old  to make touchpad working.

With some kernel patching pretty efficient EAS can be activated so battery life in Linux will be close to Windows.

system72

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Registered: 2025-11-22

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x220 and t14s gen 1

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krakalackin

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Registered: 2025-12-22

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

I started with a Lenovo T14s ThinkPad Gen1 AMD. Arch and Fedora worked great on it. I let the battery die one time and the laptop stopped registering the charge value/percentage. It would still charge. I troubleshot the issue and eventually came to the conclusion that the charge controller on the battery crapped out. So I bought a new aftermarket battery off Amazon. I installed the new battery and..the laptop stopped posting. It was working fine plugged in just before. In troubleshooting the problem I reinstalled the original battery and it wouldn't post with it either. I spent the next day trying all sorts of things: hard resets, removing the batteries, discharging the capacitors, booting with no battery just AC power, nothing. Eventually I had to give up.

Ultimately I bought a new Lenovo P14s ThinkPad Gen 6 AMD (21QL001WUS) on sale to replace it. It has a warranty and official Linux(Ubuntu & Fedora) support from Lenovo. I was running Fedora on it last month, but have since gone back to Arch. The laptop has been running great.

Leksii

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Registered: 2026-01-01

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

The Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T XE700T1C tablet (i5-3317U, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD) works perfectly right after installation. Additional settings were required for:
- Adjusting brightness using Fn + F2/F3;
- TPM 1.2
- The keyboard dock did not work after waking from sleep mode.
Also available (firmware installed), but not used: NFC.

The MacBook Air 6,2 - A1466 - 2632 works perfectly right after installation.
Minor effort was required to configure the network card (BCM4360) and webcam.

The MacBook Pro 11,3 - A1398 - 2745. The installation process is more complex than on the MacBook Air 6,2 due to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M graphics card. Nevertheless, this is the only Linux distribution where I managed to install the native nvidia-470xx driver. As a result, the operating system works perfectly.

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muizz

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Registered: 2025-02-12

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

I'm using an XMG Apex 17 21M.

XMG/Schenker are just yet more whitelabel brands for Clevo laptops, so really using Tuxedo or System76 is gonna be the same thing if not better. I know installing the Tuxedo DKMS driver basically works, you get all the special keyboard functionality working.

fluufy

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

Microsoft Surface Laptop 2, i7 1TB

Windows was really giving me the shits, especially when 11 took half my battery life (and half my private life). Since I had been running Endeavor, Manjaro, and finally Arch on an old NUC, I thought why not hack this Surface Laptop? The good news is, it works! The only missing features are the webcam (known issue), but it was a bit crap anyway, and the touchscreen. I could get the touchscreen with the custom linux-surface kernel, but the screen gets quite grotty so I'm not bothered. The best part is, my battery now lasts all day again. Windows really is so flabby it is literally warming the planet. But, there are some things to be aware of beyond what is documented here and at linux-surface:

- The 1TB SL1 and SL2 actually have 2x 500GB SSD drives combined with Microsoft's "Storage Spaces technology". This must be removed or Arch live environment can't use it. I ended up having to use a Windows live USB to remove this, then also overwrite both GUID Partition Tables and the MBR of the boot partition when installing Arch (otherwise they will appear to be 2x 1TB drives and the install will fail).
- Hilariously, to use said Windows live USB (or install Windows for dual-boot), you must connect a USB keyboard - it only installs drivers for the Surface Laptop keyboard once you get online! That means you also need a decent USB3 hub, as these things only have 1 USB A port. If you use the MS Surface Image it does have the drivers, but it also re-combines the SSDs with Storage Spaces so you can't install Arch! FFS. I'm sure I could make a custom ISO of either to get past this, but at the time it seemed like yet another pfaff.
- Unless you have a surface dock with a wired connection, it is essential to install the Marvell drivers from the optional packages. Otherwise you will reboot and have no WiFi, and get no further.

From that point, it is easy enough to find all the other bits you may need or want to install. I went with KDE because it's pretty, and because it can do touch if I ever want it. I did manage to get dual-boot working with Windows and Arch with secure boot, but after using both, Windows just seemed like a waste of space (and electricity) so I got rid of it. It is like having a new laptop. Instead of contemplating replacing the battery (which is incredibly difficult on these), just install Arch. It will double your battery life, even if you only have 85% health - which KDE will tell you in the system tray battery widget, instead of hiding it like Windows does