Laptops which run Arch

kultivat3 · 2017-02-24 01:34:30

Just bought an Asus Zenbook q324ua (UX360ua). 2-in-1

i7-7500u 3.5GHz 15W 4MB (amazing performance)
Intel HD 620 (open source driver working perfectly)
16GB DDR3L 1866MHz
512GB Micron 1100 SATAIII m.2 SSD (plenty fast enough ~450-500MB/s R/W sequential)
13.3" 1080 IPS LED 10 point touch (works out-of-box)
Intel 8260 dual band ac wifi (works out-of-box)
2.8lbs, .6" thick, Aluminum body, backlit keyboard, fingerprint reader, webcam, sd reader, usb-c (3.0 unfortunately), hdmi, 2xusb3.0

Arch running with 4.9.11 as of this post. Using Cinnamon de (previously only used xfce but cinnamon works better on a laptop without too much extra fuss, and Cinnamon has come a long way since I last used it couple years ago) and everything seems to be working great! Lid sleep works, wifi has been flawless. Haven't tested card reader, webcam or fingerprint reader yet. Getting over 10 hours battery light usage on Arch! More testing and tweaking to do.

Edit: Webcam and card reader tested and working.

Last edited by kultivat3 (2017-03-02 06:13:57)

tlmiller · 2017-03-11 02:50:31

Given the length of the thread, probably already mentioend, but some that I've ran it on with no issues that aren't easily overcome, and documented in the wiki:

Dell XPS-12 9Q33
Dell Latitude E7x40
Dell Latitude E5x40
Dell Latitude E7x50
Dell Latitude E5x50
Dell Latitude E7x70
Dell Latitude E5x70
Lenovo Yoga 700 11
HP Stream 13 (although wireless is flaky, it does work)
HP 14-an013nr
HP Folio 1020G1 (not that anyone should ever get one, the touchpad is horrible in any and every OS I've ever ran on it, and that includes the Windows it was designed for)

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mooze_on_arch · 2017-03-11 03:15:33

I have an Acer Aspire V3-574G-341P with Arch linux running on it. Specs are:

Intel Core i3-5005U 2 GHz Dual-core (2 Core™)
250 GB SSD Samsung 850Evo
12 GB DDR3L RAM
15. 6" FHD screen
IEEE 802.11ac Wireless [Atheros QCA6174]

Using Gnome 3 with 4.10.1-1-ARCH kernel. Except for Wifi and Bluetooth everything works fine. Wifi has slight issues with reconnection. And I was not able to configure bluetooth properly. Installed Blueman and other packages but bluetooth won't start up. Didn't try much either since I don't use it. Wifi shortcut to restart using Fn + F3 also doesn't work. Rest of the keys work fine.

Tested things:

Webcam
Audio
Backlight
Sleep
Funtion keys
DVD drive

Haven't tested card reader.

Let me know if anything else needs to be tested.

analca3 · 2017-03-11 15:17:15

I just bought a Jumper EZBook 3 and I'm so glad with it. Almost of its hardware works out-of-the-box.

Working:

· Function keys
· Webcam
· Touchpad
· Backlight (it doesn't have keys but I can set it with plasma battery applet)
· Sleep
· Audio (internal one and headphones)
· MicroSD reader

Not working:
· WiFi (Arch recognizes it but no networks are shown). A dongle wifi is my workaround.
· Bluetooth. Arch doesn't recognize it.
· Microphone (I only get noise, but it detects my voice)

Not tested:
· miniHDMI output

There's no info on the web of this Chinese laptop so I expect it would be interesting .

Regards!

Last edited by analca3 (2017-03-11 15:26:28)

stanna · 2017-03-24 06:43:07

HP Elitebook 2540p

little on the old side but everything appears to be working perfectly

inyuki · 2017-03-26 23:16:07

Thinkpad T440. All works excitingly well!

goumba · 2017-03-31 11:33:02

ThinkPad Yoga 14 (20FY). Everything seems to work, right out of the box, haven't hit any snags yet.

System:    Host: regina Kernel: 4.10.6-1-ARCH x86_64 (64 bit)
           Desktop: Gnome 3.22.3 Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:   Device: laptop System: LENOVO product: 20FY0002US v: ThinkPad Yoga 14
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 20FY0002US v: SDK0J40709 WIN
           UEFI: LENOVO v: R05ET63W (1.41) date: 05/12/2016
Battery    BAT0: charge: 48.8 Wh 100.1% condition: 48.8/52.5 Wh (93%)
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-6200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 2800 MHz 1: 499 MHz 2: 499 MHz 3: 499 MHz
           4: 499 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel HD Graphics 520
           Card-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940M]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.3 drivers: modesetting,intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 520 (Skylake GT2)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.2
Audio:     Card Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.6-1-ARCH
Network:   Card-1: Intel Ethernet Connection I219-V driver: e1000e
           Card-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 512.1GB (29.9% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sdb model: ADATA_SP600NS34 size: 256.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sda model: SanDisk_SD8TB8U2 size: 256.1GB

Last edited by goumba (2017-03-31 11:34:05)

volker_holthaus · 2017-03-31 14:42:52

Dell XPS 13 (9360) with Touchscreen (works perfect)
Surface Book (i7 /256 GB) works without touchscreen/camera
Surface Pro 3 (i7/256GB) works perfectly

Regards

Volker

raindog1975 · 2017-04-06 19:28:22

Asus x540sa - Celeron N3050, 4 GB ram, SSD Kingston SUV400S 256 GB, everything works ( it needs 20-intel.conf with "tearfree" "true" for video and rtl8723_config.bin for bluetooth - also bluetooth only works for audio with my phone LG G4 )

Best regards

Paul
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papajonpizza · 2017-04-06 20:37:12

Xiaomi Notebook Air 13.3" Core-i5 6200 with BIOS A06. Just received it a couple of days ago from Hong Kong.

I should really test it more but it will take me a while to transition from my old laptop and wanted to share the information now for people who may be interested.

I was looking here prior to purchase and also saw one post on Reddit from a user running Arch Linux. So far, no issues for me.

I think the WiFi is on the "slow" side but I also tested this with the Windows Chinese version it came with and it was slow there also. The test that I ran was playing 4K videos on YouTube and sometimes it would buffer. It was the speed and not the video-processing as I can see the data-progress and it was fine if I pause first to catch up.

With Bumblebee and nvidia drivers (per the Arch Wiki), the GPU was not recognized on Gnome desktop. YouTube 4K Videos were "bad". I removed Bumblebee and installed xorg-xrandr and all good now.

System:    Host: archlinux-xiaomi Kernel: 4.10.8-1-ARCH x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.1)
           Desktop: Gnome 3.22.3 (Gtk 3.22.10) Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Timi product: TM1613 v: A06
           Mobo: Timi model: TM1613 v: A06 UEFI [Legacy]: Insyde v: A06 date: 10/28/2016
Battery    BAT0: charge: 33.5 Wh 66.7% condition: 50.1/52.6 Wh (95%) model: LGC R13 status: Discharging
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-6200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9602
           clock speeds: max: 2800 MHz 1: 799 MHz 2: 799 MHz 3: 1497 MHz 4: 822 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel HD Graphics 520 bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Card-2: NVIDIA Device 134b bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.3 drivers: modesetting,nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@59.93hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce 940MX/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 378.13 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.8-1-ARCH
Network:   Card: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up 
Drives:    HDD Total Size: NA (-)
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: N/A size: 256.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 234G used: 11G (5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
           ID-2: /boot size: 530M used: 39M (8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0C mobo: 33.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A

Last edited by papajonpizza (2017-04-06 20:41:12)

the sad clown · 2017-04-07 02:47:22

No problems encountered so far:

System:    Host: ASUS_X550LA Kernel: 4.10.8-1-ARCH x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.1) Desktop: dwm 6.1 dm: (startx)
           Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:   Device: laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X550LA v: 1.0 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X550LA v: 1.0
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: X550LA.509
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-4200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9180
           clock speeds: min/max: 800/2600 MHz 1: 800 MHz 2: 799 MHz 3: 799 MHz 4: 799 MHz
Memory:    Array-1 capacity: 32 GB devices: 4 EC: None
           Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: 4 GB speed: 1333 MHz type: DDR3 (Synchronous)
           bus width: 64 bits manufacturer: Elpida part: N/A serial: N/A
           Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 size: No Module Installed type: N/A
           Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: 8 GB speed: 1333 MHz type: DDR3 (Synchronous)
           bus width: 8 bits manufacturer: 0420 part: F3-1600C9-8GRSL serial: N/A
           Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 size: No Module Installed type: N/A
Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a16
           Display Server: X.org 1.19.3 driver: N/A tty size: 170x43 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 8 Series HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20
           Card-2 Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.8-1-ARCH
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: ath9k bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (19.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST500LT012 size: 500.1GB serial: S3P2H5GE temp: 34C
           Optical: /dev/sr0 model: Slimtype DVD A  DA8A5SH-L rev: RAA1 dev-links: cdrom
           Features: speed: 24x multisession: yes
           audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Info:      Processes: 170 Uptime: 9:36 Memory: 268.7/11904.4MB Init: systemd v: 233 Gcc sys: 6.3.1
           Client: Shell (sudo running in bash) inxi: 2.3.8

ironLink21 · 2017-04-08 03:39:58

I've used a couple of laptops and helped my brother install it on his

Asus x550CA

Everything worked out of the box with this laptop, it was pretty nice for installation.

I would recommend using the libinput drivers for the track-pad.

[current]
ASUS ROG Strix GL702VM-DB74

most everything worked out of the box. I'm currently trying to fix issues with the keyboard backlight not wanting to work, the screen brightness works but only if you remap the Fn+F5/6 keys to something else, and HDMI sound.

MSI cr620
as far as I know everything works out of the box - this is my brother's and he hasn't complained about anything.

Best of luck with school!

Seth

LinGruby · 2017-04-08 14:43:32

Aspire E5-571 no problems

System:    Host: arch-i3 Kernel: 4.10.9-2-bfq-uksm-muqss-bld x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.1)
           Desktop: i3 4.13-116-gfdf5d3aa dm: lightdm Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Acer product: Aspire E5-571 v: V1.32 Chassis: type: 10
           Mobo: Acer model: EA50_HB v: V1.32 UEFI: Insyde v: V1.32 date: 09/15/2015
Battery    BAT1: charge: 47.3 Wh 100.0% condition: 47.3/50.4 Wh (94%) volts: 12.9/11.1
           model: SANYO 0032334134314C41 serial: 0000 status: Full
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3-4005U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB bmips: 6784 
           clock speeds: min/max: 800/1700 MHz 1: 1700 MHz 2: 1700 MHz 3: 1700 MHz 4: 1700 MHz
           CPU Flags: abm acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush cmov
           constant_tsc cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept erms est f16c flexpriority fma fpu fsgsbase
           fxsr ht ida invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid
           pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smep ss
           sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi
           vpid xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a16
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.3 driver: intel Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz, 1280x1024@60.02hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 8 Series HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20
           Card-2 Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.9-2-bfq-uksm-muqss-bld
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: enp1s0f1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: f0:76:1c:3c:c0:86
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0036
           IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: 4e:f7:09:ae:1d:2e
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (58.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST500LT012 size: 500.1GB serial: S3PJREMZ
Partition: ID-1: / size: 25G used: 8.4G (37%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda8
           ID-2: /home size: 108G used: 52G (51%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 5.39GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 225 Uptime: 45 min Memory: 2744.1/15951.3MB Init: systemd v: 232 Gcc sys: 6.3.1
           Client: Shell (zsh 5.3.1 running in xfce4-terminal) inxi: 2.3.8

equ · 2017-04-08 15:05:48

Lenovo Y50-70 works

Bull3tM0nk3y · 2017-04-16 17:46:42

I have an HP 15-af131dx P1A95UA 15.6" Laptop that works wonderfully under Arch. The brightness, wifi (used to not always be the case but it works perfect now), GPU, CPU, whatever, all work now. Just like Ubuntu, if not, better!

anhaedre · 2017-04-19 15:48:25

Everything works perfectly.

ThinkPad X260

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Recolic Keghart · 2017-04-26 12:59:45

ASUS G552JX. Everything works well without too much trouble except NVIDIA graphics card.

tj8892 · 2017-04-29 08:25:50

It has its own thread, but the Dell XPS 15 9560 is honestly one of the best laptops for using with Arch if you have the money. From my experience, almost everything worked out of the box, except for the gtx 1050, which was stuck on, wasting power, but couldn't be used with the nvidia package. Nvidia's 378 driver was broken and didn't detect it. lspci caused a hard lock. After installing nvidia-beta-dkms, bumblebee-git and bbswitch-dkms-git, everything works well and the battery is pretty great. Honestly, I had a much better experience fixing arch on it than windows. The synaptics driver works great, and the windows drivers all suck, especially the wifi.

Lemongrass · 2017-04-29 11:35:22

My Dell Inspiron 5558 runs Arch well. It was sold with Ubuntu and that's a good sign that a laptop is compatible with GNU/Linux drivers.

irishwoody · 2017-05-10 16:08:53

Running Arch on a Dell Precision 7520.
OS: Arch Linux Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.10.13-1-ARCH Uptime: 3h 24m Packages: 1006 Shell: bash 4.4.12 Resolution: 3840x1080 DE: KDE 5.33.0 / Plasma 5.9.5 WM: KWin WM Theme: Breeze GTK Theme: Breeze [GTK2/3]
Icon Theme: breeze Font: Noto Sans Regular CPU: Intel Core i7-7920HQ @ 8x 4.1GHz [25.0°C] GPU: Quadro M1200 RAM: 1726MiB / 32098MiB

So far no issues found - hot keys tested are ; sound/volume +/- , Display switching, keyboard backlight, brightness controls.

Slithery · 2017-05-10 17:31:22

Lenovo Ideapad 310-15ISK

System:    Host: lenovo Kernel: 4.10.15-1-ck-skylake x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: N/A Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:   Device: laptop System: LENOVO product: 80SM v: Lenovo ideapad 310-15ISK
           Mobo: LENOVO model: Toronto 5A2 v: SDK0J40700 WIN UEFI: LENOVO v: 0XCN23WW date: 03/21/2016
Battery    BAT0: charge: 33.1 Wh 100.1% condition: 33.1/30.0 Wh (110%)
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3-6100U (-HT-MCP-) speed/max: 499/2300 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel HD Graphics 520
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.3 driver: N/A Resolution: 1366x768@59.97hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 520 (Skylake GT2) GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.5
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath10k_pci
           Card-3: Qualcomm Atheros
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (6.9% used)
           ID-1: model: Samsung_SSD_850
Info:      Processes: 171 Uptime: 16 min Memory: 187.5/7882.1MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.8

No issues at all - everything I've tried is 100% supported out of the box.

Looks like my research paid off

vector3 · 2017-05-14 16:27:39

I have an ASUS K501UW, I had arch for a few months now, I had a few problems with the graphics drivers but I fixed them in a few hours. Also on a fresh install I have to press Fn + F1 and then wake up the laptop to start the Wifi. Not sure why but not I don't have the same problem

VinceNardelli · 2017-05-17 14:40:42

I have a Chromebook, it s running Arch Linux flawlessly! I'm surprised on how good it runs! I m a little short of HDD as you imagine but other than that I m wonderfully in love with it too. I run xfce and it the younger brother of my desktop arch system.

Since I have Arch on it I m using it exponentially more then with the standard chrome OS. ( Which is not evil at all, just very limiting for me)

I had problems initiating the installation but I somehow solved and i using it to run a stable system, but trying to experiment what I would use on the desktop.
Thanks to it I properly learned the xorg and steam native installation.

xvzf · 2017-05-17 18:10:24

I just picked up the new Thinkpad X1 Carbon 2017. So far, everything works out of the box! I got the HP Thunderbolt 3 Dock wich worked out of the box. Windows wasn't picking it up. I just love arch for being so flexible!

isopropanol · 2017-05-18 01:40:41

Glad you asked; I use a HP Pavilion dv3-2155mx (I gave you the exact model, *you* Google the specs), running a not-really-that-much-base-anymore recent install of Arch, with Cinnamon as my DE. My hardware is rather old, and as such, pretty much everything is supported, with literally no driver problems to speak of. Only thing that doesn't work is the webcam (hardware failure).

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