Laptops which run Arch

Marwellus · 2024-11-24 17:10:47

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

Chaseis4344 · 2024-12-04 01:51:41

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 · 2024-12-08 04:33:17

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 · 2024-12-28 22:21:17

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 · 2025-01-15 11:18:35

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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