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Comment by teo_zero

4 months ago

> the current Linux Kernel 6.15 already supports many commercial laptops: Lenovo Yoga 7x, Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6, Dell XPS 13, Asus Vivobook S15, HP Omnibook x14, Microsoft Surface 13/15

Has anybody had any first-hand experience with Linux on such laptops?

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E39M5S62  4 months ago

I run Linux on a Thinkpad T13s, with the previous generation of Snapdragon CPUs. It runs great - quick, excellent battery life and very stable. Installation is a bit obnoxious, but nothing a modestly seasoned Linux veteran can't handle.

  • MarcusE1W  4 months ago

    Completely agree with this. Ubuntu installs from the standard ARM installer on the X13s and openSuse Tumbleweed needs a litte help at the start but then runs great.

    It looks like the Snapdragon X gets quite a lot of support now and end of the year or earlier next year it should be quite useable for most.

    When the Snapdragon X laptops came out they where all over 1000$ and I completely understand that the number of Linux kernel enthusiasts to set things up would initially be limited.

    Used prices come down now and that will also help.

  • kcb  4 months ago

    I have one of those too. Found a nice 32gb spec one on eBay for a good price. Last I tried Ubuntu the main issues were the speakers were very quiet and usb-c display out didn't work.

    • E39M5S62  4 months ago

      Alt DP works fine, the current limitation is that it can't do 4k@60hz because it's using only two DP lanes due to a driver limitation.

  • st3fan  4 months ago

    When you say "excellent battery life" .. can you be more specific?

    • MarcusE1W  4 months ago

      Not the original commentator. With Linux I think battery life is ok, but not more. I get about 8h out of it. My battery shows 92% capacity, so there might be a bit more in it.

intothemild  4 months ago

As someone with a Yoga 7x .. I'm still waiting. It's not fully supported.

The issue is drivers for peripherals and wifi.

I think the GPU is now supported.

It's been a long wait, mostly due to Qualcomm as I understand.

t-3  4 months ago

I have an XPS 13. It does run linux, but so does every other laptop with an x86 chipset. It's horrible in pretty much every other way though. The battery, GPU fan, and left USB-C port failed successively shortly after the warranty was up.

denysvitali  4 months ago

Surface Pro X here, the support is meh (see https://github.com/linux-surface/surface-pro-x/issues/7) but good enough to use it casually as a second computer.

In my case the biggest drawback is not being able to use an external screen via HDMI and the sound support (although you can workaround that with BT). Let's not talk about widevine, I managed to eventually get it to work but it was very painful.

If we get full audio support and solve some of the widevine issues, this can easily become a daily driver for when I'm traveling or giving presentations.