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> Man I always buy these things but never use them for anything.

If you have a spare lying around, you could do worse than set one up with Pi Hole. I got mine originally to practice programming, but these days it's a little champ running in the background and keeping trackers and cr*p of my home network.

I still want a new one, though I'm in the same boat as you that I'm not quite sure that I'd really use it...

This has been some time ago, pfsense had a history of being dicks to an alternative called OPNsense. So to note, some folks over at /r/homelab would recommend opnsense over pfsense instead.

I just got the Asus model MB16AP from Amazon. It arrived this morning and tested on MacOS so far. Will be trying with Debian soon. Over all build quality is great and not heavy at all.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J4SX1MS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_9zonDbZHMJ6B9

> Forget the new series, with the T2 chip it is impossible to install Linux

That's not true, secure boot can be disabled. But yeah, buying a Macbook just to run linux on it isn't the best use of money considering for the same price you can get a laptop that runs linux much better.

Hard to say. I'd check kernel logs first, then update the driver's firmware t the latest version, before doing anything else.

Looks like LVFS doesn't have Samsung firmwares currently, but I've always been able to download bootable ISOs with a Samsung updater. I should probably check if there's a newer version, and if it boots from inside Ventoy.

The first issue with Linux on ARM is the lack of standardization. Unlike x86_64 where each distribution can have a single iso that boots everywhere, on ARM you need custom images for everything. Just look at the number of downloads in the ARM section of Manjaro: https://manjaro.org/download/

The second issue is that ARM is much more locked down. Just like Android phones, you won't be able to throw an alternative OS on your own machine if the manufacturer has decided to lock down the bootloader (unless you find an exploit of something like that). People with ARM laptops won't be able to "just try Linux" by booting off a USB drive.

The good news however is that Linux itself already supports ARM pretty well. The road has been paved by projects like the Raspberry Pi or the Pinebook Pro, and open-source driver support is coming along nicely. And for most open-source Linux applications, ARM support is often just a recompilation away. It's a different story for closed-source apps however.

I sincerely hope that we are not moving towards a future where the majority of laptops are ARM-based, locked down and unable to boot Linux. But even if that happens, we'll (probably) still have projects like the Pinebook Pro to count on.

Noting the comment that that's a MIPS CPU, you'll probably want to run Debian on it. You'll need to know whether it's 32-bit or 64-bit (probably 32) and whether you need little- or big-endian.

As for how, I don't know; and it's possible that you'll need a custom-compiled kernel.

Hey friend, I've been using Linux for awhile (25 years) and can tell you that you are unlikely to have driver issues for your motherboard.

However if you just want to find out, I suggest making a fedora or Ubuntu live boot USB... Eg: - https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/

The x86_64 means it's good for a regular 64 bit Intel or AMD CPU.

You don't need to burn it to a DVD, just follow the instructions and put it into a spare usb stick and it will be bootable.

Once it boots it's a good preview of what to expect when installed.. you will boot into the desktop. It won't touch your hard disk until you start the installation.. before that you can check the wi-fi/Bluetooth etc safely

Once it's installed you can pull down updates which will have more recent hardware support/patches in them.. plus you can tweak things further by using proprietary drivers etc

Btw, if you are a gamer I hear that POP_OS is very user friendly and good for gaming (although I generally stick to other distros cause they also work fine for my needs)

Hope this helps

Purism, Entroware, StationX is a beauty. Also Dell XPS, Precision and others - you can get it with Ubuntu and then nuke and pave with whatever you want knowing that hardware will work.

I am personally no expert in the degree of openness, though I always had a high opinion of the Olimex OLinuXino line, simply because their PCB files are open-source and I always wanted to build my own custom SoC and considered those a great basis to start from.

They use an Allwinner A20 CPU (Cortex-A7), which seems to be reasonably libre. I however don't know about their WiFi chip. Hope this helps.

Check out the A20 OLinuXino here: https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/open-source-hardware

FYI: one of the latest and most powerful laptops without AMD PSP is Lenovo G505s that is also Corebootable ( r/coreboot ).

You can max it out with a 4 cores CPU (2.5Ghz - 3.5Ghz), a dGPU and 16G of RAM - which is good enough for most day-to-day tasks and even gaming - all of this while having as much freedom and privacy as possible!

btw, Lenovo G505s is a Libreboot candidate! :3

notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot/issues/104

> my first programming language

It's kinda of a hybrid. There are GUI front-ends that make it a bit less programing and a bit more spreadsheet-like. R-Studio is probably the best. Although if you want to re-run a scenario multiple times, you'll end up writing scripts/programs.

/u/lionbutt_iii probably has a good idea that taking some classes would probably help as there is a bit of a paradigm shift from spreadsheets to R.

That is exactly the case. If you look at their list of differences, you can see that it is ubuntu with a few different defaults (plus some marketing talk). They don't have the manpower to maintain an independent distro.

An alternative is to virtualize your Linux instances.

I used to run various Linux distros using VirtualBox on OS X. This way, you can try different distros to find one that you like. Plus the restore image function allows you to rollback any screw ups while you're learning how to fiddle with the OS.

EDIT: Just saw that BN_ChickenBiscuit has recommended VMs as well.

For that price, I'd really look at ryzen. That'll work fine, but you can do better. DDR4 ram will be the only kick to the nads, unless you scour the discount forums. But you are pretty close to ryzen pricing with that setup.

In any case, to your question, yes all of that will work out of the box. You don't have to do nothin.

https://slickdeals.net/f/10700160-amd-ryzen-3-1300x-4-core-cpu-asus-strix-rog-gaming-am4-mb-200-after-20-rebate-free-s-h?src=SiteSearchV2_SearchBarV2Algo

https://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?q=ryzen&pp=20&sort=rating&previousdays=-1&forumid%5B%5D=30&forumid%5B%5D=9&forumid%5B%5D=25&forumid%5B%5D=44&forumid%5B%5D=54&hideexpired=1&src=SearchBarV2&r=1

No any problems to run Linux on AMD or Intel - there are a lot of info how to get needed drivers etc..

I found 1 Linux distro that can run on M1 chips - Kali Linux : Kali on m1

So yep, there I think will be, or must be - bugs, system slow, but it is a working distro (how OffSec tells - Kali developers). I haven't tested that so all I typed is only theoretical :))

Try making your boot USB drive with Rufus.

https://rufus.ie/en_US/

If you're not setup for a UEFI only boot, you should make the changes to your BIOS to boot UEFI only without CSM support.

In Rufus, make your boot media using a GPT partition scheme, not MBR. If asked to write the boot disk in ISO or Direct Disk mode, choose Direct Disk.

I just checked, and OpenRGB supports his motherboard. It is a great project, which I use to control the RGB lightning of my Strix X570-I motherboard. I recommend in general to look at their supported devices page.

also, i am obliged to say that i use arch btw

Also, I can confirm, other than the occasional nvidia annoyance, linux is working great for me. There has only been one game that I occasionally play which did not work, and that was roblox (a few days ago a wine patch got released that made roblox work again after years of incompatibility).

Check Piper for button customization. Flow from one pc to another works best with the open source version of Synergy: Barrier

The L series is the cheaoer one. P is the professional workstation, very expensive one. X is the portable one and X1 the flagship one.

Lenovo will sell some P and X1 models with fedora preinstalled and many models are certified for ubuntu and redhat:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/04/fedora-on-lenovo-laptops

Edit: Also any reason why other enterprise models are not in your consideration like elitebooks or the xps 13?

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Latitude-Ultrabook-i5-4300U-Dual-Core/dp/B0746KNZWY/ref=sr_1_15?dchild=1&keywords=Dell+13%22+Latitude&qid=1621604332&sr=8-15

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Latitude-7000-7480-Business/dp/B07BC59CBD/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Dell+13%22+Latitude&qid=1621604332&sr=8-3

These two might meet your requirements, however perfect compatibility is hard to ensure when one can't run linux on the system before hand.

That being said, Dell and Lenovo are supporting Linux on a lot of their machines.

IMHO something like this would be perfekt for you:

https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B01994XGD0/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=5600u&qid=1621331435&sr=8-7

Thinkpad is always good with Linux and that CPU is not too expensive, but has amazing performance and battery lifetime.

To go Ryzen-U is definitely the right way as the AMD drivers work very in Linux.

Ahh! I was thinking you may have meant audacity at first, but then saw Udacity was a real thing and even offered classes about Linux. :P

That laptop should be able to run Audacity fine, as that's not generally a demanding program.

Regarding DE's, I always like to reference this test, which gives some rather surprising results on what the lighter weight ones are. :)

If your friend isn't very familiar with Linux, personally I'd be more inclined to go with Ubuntu MATE just for their excellent software boutique, which is the most user-friendly app-store I've seen to date. And as you say, the theme switcher is very appealing.

Glad I was able to be of some help! ^_^

EDIT: Oh, and I almost forgot, if you're not using it already, I would highly recommend installing the TLP package on your laptop, as it can dramatically increase battery life, usually by a couple hours or more.

I think your output here is OK.

k10temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter Tctl: +27.9°C Tdie: +27.9°C

Per k10temp (emphasis mine):

>On some AMD CPUs, there is a difference between the die temperature (Tdie) and the reported temperature (Tctl). Tdie is the real measured temperature, and Tctl is used for fan control. While Tctl is always available as temp1_input, the driver exports Tdie temperature as temp2_input for those CPUs which support it.
>
>Models from 17h family report relative temperature, the driver aims to compensate and report the real temperature.
>
>On Family 17h and Family 18h CPUs, additional temperature sensors may report Core Complex Die (CCD) temperatures. Up to 8 such temperatures are reported as temp{3..10}_input, labeled Tccd{1..8}. Actual support depends on the CPU variant.

I haven't seen documentation on which sensors each Ryzen processors have, so perhaps our mobile variants only have Tdie.

Do you mean things like this? Could you throw us some links?

(N.B. I am quite jealous of the idea of an $80 laptop, sadly 80 USD != 80 AUD)

Judging by the processor brand of the one I linked to I would presume they are running standard x86 chipsets. Indeed they might have evil/fiddly firmwares still, but I don't know.

Has anyone bought of of these?

Google Pixel phone running GrapheneOS is really good choice for privacy.

If there’s nothing wrong with your current laptop, you could just install your choice of Linux distro on it and dramatically improve your privacy. If you’re in a market for new device I’d recommend checking Dell Latitude, Dell Precision, or Lenovo Thinkpad lines and install Linux on something you like. Most of them have very good Linux support especially if you choose one without Nvidia GPU.

Please read this advice from the Kali developers.

>Is Kali Linux Right For You?
>
>As the distribution's developers, you might expect us to recommend that everyone should be using Kali Linux. The fact of the matter is, however, that Kali is a Linux distribution specifically geared towards professional penetration testers and security specialists, and given its unique nature, it is NOT a recommended distribution if you're unfamiliar with Linux or are looking for a general-purpose Linux desktop distribution for development, web design, gaming, etc.

https://www.kali.org/docs/introduction/should-i-use-kali-linux/

Have fun with trying distros on USB sticks.

Ubuntu have good instructions on how to create an USB stick.

My guess is that the gpu doesn't accept power management commands. It means that either the gpu managed power without kernel intervention, or that power management is disabled.

Possible side effects of this could be:

• None

• Battery use when the gpu (or parts of it) should be off. Like when you switch outputs.

• Problems with suspend/resume.

Here's the only kernel doc I could found that mentions amdgpu.runpm

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/vga-switcheroo.html

I don't know much about this topic but until someone else posts a better idea you could try to disable the intel pstate driver or the "hardware p state control" by adding a kernel parameter in the bootloader.

(The photo of the call trace shows intel pstate related stuff so I guess you could have a look at what happens when it's not in use...)

Documentation for the linux boot parameters, just search for pstate

Have you tried checking with GreenWithEnvy? Not sure if all its functionality is available on laptops but it might help shed some more light on whatever's going on at least.

fio is what I use. Its capabilities are vast, but for simple tests it is easy to configure and one of the example configurations may suffice for your purposes. You can use it to test performance of either a raw disk or a filesystem on top of that disk.

If your concern is RGB control, OpenRGB has you covered. OpenRGB works with a ton of commercially-available mechanical keyboards and we're working on QMK support as well for custom built and firmware-modded boards.

Razer, Corsair, HyperX, Logitech, SteelSeries, Cooler Master, and more are supported.

https://openrgb.org

https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB

Any time! I'm extremely happy with mine, the only thing these machines could use that they don't already have is a 16:10 display option -- aside from that there isn't much to improve here IMO. The build quality is good, they're extremely portable for the performance, touchpad and keyboard are as good as any PC laptop I've used, Linux support is solid; they're just all around great Linux laptops.

If you want an easy entry into the Arch ecosystem check out EndeavourOS; if you're used to other easy install linux distros that's a great first step into the Arch ecosystem. There should be a link to the asus-linux discord on the website too, if you need help setting the machine up the community is friendly and active.

Try this. It is a XFCE desktop, but they throw in a fully configured Fluxbox setup also. MX-Linux is Debian with updated packages. I run the 32bit version on my old Atom netbooks with a SSD and they still work pretty well.

Dell officially support Linux on Latitudes so I would be extremely surprised if there would be any problems at all. Just grab a pendrive download Ubuntu, use this tool for example. Its very easy and you wont be able to mess up your windows install. Keep in mind that initially you will have a live USB and it will forget every change you make, every file you download. You have two options from there, you either set up persistence which can be a bit tricky, but the installer I linked should be able to do it, or you install the system on the USB. In any case this is not some vodoo magic its very easy just give it a try!

edit: grammar.

Smooth installation sounds like Ubuntu (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, whatever) or Manjaro. I like pacman, but setting up Arch Linux is such a pain in the ass. Manjaro however, super easy.

https://manjaro.org/download/

I personally use KDE, but all three are good.

> If they didn't use Clevos

All Laptop OEMs (HP, Dell, etc) put stickers on designs from a small set of Taiwanese ODMs (Pegatron, Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Foxconn, etc). https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/system76-laptop-engineer-supports-right:c?t=333

Looks like for distributed compute (other than mining) workloads, you just need more than x4 to avoid saturation, even with high end cards, so the Tomahawk would work just fine for two GPU's. The 3.0 slot is x16 and the 2.0 is x4. :)

Even at x2, the saturation might be minimal, although that's not going to be a concern on most modern mainboards: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=11059

I'm running Ryzen 2200g on a Gigabtye Aorus Ultra Gaming X470 using Linux Mint 18.3. The system installed fine but 3D games were unplayable on the old kernel and graphics drivers.

I used Ukuu to update to Linux 4.17.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/02/ukuu-easy-way-to-install-mainline-kernel-ubuntu

I updated to Mesa 18.2 Dev from oibaf:

https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers

I disabled X at start up to prevent lockups at boot. I just login and type startx. The system runs very fast and stable.

Wacom Drivers don't seem to work, though they have been included in the Kernel since 4.15. Wacom Linux Drivers on the Envy x360

Besides that, I have found that Stylus Labs' Write for linux. It seems to fair well. Also available for Windows, Mac, and Android.

Lenovo ThinkPad T440 14in NoteBook PC - Intel Core i5-4300u 1.90GHz 8GB 250GB SSD Windows 10 Professional (Renewed) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072KPHQBP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_A5HTS4GNFZRNBC8YNW5H

Bunch of stuff like this on Amazon and eBay. They’re ugly, but workhorses, and Linux compatibility should be good.

Make sure you get one with an SSD

I used this USB-C hub for a while with my 2020 XPS13 running ubuntu. I never tried its HDMI output, I only used its display port output. But for what it's worth, it worked fairly well, giving me 4k@60hz most of the time. It occasionally dropped to 30hz, but this was over a year ago, and at least for my machine display port support has improved dramatically with newer kernels.

FWIW, if your machine supports thunderbolt you may benefit from a thunderbolt hub. I switched to a caldigit thunderbolt hub and have the "holy grail" single plug connection to my XPS13. One thunderbolt plug for power, 4k display, external storage, keyboard, mouse, webcam and usb-c audio.

One like this should work fine for you: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0746NKVBN/

I replied a similar question in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxOnThinkpad/comments/myv80i/which_docking_stations_would_work_with_thinkpad/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Thanks! So do you think this is better?

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Quad-Core-Professional-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B07CGBYBXM/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=small+form+factor+ssd&qid=1620315444&sr=8-3#customerReviews

If all your using it for is email and web surfing then why not keep Chrome OS? Theres no need to install Linux on it unless you want more privacy and in that case there are plenty of normal laptops under $300 with equal to better processors (Maybe?). A few examples are the Asus L210, Asus Vivobook , HP stream , and also can I ask what exact Acer model your looking at?

Right, sorry didn't catch the half mini size requirement. From a quick Google search, the Intel 7260hmv is the newest hmv size network card, and is actually discontinued. Luckily there's still some being sold, like this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MV3N7UO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_zz0KFbAF3FWM7 According to https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi its supported since kernel 3.10

Little over your budget but it should be a good fit. Also search around for one with 8gb ram /128gb nvme drive should be under 500. I don't have a ton of time right now. Cheers. Should work great with linux, works great for me with mint/cinnamon but I haven't tried to get fingerprint reader working...only hassle and doesn't bother me. Might be possible.

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Convertible-Touchscreen-Processor-81SS000DUS/dp/B07TWHYTSQ

Don't have any PCI-E Slots left? I would rather add a PCI card before looking into USB.

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Gigabit-Network-Adapter-EXPI9301CTBLK/dp/B001CY0P7G?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_2

Not sure if it still applies to latest revisions of USB specs but data transfers over USB will add load on your CPU. this my or may not be significant.

I recommend against GT card, they are not made to play video game and will cost you more than they are worth. I know the low price is attractive but cheaper doesn't mean cheaper in the long run.

You can get a low profile card, AMD make the RX560 and RX6400 in low profile version for cheap. If you can stretch ~200€ the GTX1650 low profile version can be pretty powerfull.

Example on French Amazon : https://www.amazon.fr/XFX-Speedster-SWFT105-Graphique-RX-64XL4SFG2/dp/B09Y7358KJ/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=3CQLTJCEMT1J3&keywords=rx6400xt+low+profile&qid=1671558515&sprefix=rx6400%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-2

https://www.amazon.fr/ASUS-90YV0D30-M0NA00-GTX-Carte-Graphique/dp/B07XB33R41/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1P8BDO9LYXO4A&keywords=gtx+1650+low+profile&qid=1671558662&sprefix=GTX+1650+%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1

You can utilize any webcam as no one is paying attention to the streamer but rather the stream itself, the game. Make sure it is UVC compliant.

What you need is good lighting and good sound alongside some C920 xxx series, but this is entirely subjective.

Logitech C920s for $70 and these are UVC compliant

I would prefer neither. For that price, you can do better. Dell xps or thinkpad. Black Friday(Nov 23) is coming up. Wait for the prices on the higher end devices to bottom out.

https://slickdeals.net/laptop-deals/?src=SearchBarV2_cat

The Vivobook and Ideapad series are a PITA on linux.

> 650W corsair bronze

If that PSU is failing, that would do it. It wasn't top of the line to begin with. I believe that sells for 20 bucks now.

Start looking for a deal, preferably not in 'bronze'. If it was healthy, it should be able to provide enough power- but if the capacitors are swollen, you won't have enough cold boot voltage to power on properly.

https://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?q=power+supply&pp=20&filter%5B%5D=11665&forumid%5B%5D=9&hideexpired=1&src=SearchBarV2&r=1

This one is cheap as chips and works great with Yuzu (ninendo switch emulator) on Arch & Mint - plug & play. Works directly with the switch as well.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07TF6R7X8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm pretty sure I read the other day that they'd improved/added the PS4 controller support - I've got a PS3 controller that works fine connected with USB but is a bit flaky via bluetooth

Xbox 360 controller works fine on USB cable.

> Tonor Mic

I also got a Tonor mic for $12 that, when paired with this Samson Mic Stand, cheap shock mount and a pop shield actually sound really good.

The Tonor mics play nice with linux (plug and play).

Basically you can really use a cheap usb mic (up to about $50) and if its placement is correct you'll sound great.

Btw, this is probably not what you would want for gaming.

So, I'm rocking a Dell 3537 i3-4010U CPU from 2014 as my daily driver, and it's fine.

I've dual booted Windows 10 and Ubuntu and maxed out the ram (16gb) and put in a 1tb ssd.

Windows does throw a blue screen every once in a while, but Ubuntu is amazing.

I'm not doing 3d modeling on it or anything, but for full stack web development (rails, postgres, memcached, elasticsearch, vs studio, and dbbeaver) it's perfect.

Add an external mouse and keyboard (wired) so you don't wear out the trackpad or keyboard, and an external monitor so you don't wear out the screen, and you're good to go.

If you dual boot I'd also go with either a dock or something like this so you don't damage the usb ports on the laptop.

Preserving the keyboard, touchpad, screen, and usb ports are the most important.

If you do all of this, it will last a long, long time.

If you want a laptop with more modern specs, I've heard that the Lenovo Flex 14 has a solid Linux Experience, and it should be fairly future proof with a 5700u.

Cost is about $700 brand new as of writing this post: https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Flex-Touchscreen-Laptop-Windows/dp/B09NPM5ZG9

I got this one 3 years ago, it works totally flawlessly.
It's my 3rd card, and the only one that didn't have any issues yet.

www.amazon.de/Ubit-AX200-Adapter-Bluetooth-Ultra-
Low/dp/B07Y82HZV1/ref=asc_df_B07Y82HZV1/

I'd recommend getting a new card from the same provider. Also, umm... in my case they shipped a CD with the driver. As you can imagine, there were some extra steps involved. If you have no CD drive around (maybe an old notebook), maybe consider other ways of getting a current driver for the device.

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Also: good choice not getting a mainboard with WiFi/BT. They cost a TON more. Getting a NIC card for this is much cheaper. Plus, you may even carry over this card to your next PC. In theory at least.

Tri-band Wifi6e with BT 5.2: https://www.amazon.com/EDUP-Bluetooth-Ac1300Mbps-Wireless-Networking/dp/B08519ST43

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Should work fine.

OK, not exactly answering your question, but offering an alternative. Your needs seem pretty light for a 1500-2000 laptop, especially since you are considering refurbished. I would consider getting a 750-1000 laptop, with the expectation of getting another in 2.5 years. In fact, I would not be surprised if something as inexpensive as https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T480-Business-Laptop/dp/B07MNTV13B would meet your needs. Then you could upgrade very single year for the same budget. As others have posted, you have to take very good care for a laptop to last for five years. One drop, one bad spill is more likely than obsolescence of a 1500-2000 laptop.

One more question: What if any is the difference between the card you linked and this one https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09M3MYDDS ? Any reason I should prefer one over the other?

>How can I check whether I still have a free slot for this card?

In an existing build I would say "look inside your case to be sure", but in this case all of the parts are listed above. So we can see that your main board is a full size ATX board and the only other PCIe card is your graphics card, so there will be plenty of slots available.

>Do I need to buy separate antennas or any other accessories for it to work properly?

Make sure you get one of the desktop versions of this card. It's an m.2 card also commonly found in laptops, but the desktop variants come with antennas and bracket and everything. For example, this one: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09MH7Q6TT

Maybe check All your boot options in the Bios. make sure its set to boot first. If you don't see the USB in the Bios... you may need a USB C Flash drive. https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-Drive-Type-C-Flash/dp/B07YYJ63VF

chromebooks aren't really designed to easily run another operating system, their bios doesn't work like a PC

something like these could be a better idea

https://smile.amazon.com/GK41-Celeron-Windows-HDMI%EF%BC%86DP-Computer/dp/B088B7W1R2/

https://smile.amazon.com/N40-Celeron-Fanless-Computer-Support/dp/B082VD7T6V/

The cheapest Vivobook is currently 330 euros - https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Vivobook-Laptop-Notebook-Win11H-QWERTZ/dp/B09QLFP34J

Just buy that, it's much more versatile than a Chromebook.

It's a shame the Euro crash has hit the prices a bit though :/

I did! I found some raspberry pi tower coolers that I thought about using. I settled on the small SSD heatsink since it spends most of it's time doing random tasks on 4x200mm Noctuas on the top radiator and 12x140mm Noctua Industrials in total on the two radiators below that. https://i.imgur.com/s8F9X81.png

Sleek and powerful machine
Personally using it no issues so far

Looking at the picture of the laptop with the bottom cover removed, it looks like there's enough room to fit a standard size 2280 m.2 SATA SSD such as the TEAMGROUP MS30 256GB ($21.79)

https://www.amazon.com/TEAMGROUP-256GB-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B07H23ZD94

which is both less expensive and has a larger capacity than any of the 120GB SATA 2242s. The only problem is that there is no screw hole to secure the SSD. Assuming there are no chips on the underside of the SSD, maybe one could get away with using some foam doublestick tape to keep it in place? What do you think?

<strong>MSI Alpha 15</strong>

<strong>Lenovo Legion 5</strong>

Software aside, is the SSD physically compatible? Most new laptops use an m.2 NVME drive like this, and if your other laptop is old enough it may use a SATA drive like this.

I got this Benss one. It 'works'

So it does work but you have to be extremely precise when using it. At first I thought it didn't work at all until some reads went through

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MYZBJD3/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_search\_asin\_title?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1

Have you bought the parts? This is fully compatible https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-TUF-X570-Plus-Motherboard-Lighting/dp/B07SXF8GY3/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3FKP6DF47LI8C&amp;keywords=amd+x570+tuf&amp;qid=1655230400&amp;sprefix=amd+x570+tuff%2Caps%2C160&amp;sr=8-2

I use this with no hiccups.

I have a similar one too, from CableMatters.

I prefer to get USB to Ethernet dongles WITH extra USB ports on it, too. As if it was a USB hub with an Ethernet adapter. I have one for my laptop, since I feel that USB ports are coming at a premium these days for making sure that laptops stays as lean as possible. Lol. :)

Here's some examples: - https://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-Adapter-ABLEWE-Gigabit-Chromebook/dp/B085DJLDBC - https://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-Adapter-uni-Chromebook-Notebook/dp/B0871ZHCKK

Almost all of these should work 100% with Linux.

Almost every one I've used in the last few year just work. Unfortunately, this is the only one I recall the specific model for and it has big antenna. Great for a desktop, specially for positioning it for better reception, but maybe not for a laptop...

https://www.amazon.com/Panda-Wireless-PAU09-Adapter-Antennas/dp/B01LY35HGO/ref=sr\_1\_6?crid=2ZWPEIULWLTW5&amp;keywords=panda+usb+adapter&amp;qid=1651721743&amp;sprefix=panda+usb+adapter%2Caps%2C177&amp;sr=8-6

Indeed. This is very disappointing. Only thunderbolt docks have higher chances of having an Intel ethernet chipset. And from those only the ones with the Intel Titan Ridge thunderbolt chipset also support USB-C hosts (and these docks are very expensive).

The whole situation is very frustrating. The old style docks were much better IMHO. All the intelligence was coming purely or mainly from the laptop itself, not from the dock. I recently got a laptop which comes with an Intel I219 chipset (a rarity for a laptop these days) and I was hoping to get a dock with something similar. I guess worst case scenario I 'll plug the LAN wire directly to the laptop. I may need to get something like this though:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/HTGuoji-Ethernet-Adapter-Network-Connector/dp/B097KZT62Q/?th=1

in order to avoid breaking the laptop's RJ45 port (I may have to plug/unplug often). Or else just suck it and and carry on with the dock's Realtek ethernet chipset.

Thanks for your help. So far I am working along chapter 2 and 3 of this book. I am using kernel 5.4 and unbuntu 20.04

As long as the GoPro offers a clean HDMI output you can use a super cheap USB capture device like this: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B088NWWSKN/

I use the linked device to capture a Canon EOS M6 Mk 2, it works very well for Zoom calls etc. and the picture quality is miles ahead of any webcam.

A Raspberry Pi 4 running OSMC (Kodi distro, very stable) and a large usb disk would be a great and very cheap solution. Then $16 or so for an air mouse/keyboard like this https://www.amazon.com/Android-Gimibox-Wireless-Keyboard-Projector/dp/B07WJGSXT8/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=3LKD6AWBH0C7Q&amp;keywords=zedo+mx3+air+mouse&amp;qid=1650648774&amp;sprefix=zedo+mx3+airmouse%2Caps%2C202&amp;sr=8-4

I have these connected to every TV in the house, using a central file server for the media storage.

OK I understand. I'm fixing to buy this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098K399CW/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_HVF6FZ6VRSPHY78Q0254?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1

And I just want to make sure everything works OOTB before I do. For primary gaming and light programming

Good info, will need to discover the model number of the laptop. Seems to be a few skus, but what I really want is to see if anyone has had any problems. Specifically on this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09D8JHYNM/ref=ask\_ql\_qh\_dp\_hza?th=1

LG has a 43'' 4k monitor that is cheaper than the curved ultrawides and is very good. I should know, I am looking at one now :)

https://www.amazon.es/LG-43UN700-B-Monitor-Profesional-p%C3%ADxeles/dp/B0848DGBK9

It is not for everyone though, it is really on the crazy side of the monitor size thing but I really like to have 3 or 4 code/tool windows open side by side plus consoles on the top 1/4 of the screen. It is the same width as a 38 ultrawide but substantially taller.

Hey OP one thing you can also do if you really like more than one monitor is buy a displayLink adapter. It uses USB -> HDMI connection to hack around the M1 limitation. The second monitor runs slightly lower in refresh rate but it works fine. You also need the driver and the annoying part is it says “your screen is being recorded” (which, it isn’t). This is the one we use at my work https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HN2X88P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_A4ZX8ZZ8AWGXZ0WZMEC3

>used for genome assembly. There are hundreds of copies of each DNA fragment, so any errors introduced by RAM would likely be indistinguishable from naturally-occurring "errors" in the genomic dataset.

Something like that might warrant for ECC Buffered memory. In case you are testing for something important, but are limited with resources, I suggest running the final simulation of whatever it is, in a loaned device that has the required error correction specs (perhaps you can try one of the cloud services), to verify previous results.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08931JJLV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1

I got this a couple years ago, works fine on Manjaro Linux. It was around $60 US

I don't think that this mic splitter cable incompatibility is a problem that can be solved with yet another analog wired headset. What I suggest is keeping Razer Kraken, and adding a cheap USB audio card, e.g. this one (untested): https://www.amazon.com/Syba-external-Adapter-Windows-C-Media/dp/B001MSS6CS

Not sure how much I know about your gaming needs, but I can tell you I've had this headset, a Redragon H510 Zeus, in daily heavy use for work conferencing since November of 2020 and it's still performing like it's brand new. I have no audio complaints ever, and I really like the volume/mute controls in the cord. It shows up as a USB device with the main cable, but also comes with an analog cord. I use it on my work Windows machine mostly, but I've also used it with my personal Linux box great as well.

I gave it a shot, and turned out to be, in my opinion, awesome, especially given that it's only about 50 bucks.

I can't find the exact one I have (I got it on sale at Best Buy last year) but this one seems to be equivalent; only difference is the AMD CPU instead of Intel.

Lots of USB-C docks have 2 HDMI. Shouldn't be a problem. For example my wife uses this Lenovo dock. You can hook up either 2 DP or 2 HDMI to it.

I tend to get ones listed in Amazon as being 'for the raspberry pi ' - they are normally ones that work out of the box in Linux with no fiddling around.

remember - it's all about the CHIPSET - not the specific make/model.

WiFi Adapter AC 600 Mbps USB https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07M6YB838

I have several of the above I use on Linux aNd my emulator handhelds.

there are also numerous others for the pi that are smaller/cheaper.

There are USB stick format SSDs. I doubt that your school would see a difference between 'a normal USB stick' and something like a 'an extreme pro USB stick' - which is actually a USB SSD. Example:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Extreme-Solid-State-Flash/dp/B01MU8TZRV

Of course, the SSD USB sticks are more expensive, so that might be a consideration, but if you're going to run Linux off it, it would probably last years rather than months.

https://www.flipkart.com/asus-chromebook-celeron-dual-core-4-gb-64-gb-emmc-storage-chrome-os-cx1101cma-gj0007/p/itmf2a994d5238b8?pid=COMG8Z984EZHKCWK&amp;lid=LSTCOMG8Z984EZHKCWKJZQEOK&amp;marketplace=FLIPKART&amp;q=asus+cx1101&amp;store=6bo%2Fb5g&...

can you tell me if this is good or not?

To clarify, is the M1 Air is your personal machine or your work machine?

If you are willing to wait for a while, there is a project that is working on getting Linux to run on Apple Silicon devices.

Might be a good option for battery life, but you may not get the best app support compared to an x86 device.

This is comparing it to my current CPU - http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2863&amp;cmp[]=1919

Does not really tell me much of how it will perform, at least to me as a human. All I see in those charts is it has half the score of my current one which looks bad.

I currently have the opposite problem.

From 5.11.17+ and 5.12+... my secondary monitor stops working. It would usually turn on by itself as the system boots, but it remains black. Plugging HDMI cable in/out doesn't seem to register. I would appreciate some help with debugging this prior to pestering the people @ Bugzilla. I currently do not know how to figure out what subsystem is responsible, nor what maintainer to contact directly. How would you approach this?

System: Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon, 5.11.17-051117-generic.

No such error on the same system when using 5.11.16.

https://hastebin.com/yigiwibaja.terminal

I would appreciate any ideas.

If you allready get confused at that point, use Manjaro.

I know, others will probably not like this answer, but honestly: Use an easy, good, arch-based System for a while and start tinkering around with it, until you reach the point, where you are able to understand everything you're doing. Then go for Arch.

To answer your Question: There is only one Arch image, which is updated monthly. The recommended way of obtaining it, usually is the BitTorrent Link at the download page. It's even written at the download page, that BitTorrent is recommended. Most Mirrors that provide Arch-Packages also provide Web-based Downloads of the Image, but all of them should be verified copies of the Torrent. They aren't recommended and need to be tested against the checksum, but they exist, because some networks block torrent traffic. If you can't boot it, you're doing something wrong. Have you verified the signature, which is literally the first thing in the installation guide after downloading? If the verification worked, you have the correct Image and did something wrong when flashing the image to your flash drive or trying to boot it.

This may give you some pointers. Intel is dependent on the kernel/mesa, and nvidia is dependent upon nvidia's proprietary dkms driver. That's an nvidia-prime setup.

https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HiIEPpPF9ycz7But8WafSO_Jaa_rS3wY53CURK9ciq8

Eluktronics uses the same Clevo and Tong Fang ODMd laptops as Tuxedo, Slimbook and other Linux OEMs so compatibility should be the same. The THINN-15 is a Tong Fang PF5NU1G (same as the Tuxedo VIA Pro 15).

For anyone interested, I got an early Chinese OEM version and did an extensive review of Linux performance a few months ago: https://www.notion.so/lhl/Mechrevo-Code-01-TongFang-PF5NU1G-Information-8009025fdefc40118ab0ea973e7e0988

HP 14&quot; Ryzen 3 4GB/128GB Laptop-Silver

Only $350! So you can just mirror it to a drive and get a spare in case yours gets dropped in the water off of the fishing boat or something.

Awesome little machine. Runs Linux Mint and LibreOffice fine. I do a lot of development work on mine. And if I need to do any heavy lifting, I just log into one of my home servers or an AWS server.

Decided to try this I've since I found an article saying that MediaTek partnered with AMD to make a non-Intel wifi chip that would have better compatibility with AMD CPU and specifically stated Linux compatibility.

https://www.amazon.com/MT7921K-Expands-3000Mbps-Security-Wireless/dp/B09MBMXNYB/

This one says it does both, had drivers from an earlier Linux kernel version and antenna, but the Bluetooth requires a USB header, and my motherboard only had one, so I would probably need to unplug my front USB, which I guess I don't use anyway.

https://www.amazon.com/FebSmart-Bluetooth-System-2-4GHz-Speed-Bluetooth-AX3000/dp/B082MQGDHK/