[HN Gopher] Fanless ThinkPad x13s running Ubuntu 23.04 ARM64 wit...
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Fanless ThinkPad x13s running Ubuntu 23.04 ARM64 with customized
Linux kernel
Author : nixcraft
Score : 26 points
Date : 2023-04-09 17:57 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| xuhu wrote:
| Are there any other ARM64 Windows laptops which are further along
| in terms of unofficial Linux support ?
| StillBored wrote:
| Seriously? I get that running Linux on random hardware is the
| modern equivilant of getting doom to run on a toaster. But, this
| machine has been out, what a year an a half (two?) now? And we
| are talking about the battery indicator? Isn't that just part of
| the ACPI battery spec, of which this laptop runs windows doesn't
| it?
|
| All this really says is that no one should touch this hardware
| with a ten foot pole, given a random AMD laptop tends to work out
| of the box, and costs 1/2 of that thing, and likely outperforms
| it by 2x. And these days, most of these AMD integrated GPU
| laptops are in the 3-4W range for the entire machine, running
| linux+browser/etc. Which means your getting ~15-20hours battery
| life with a 65Wh battery.
|
| So, its someones fun hobby project to get it working in linux,
| which will be useful when I see them on sale for $150, but until
| then I will stick with laptops that are supported by their
| manufactures and can have their firmware updated with fwupdate.
| up2isomorphism wrote:
| Why make such a big fuss, they are just having fun.
| landgenoot wrote:
| Can you give me an example of an AMD Laptop with 15-20 hours of
| battery life on Linux?
| felixg3 wrote:
| Yeah. I've got a 6800HS Ryzen Notebook with a 70Wh battery
| and I get like 8 hours out of it.
| fb03 wrote:
| I'm here for the same answer. I would buy one NOW.
| jasonvorhe wrote:
| This is ARM64, not Intel/AMD64.
|
| ACPI has been terrible since forever, if you've ever tried to
| run Linux on laptops.
|
| I'm really not sure what you're trying to say here. "Hackers
| shouldn't waste their time doing hacky stuff?"
|
| I think this is an interesting achievement, even if the
| layperson probably would be more suited for a laptop with
| better ootb Linux support.
|
| Running an M2 MacBook Air as my main work device, I wouldn't
| touch non-ARM64 laptops for the time being.
| qwytw wrote:
| > I wouldn't touch non-ARM64 laptops for the time being.
|
| Why? I would contribute most of that success to Apple's
| engineers/management not to the CPU architecture. I mean
| Qualcomm still seems to be behind not only Apple but also AMD
| and even Intel if you need both high performance and high
| battery life.
| my123 wrote:
| BTW the ThinkPad X13s battery life is amazing, far ahead of
| any x86 laptop that you can buy today.
| tadfisher wrote:
| Is the focus of your ire the user who got Linux working, the
| hardware vendor, kernel developers, the person who submitted
| this to HN, or all of the above?
| waynesonfire wrote:
| couldn't agree more. I'm all for hacking together hardware but
| these read like it's a solved problem, finally, linux on the
| laptop! Each and every time, the battery life is garbage,
| suspend is broken, and wifi barreeellly works, like it's 1995.
| And, in 1995 that was a cool feat. Today, these read like a
| broken record. Can we set the bar a bit higher beyond just
| booting into a shell?
|
| And, these are just the issues out the gate. Unfortunately,
| these are dealbreakers especially when there are competitive
| options available that are not gimped.
|
| Forking over 2-3k to see how far I get is something I have no
| appetite for.
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