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Re:System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery ... by trelane on Saturday July 09, 2022 @01:01PM (#32037057)
It is built for and comes with Windows or no OS, so I'm dubious about it as a Linux platform. AFAICT, you have to be intentional about Linux support due to the 800 lb gorilla in the market.

Like System76, the firmware is open source, so perhaps after a while it'll work.

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Re:System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery ... by nrp on Saturday July 09, 2022 @01:27PM (#32037340)
Linux compatibility for popular distros: https://frame.work/linux
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Re:System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery ... by trelane on Saturday July 09, 2022 @01:33PM (#32037403)
Nice guide, but I've bitter experience with guides vs support.

Edit: sure enough. Several little gotchas and obscure commands even with the top-line distro, fedora.

From the crowd sourced setup guide (https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Fedora+36+Installation+on+th...)

> If you are seeing high suspend power drain, set "nvme.noacpi=1" in your kernel parameters. In Fedora, you can do this by running the following command: sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="nvme.noacpi=1"

> sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="module_blacklist=hid_sensor_hub"

Yeah, no. This is not what I would consider supporting Linux. Are there more gotchas? Who knows? Nobody's checking until its released!

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