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    Aero 15 Linux

    Discussion in 'Gigabyte and Aorus' started by rubanikov, Jul 5, 2019.

  1. rubanikov

    rubanikov Newbie

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    Do any of you know if the laptop works fine using linux, kubuntu, openuse or anyother.

    I am planning to buy it and install one of those along the windows 10.
     
    rubanikov, Jul 5, 2019
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    HussainQ Notebook Evangelist

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    I've experience with OpenSUSE, manjaro, mint, and Ubuntu.

    OpenSUSE worked fine apart from the touchpad which stopped working every now and then. The latter distros only booted when I disabled the Nvidia GPU in BIOS, otherwise I'd get locked up at boot.

    I'm using the 1st gen Aero 15 (7700HQ, 1060), so your mileage may vary.
     
    HussainQ, Jul 8, 2019
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    rubanikov Newbie

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    Thank you for the info
     
    rubanikov, Jul 14, 2019
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    fackamato Notebook Enthusiast

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    The hotkeys doesn't work in Linux, otherwise no issues.
     
    fackamato, Aug 7, 2019
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    I installed kubuntu on the new aero 15 but the wireless does not work. There is other minor issues like the display shows the icons very small and the touchpad has very few options, but the main issue is the wireless. I tried following some tutorial to add the new card but didn't work
     
    rubanikov, Aug 7, 2019
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    fackamato Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't think I had those issues in Linux Mint. Regardless, you probably only need to install the firmware for the wireless. The package might be called linux-firmware .
     
    fackamato, Aug 7, 2019
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