Cr4ck3r101
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Hello all. I am Cr4ck34101, I am new to the forum, in fact new to forum life in general, Im rather private and generally don't share my knowledge with many. However, I recently purchased the ASUS TUF506IU because of the AMD Ryzen processor and the Nvidia GPU option that it offered. Like many here on this forum, I am pre-wired to go against the grain i guess and prefer not to use windows for various security and privacy reasons. Not to mentions the pure pleasure of successfully operating outside the box from the rest of the sheople.<< haha:>
Ill cut to the chase.
I have now tried this laptop on the following Linux Distros, some with success and some without. I do need Bios mod to continue my pursuit for true freedom:
Ubunu 19.4 stable and functional oob and the easiest to get going, usb uefi boot, still need to address GPU functionality, nomodeset to start to prevent nouveau failure.,,<< same accross the board with flavors as well.
Parrot OS will boot to live, will install but fails to function after install. stuck in text mode and graphical will not run for anything, and i tried everything i could find .
Kali Linux same as parrot almost to the T which i expected because theyre practically the same distro both in MATE.
Blackarch won't boot past usb periphs, need CSM mod to check legacy mode options. likely an nvidia drivers thing and i didn't try any patches to see if i could jump it into playing nice.
Qubes OS I need to be able to boot in legacy. needs CSM mod or ISO needs adjusted before usb creation.
Pop Os needs legacy mode or proper patch, same as most tbh cannot get to any part of the OS other than the boot verbose then it just stops and hangs
Fedora 31 I am finally stable ish here, Kernel 5.5.17 custom patched, original kernel is unstable with nvidia. has many more things to be worked out. however i can get full funtion from GPU ( dedicated not onboard). plugging or unplugging power will lock it up, no keyboard lighting control yet ( havent tried bc im dual boot with windows and that works for me) everything works so far tho. you do need usb mouse and keyboard to start because before you update you will have no trackpad function. the keys to work. Cuda for nvidia, Nvidia graphical control panel works, this is the only distro that it does in fact, ubuntu doesn't want to mess with Nvidia lol bc the graphical just blanks. with kernel patch i now have my full resolution, my hot keys work mostly, still need sleep bkey, fan speed key and airplane mode key. it does see my virtual wifi hotspot array but forces it back out thru wifi card so you have to use ethernet to use it. windows i can bridge wifi in to wifi out so i know its possible. Bluetooth works. HDMI works A/V9 thats right audio and video) i have successfully used a few hacking tools to hack my own network with this system as well. but don't ask for info on that please, you can go to school for said things.
I will keep the world posted on any other distros i try, im going to focus on fedora for now and try and work out the kinks for fully stable distro because i need one thatll work with this notebook.
Cr4ck3r101- out
Ill cut to the chase.
I have now tried this laptop on the following Linux Distros, some with success and some without. I do need Bios mod to continue my pursuit for true freedom:
Ubunu 19.4 stable and functional oob and the easiest to get going, usb uefi boot, still need to address GPU functionality, nomodeset to start to prevent nouveau failure.,,<< same accross the board with flavors as well.
Parrot OS will boot to live, will install but fails to function after install. stuck in text mode and graphical will not run for anything, and i tried everything i could find .
Kali Linux same as parrot almost to the T which i expected because theyre practically the same distro both in MATE.
Blackarch won't boot past usb periphs, need CSM mod to check legacy mode options. likely an nvidia drivers thing and i didn't try any patches to see if i could jump it into playing nice.
Qubes OS I need to be able to boot in legacy. needs CSM mod or ISO needs adjusted before usb creation.
Pop Os needs legacy mode or proper patch, same as most tbh cannot get to any part of the OS other than the boot verbose then it just stops and hangs
Fedora 31 I am finally stable ish here, Kernel 5.5.17 custom patched, original kernel is unstable with nvidia. has many more things to be worked out. however i can get full funtion from GPU ( dedicated not onboard). plugging or unplugging power will lock it up, no keyboard lighting control yet ( havent tried bc im dual boot with windows and that works for me) everything works so far tho. you do need usb mouse and keyboard to start because before you update you will have no trackpad function. the keys to work. Cuda for nvidia, Nvidia graphical control panel works, this is the only distro that it does in fact, ubuntu doesn't want to mess with Nvidia lol bc the graphical just blanks. with kernel patch i now have my full resolution, my hot keys work mostly, still need sleep bkey, fan speed key and airplane mode key. it does see my virtual wifi hotspot array but forces it back out thru wifi card so you have to use ethernet to use it. windows i can bridge wifi in to wifi out so i know its possible. Bluetooth works. HDMI works A/V9 thats right audio and video) i have successfully used a few hacking tools to hack my own network with this system as well. but don't ask for info on that please, you can go to school for said things.
I will keep the world posted on any other distros i try, im going to focus on fedora for now and try and work out the kinks for fully stable distro because i need one thatll work with this notebook.
Cr4ck3r101- out