I just installed EndeavorOS on an HP Spectre360 that’s roughly 2 years old. I am honestly surprised at how easy it went. If you google it, you’ll get a lot of “lol good luck installing linux on that” type posts - so I was ready for a battle.

Turned off secure boot and tpm. Booted off a usb stick. Live environment, check. Start installer and wipe drive. Few minutes later I’m in. Ok let’s find out what’s not working…

WiFi check. Bluetooth check. Sound check (although a little quiet). Keyboard check. Screen resolution check. Hibernates correctly? Check. WTF I can’t believe this all works out the box. The touchscreen? Check. The stylus pen check. Flipping the screen over to a tablet check. Jesus H.

Ok, everything just works. Huh. Who’d have thunk?

Install programs, log into accounts, jeez this laptop is snappier than on windows. Make things pretty for my wife and install some fun games and stuff.

Finished. Ez. Why did I wait so long? Google was wrong - it was cake.

  • Epzillon@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    RAM configs and weird BIOS settings from Dell is my bet. I never managed to solve it so I am unsure. I have tried several Ubuntu and Debian flavors and have had the same issues. Gonna run some Fedora-based distro and take more care of RAM configs on my next one I think.

    • uis@lemm.ee
      2·
      5 months ago

      Check kernel args for resume= parameter. If you don’t see it, then either it is handled by init(or initramfs) or just isn’t enabled. Try adding resume=PARTUUID= and then partitionuuid(not just uuid) of swap partition.

      • Epzillon@lemmy.ml
        2·
        5 months ago

        Sadly I cannot check this since I do not have the laptops anymore. Will be sure to look into it on my next one though.

        Thanks for the info!