Will this Lenovo Thinkpad (AMD) work well with linux, or should I go intel?
Will this Lenovo Thinkpad (AMD) work well with linux, or should I go intel?
Hi all,
We are purchasing a new laptop for a new employee.
We'll be booting directly into bios, changing settings as required, and installing linux immediately (either Fedora or POP).
However, we've only ever run intel machines.
Does anyone know if this could potentially cause any issues? We want a set and forget experience (have had that with intels).
System specs for the Ryzen version
Processor AMD Ryzen™ 7 7735U Processor (2.70 GHz up to 4.75 GHz) Operating System
Windows 11 Pro 64 (being removed immediately)
Graphic Card Integrated AMD Radeon™ 680M
Memory 16 GB DDR5-4800MT/s (SODIMM)(2 x 8 GB)
Storage 512 GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC Opal
Display 14" WUXGA (1920 x 1200), IPS, Anti-Glare, Non-Touch, 45%NTSC, 300 nits, 60 Hz
Camera 1080p FHD IR Hybrid with Microphone and Privacy Shutter
Battery 3 Cell Li-Polymer 47 Wh
AC Adapter / Power Supply 65W
Fingerprint Reader
Pointing Device Trackpad
Keyboard Backlit, Black - English (US)
WIFI Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 AX & Bluetooth® 5.1 or above
Colour Graphite Black
Weight 1.53kgs / 3.37lbs
Part Number: 21M3003DAU
I should add the intel version here for comparison, I feel it has a little more happening:
System specs:
Processor 13th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-1355U Processor (E-cores up to 3.70 GHz P-cores up to 5.00 GHz)
Operating System Windows 11 Pro 64
Graphic Card Integrated Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Memory 16 GB DDR4-3200MHz(8 GB Soldered + 8 GB SODIMM)
Storage 512 GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC Opal
Display 14" WUXGA (1920 x 1200), IPS, Anti-Glare, Non-Touch, 45%NTSC, 300 nits, 60 Hz
Camera 1080p FHD RGB with Microphone and Privacy Shutter
Battery 3 Cell Li-Polymer 47 Wh
AC Adapter / Power Supply 65W
Fingerprint Reader
Pointing Device Trackpad
Keyboard Backlit, Black - English (US)
WIFI Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 2x2 AX & Bluetooth® 5.1 (Windows 10) or Bluetooth® 5.3 (Windows 11)
Colour Black
Weight 1.47kgs / 3.23lbs
Part Number: 21JK00P5AU
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks so much! Torn on the intel VS the Ryzen
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One thing I didn't see mentioned yet that's in favor of AMD: Intel and its stupid, stupid IPU6 system. I've got a new work laptop now with an Intel Meteor Lake chip and the webcam is hooked up via IPU6. This means that I can't use the built-in webcam until upstream support for the specific sensor arrives in the kernel.
Some sensors are already supported but it shouldn't be this hard to make the internal webcam of your laptop work. I thought these issues were a thing of the past.
This means that I can't use the built-in webcam until upstream support for the specific sensor arrives in the kernel.
wouldn't it suffice to build it from source into a kernel module that you can load? that way you wouldn't even need to build the kernel. DKMS would help to automate this for kernel updates
That's what I thought, too, so I compiled from source and loaded the module. Unfortunately this still only makes the camera work in Firefox, but not in Zoom and Slack where I actually need it. I stopped digging into it more and simply use a USB webcam for now until the driver for my sensor is fully upstreamed.
you may try it if you could use OBS to capture the webcam, and "relay" it with its virtual camera feature.
did you try running zoom and slack in firefox? Personally, I would never run them without the browser's isolation