I used to have a lot of issues w/ this machine, since May 2020 till kernel 5.8 (and 2 firmware updates). On Arch I still use the amdgpu.runpm=0 kernel flag, though I’m not sure if it’s still necessary.
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MSI GF65 thin 10SDR
CPU: INTEL i7-10750H
GPU: NVIDIA 1660Ti
1080P 120Hz
extremely easy installation IMO
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qat_4xxx
confused me at first but they're non issues
had to remove oversteer and download to module firmware files from aur
wd719x
and
aic94xx
manually downloaded
nvidia-dkms
then I just setup optimus-manager-qt
battery life in windows or linux is pretty garbo though so treat this as a portable, but plugged in if you need it for more than an hour or so
sorry not really sure how to format this lol
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I'm using a Lenovo Legion 5 with Intel Core i5-10300H CPU and as dedicated graphics card nVidia GeFroce GTX 1650 and 16GB RAM
The installation was easy, just followed the instructions on the Live installation.
Most things worked "out-of-the-box", but I had to make some little fixes.
- the screen-brightness didn't work
- one time I got an Error when updateing the system with kernel errors etc. (got that one fixed with help from tbg [thanks again man
] ) - I made some little customizations on the themes to suit my needs, bc. I liked the "dr460nized" version but not the mac-like controls, so I changed that
I would say, it was just a tiny little more effort to get everything as i wanted, but now I think I will stay with garuda.
So most of the things I worried a litte about din't even came up (for example not working wifi or problems with USB3 and so on, but no. worked like a charm)
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My mac works well with garuda.
My Mac werk goed met garuda.
I'm running a Lenovo L13 Yoga Gen2 and the touchscreen works fine initially then stops working sometimes.
I managed to get it running by flipping the laptop into tablet mode and back but found this pretty weird.
Do people typically have these kind of issues?
Yes, this kind of issues is typical on Linux, because the HW drivers are not fully open from vendors.
There is a lot of improvement though.
If you want to troubleshoot, you may create a support topic. Archwiki includes several relative info, but touchscreens has just started to be a more common HW part (than in the past)
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HP EliteBook 645 G3
Got it a couple of years back from a reseller, it was probably owned by a company in Germany.
Had a locked bios so I couldn't change anything in the settings and just gave it a shot. Works fine for now.
Minor bugs I encountered were the wifi driver just disappearing randomly for some reason (fixed by reverting to snapshot, sometimes just restart worked sometimes not) and Latte Dock shutting down sometimes on startup.
Gonna test on an old Dell soon.
Edit:
The wifi issue was also present with other distros like PhoenixOS (android) and the latest Ubuntu so it might just be a crappy chip.
Experience has shown I have the better touchscreen results running GNOME. Just FYI. 
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medion akoya with ryzen 4300u . everything works on the kde variant out of the box, but battery life rather poor and drais out when suspended rather quickly
P.S.
sound glitchy when using pulseaudio equalizer/effects or viper4linux on bluetooth or speakers. nothing helps, not even mitigations or pipewire on various kernel. I gave up with sound effects
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generally speaking, we have no issues (touchpad, camera, mic, no tearing on HDMI output) running Garuda on Lenovo Legion of 1st generation with i5 9300H and 2060 GTX, dual DDR
because we are living in the warm country, we did undervolt the processor for gaming (using intel-undervolt tool, not the BIOS) and everything is still looks stable
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How is the battery life?
Fujitsu Lifebook e746 is working pretty well, though fujitsu is generally not a make that I would recommend, just because the build quality is a bit questionable.
If you want a cheap laptop with easy access to the ssd, memory and battery slots with an expansion slot for either a cd/dvd drive or second battery, then this is a reasonably good option.
I got mine for free at an internship and I'm quite happy with it. (It's my first x86 laptop 
)
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