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by robinsonb5 101 days ago
Suspend / resume? I'll settle for "keyboard works".

(From what I've learned so far, some magic incantation is required to convince Linux that a Lifebook E559 is a laptop not a tablet. I'm finding I have way less patience with these side-quests as I get older.)
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voidmain0001 101 days ago
That laptop has an 8th gen Intel processor which should make it completely compatible with the Linux kernel, yet surprisingly it’s not. https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=2ec391ffdc Did Fujitsu choose an obscure component or interface?
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yjftsjthsd-h 101 days ago
Even on random ARM boards, it's not usually the CPU that's the problem. (It's generally drivers for everything else; eg. a sensor hub that should tell you when a laptop is in tablet mode)
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voidmain0001 101 days ago
Yeah, my implication was that the 8th gen CPU's platform controller hub should be supported. I should have explicitly rather than implicitly stated that.
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znpy 101 days ago
> I'm finding I have way less patience with these side-quests as I get older.

Yup, i’m in the same boat. I’m so tempted to get one of the new macbooks and call it a day.

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