LG and Linux

[MR ZenWiz]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 1:29 AM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
:
> I've never tried an LG laptop, TBH. I am so wedded to my elderly
> Thinkpads that I am looking around for some high-end old models with
> decent keyboards so I can postpone getting anything newer as long as
> possible.

I generally agree - my HP notebook is at least 10 years old and
running strong.  This one was highly desirable in part due to the 17"
2K+ screen.

> Early reports of this thing seem good:
>
Mine too so far.  Everything seems to run beautifully, although as
noted in the comments from below, the speakers tend to distort at high
volume, but I don't really expect better with such tiny speakers.
I'll need to check out the headphones when I can, and I'm sure they'll
be fine.

> https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/gjdar7/new_lg_gram_17_with_linux/
>
Looks ok.

> But note the Linux comment here:
>
> https://www.lg.com/us/laptops/lg-17z90n-r.aas9u1-ultra-slim-laptop/reviews
>
> Fingerprint reader won't work and you'll have work with drivers, it looks like.
>
I haven't seen a need for any drivers yet, and I don't even like
fingerprint readers anyway.  Even Windows had trouble reading my print
- big whoop.  The video rendering looks beautiful even on 1920x1080
videos.

My biggest issue was that BS note from LG support claiming that I
could void the warranty by changing the OS or installed software
confiugration - the warranty explicitly excludes any software and says
nothing about changing the configuration or how that is involved in
the warranty.

Thanks.

Mark