How is the Lenovo U410 Ultrabook support for Ubuntu?
3
I'm planing to buy a new laptop in some time. Especially I've been looking into Ultrabooks, the Lenovo U410 looks quite good for its pricing.
How is Ubuntu supported on this ultrabook?
I will have Ubuntu only probably so the problem about dual OS on this laptop should be solved.
Do the sound, battery life, wireless, quick booting + other stuff work like they should on an ultrabook?
lenovo ultrabook
edited Jun 30 '15 at 11:52
André Marinho
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asked Nov 18 '12 at 14:19
RokRok
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3
I'm planing to buy a new laptop in some time. Especially I've been looking into Ultrabooks, the Lenovo U410 looks quite good for its pricing.
How is Ubuntu supported on this ultrabook?
I will have Ubuntu only probably so the problem about dual OS on this laptop should be solved.
Do the sound, battery life, wireless, quick booting + other stuff work like they should on an ultrabook?
lenovo ultrabook
edited Jun 30 '15 at 11:52
André Marinho
680522
asked Nov 18 '12 at 14:19
RokRok
14815
1
Battery might be less with Linux. With the X220, it only has Intel chips and they work great with Ubuntu.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 14:20
On Windows they say that the U410 should have max around 7-9 hours of battery power or so if I remember right. But why is it so that the battery drains faster on Linux systems? Is it explained anywhere?
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 14:27
The problem is that the Linux kernel cannot use all the power saving functions because they are not super stable as of now. On my X220, I only have some 5 to 5.5 hours of battery life. Accordint to Lenovo, I should be getting 9 hours. I have to try some other kernel parameters to save power, but currently, Windows uses less power.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 15:07
Oh ok, thanks for the information about the battery support.
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 15:45
The power-saving issue also has to deal with the fact that the the default "ondemand" CPU governor is pretty out-dated. Something along the lines of it wakes the CPU up to see if the CPU needs to be woke up -- kind of backwards, but was never really a problem until recently.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:21
add a comment |
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3
3
I'm planing to buy a new laptop in some time. Especially I've been looking into Ultrabooks, the Lenovo U410 looks quite good for its pricing.
How is Ubuntu supported on this ultrabook?
I will have Ubuntu only probably so the problem about dual OS on this laptop should be solved.
Do the sound, battery life, wireless, quick booting + other stuff work like they should on an ultrabook?
lenovo ultrabook
edited Jun 30 '15 at 11:52
André Marinho
680522
asked Nov 18 '12 at 14:19
RokRok
14815
I'm planing to buy a new laptop in some time. Especially I've been looking into Ultrabooks, the Lenovo U410 looks quite good for its pricing.
How is Ubuntu supported on this ultrabook?
I will have Ubuntu only probably so the problem about dual OS on this laptop should be solved.
Do the sound, battery life, wireless, quick booting + other stuff work like they should on an ultrabook?
lenovo ultrabook
lenovo ultrabook
edited Jun 30 '15 at 11:52
André Marinho
680522
asked Nov 18 '12 at 14:19
RokRok
14815
edited Jun 30 '15 at 11:52
André Marinho
680522
asked Nov 18 '12 at 14:19
RokRok
14815
edited Jun 30 '15 at 11:52
André Marinho
680522
edited Jun 30 '15 at 11:52
André Marinho
680522
edited Jun 30 '15 at 11:52
André Marinho
680522
680522
asked Nov 18 '12 at 14:19
RokRok
14815
asked Nov 18 '12 at 14:19
RokRok
14815
asked Nov 18 '12 at 14:19
RokRok
14815
14815
1
Battery might be less with Linux. With the X220, it only has Intel chips and they work great with Ubuntu.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 14:20
On Windows they say that the U410 should have max around 7-9 hours of battery power or so if I remember right. But why is it so that the battery drains faster on Linux systems? Is it explained anywhere?
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 14:27
The problem is that the Linux kernel cannot use all the power saving functions because they are not super stable as of now. On my X220, I only have some 5 to 5.5 hours of battery life. Accordint to Lenovo, I should be getting 9 hours. I have to try some other kernel parameters to save power, but currently, Windows uses less power.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 15:07
Oh ok, thanks for the information about the battery support.
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 15:45
The power-saving issue also has to deal with the fact that the the default "ondemand" CPU governor is pretty out-dated. Something along the lines of it wakes the CPU up to see if the CPU needs to be woke up -- kind of backwards, but was never really a problem until recently.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:21
add a comment |
1
Battery might be less with Linux. With the X220, it only has Intel chips and they work great with Ubuntu.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 14:20
On Windows they say that the U410 should have max around 7-9 hours of battery power or so if I remember right. But why is it so that the battery drains faster on Linux systems? Is it explained anywhere?
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 14:27
The problem is that the Linux kernel cannot use all the power saving functions because they are not super stable as of now. On my X220, I only have some 5 to 5.5 hours of battery life. Accordint to Lenovo, I should be getting 9 hours. I have to try some other kernel parameters to save power, but currently, Windows uses less power.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 15:07
Oh ok, thanks for the information about the battery support.
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 15:45
The power-saving issue also has to deal with the fact that the the default "ondemand" CPU governor is pretty out-dated. Something along the lines of it wakes the CPU up to see if the CPU needs to be woke up -- kind of backwards, but was never really a problem until recently.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:21
1
1
Battery might be less with Linux. With the X220, it only has Intel chips and they work great with Ubuntu.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 14:20
Battery might be less with Linux. With the X220, it only has Intel chips and they work great with Ubuntu.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 14:20
On Windows they say that the U410 should have max around 7-9 hours of battery power or so if I remember right. But why is it so that the battery drains faster on Linux systems? Is it explained anywhere?
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 14:27
On Windows they say that the U410 should have max around 7-9 hours of battery power or so if I remember right. But why is it so that the battery drains faster on Linux systems? Is it explained anywhere?
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 14:27
The problem is that the Linux kernel cannot use all the power saving functions because they are not super stable as of now. On my X220, I only have some 5 to 5.5 hours of battery life. Accordint to Lenovo, I should be getting 9 hours. I have to try some other kernel parameters to save power, but currently, Windows uses less power.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 15:07
The problem is that the Linux kernel cannot use all the power saving functions because they are not super stable as of now. On my X220, I only have some 5 to 5.5 hours of battery life. Accordint to Lenovo, I should be getting 9 hours. I have to try some other kernel parameters to save power, but currently, Windows uses less power.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 15:07
Oh ok, thanks for the information about the battery support.
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 15:45
Oh ok, thanks for the information about the battery support.
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 15:45
The power-saving issue also has to deal with the fact that the the default "ondemand" CPU governor is pretty out-dated. Something along the lines of it wakes the CPU up to see if the CPU needs to be woke up -- kind of backwards, but was never really a problem until recently.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:21
The power-saving issue also has to deal with the fact that the the default "ondemand" CPU governor is pretty out-dated. Something along the lines of it wakes the CPU up to see if the CPU needs to be woke up -- kind of backwards, but was never really a problem until recently.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:21
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Ubuntu isn't very compatible with lenovo u410 Here's a list of things I did for my u410.
Before install
- Backup windows 8 for when in need
How to view partitions in Lenovo u410
- press fn+f2 and change boot settings from raid to AHCI
- run sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda
- run sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb
- install special files in sda and sdb then creat 2-4 gb swap or hdd (better but slower)
(note that ssd's deteriorate as sdd is used written) - install cryptsetup and create encrypted partition
- install grub on /dev/sda by installing boot repair
- sudo add apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot && sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot repair
- click recommended repair
- reboot
- Move Desktop files, Music, Videos, Downloads, Documents and other things (including /tmp) into HDD also known as sdb
and create symbolic links to home - setup trim reference Activating TRIM section
- setup normally
- First check trim by using sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep -i TRIM
- activate trim use http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/enable-trim-on-ssd-solid-state-drives.html
- add discard, noatime & nodiratime to etc/fstab to increase hard drive speeds and life
- move tmp to ram from sda
- http://apcmag.com/how-to-maximise-ssd-performance-with-linux.htm
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic
(read instructions for bumblebee and change launcher scripts) - run optirun [progam] (this is to give it graphics acceleration
answered Feb 15 '13 at 14:44
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You should not need Boot Repair. My Lenovo worked just fine, I just had to tell the EFI which image to boot (or I may have used efibootmgr, I forget). Boot Repair does some pretty funky stuff, and I wouldn't advise using it unless you know exactly what you're doing.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:28
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Ubuntu isn't very compatible with lenovo u410 Here's a list of things I did for my u410.
Before install
- Backup windows 8 for when in need
How to view partitions in Lenovo u410
- press fn+f2 and change boot settings from raid to AHCI
- run sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda
- run sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb
- install special files in sda and sdb then creat 2-4 gb swap or hdd (better but slower)
(note that ssd's deteriorate as sdd is used written) - install cryptsetup and create encrypted partition
- install grub on /dev/sda by installing boot repair
- sudo add apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot && sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot repair
- click recommended repair
- reboot
- Move Desktop files, Music, Videos, Downloads, Documents and other things (including /tmp) into HDD also known as sdb
and create symbolic links to home - setup trim reference Activating TRIM section
- setup normally
- First check trim by using sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep -i TRIM
- activate trim use http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/enable-trim-on-ssd-solid-state-drives.html
- add discard, noatime & nodiratime to etc/fstab to increase hard drive speeds and life
- move tmp to ram from sda
- http://apcmag.com/how-to-maximise-ssd-performance-with-linux.htm
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic
(read instructions for bumblebee and change launcher scripts) - run optirun [progam] (this is to give it graphics acceleration
answered Feb 15 '13 at 14:44
ghost103429ghost103429
11
1
You should not need Boot Repair. My Lenovo worked just fine, I just had to tell the EFI which image to boot (or I may have used efibootmgr, I forget). Boot Repair does some pretty funky stuff, and I wouldn't advise using it unless you know exactly what you're doing.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:28
add a comment |
0
Ubuntu isn't very compatible with lenovo u410 Here's a list of things I did for my u410.
Before install
- Backup windows 8 for when in need
How to view partitions in Lenovo u410
- press fn+f2 and change boot settings from raid to AHCI
- run sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda
- run sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb
- install special files in sda and sdb then creat 2-4 gb swap or hdd (better but slower)
(note that ssd's deteriorate as sdd is used written) - install cryptsetup and create encrypted partition
- install grub on /dev/sda by installing boot repair
- sudo add apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot && sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot repair
- click recommended repair
- reboot
- Move Desktop files, Music, Videos, Downloads, Documents and other things (including /tmp) into HDD also known as sdb
and create symbolic links to home - setup trim reference Activating TRIM section
- setup normally
- First check trim by using sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep -i TRIM
- activate trim use http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/enable-trim-on-ssd-solid-state-drives.html
- add discard, noatime & nodiratime to etc/fstab to increase hard drive speeds and life
- move tmp to ram from sda
- http://apcmag.com/how-to-maximise-ssd-performance-with-linux.htm
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic
(read instructions for bumblebee and change launcher scripts) - run optirun [progam] (this is to give it graphics acceleration
answered Feb 15 '13 at 14:44
ghost103429ghost103429
11
1
You should not need Boot Repair. My Lenovo worked just fine, I just had to tell the EFI which image to boot (or I may have used efibootmgr, I forget). Boot Repair does some pretty funky stuff, and I wouldn't advise using it unless you know exactly what you're doing.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:28
add a comment |
0
0
0
Ubuntu isn't very compatible with lenovo u410 Here's a list of things I did for my u410.
Before install
- Backup windows 8 for when in need
How to view partitions in Lenovo u410
- press fn+f2 and change boot settings from raid to AHCI
- run sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda
- run sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb
- install special files in sda and sdb then creat 2-4 gb swap or hdd (better but slower)
(note that ssd's deteriorate as sdd is used written) - install cryptsetup and create encrypted partition
- install grub on /dev/sda by installing boot repair
- sudo add apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot && sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot repair
- click recommended repair
- reboot
- Move Desktop files, Music, Videos, Downloads, Documents and other things (including /tmp) into HDD also known as sdb
and create symbolic links to home - setup trim reference Activating TRIM section
- setup normally
- First check trim by using sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep -i TRIM
- activate trim use http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/enable-trim-on-ssd-solid-state-drives.html
- add discard, noatime & nodiratime to etc/fstab to increase hard drive speeds and life
- move tmp to ram from sda
- http://apcmag.com/how-to-maximise-ssd-performance-with-linux.htm
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic
(read instructions for bumblebee and change launcher scripts) - run optirun [progam] (this is to give it graphics acceleration
answered Feb 15 '13 at 14:44
ghost103429ghost103429
11
Ubuntu isn't very compatible with lenovo u410 Here's a list of things I did for my u410.
Before install
- Backup windows 8 for when in need
How to view partitions in Lenovo u410
- press fn+f2 and change boot settings from raid to AHCI
- run sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda
- run sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb
- install special files in sda and sdb then creat 2-4 gb swap or hdd (better but slower)
(note that ssd's deteriorate as sdd is used written) - install cryptsetup and create encrypted partition
- install grub on /dev/sda by installing boot repair
- sudo add apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot && sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot repair
- click recommended repair
- reboot
- Move Desktop files, Music, Videos, Downloads, Documents and other things (including /tmp) into HDD also known as sdb
and create symbolic links to home - setup trim reference Activating TRIM section
- setup normally
- First check trim by using sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep -i TRIM
- activate trim use http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/enable-trim-on-ssd-solid-state-drives.html
- add discard, noatime & nodiratime to etc/fstab to increase hard drive speeds and life
- move tmp to ram from sda
- http://apcmag.com/how-to-maximise-ssd-performance-with-linux.htm
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic
(read instructions for bumblebee and change launcher scripts) - run optirun [progam] (this is to give it graphics acceleration
answered Feb 15 '13 at 14:44
ghost103429ghost103429
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answered Feb 15 '13 at 14:44
ghost103429ghost103429
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answered Feb 15 '13 at 14:44
ghost103429ghost103429
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answered Feb 15 '13 at 14:44
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You should not need Boot Repair. My Lenovo worked just fine, I just had to tell the EFI which image to boot (or I may have used efibootmgr, I forget). Boot Repair does some pretty funky stuff, and I wouldn't advise using it unless you know exactly what you're doing.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:28
add a comment |
1
You should not need Boot Repair. My Lenovo worked just fine, I just had to tell the EFI which image to boot (or I may have used efibootmgr, I forget). Boot Repair does some pretty funky stuff, and I wouldn't advise using it unless you know exactly what you're doing.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:28
1
1
You should not need Boot Repair. My Lenovo worked just fine, I just had to tell the EFI which image to boot (or I may have used efibootmgr, I forget). Boot Repair does some pretty funky stuff, and I wouldn't advise using it unless you know exactly what you're doing.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:28
You should not need Boot Repair. My Lenovo worked just fine, I just had to tell the EFI which image to boot (or I may have used efibootmgr, I forget). Boot Repair does some pretty funky stuff, and I wouldn't advise using it unless you know exactly what you're doing.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:28
add a comment |
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Battery might be less with Linux. With the X220, it only has Intel chips and they work great with Ubuntu.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 14:20
On Windows they say that the U410 should have max around 7-9 hours of battery power or so if I remember right. But why is it so that the battery drains faster on Linux systems? Is it explained anywhere?
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 14:27
The problem is that the Linux kernel cannot use all the power saving functions because they are not super stable as of now. On my X220, I only have some 5 to 5.5 hours of battery life. Accordint to Lenovo, I should be getting 9 hours. I have to try some other kernel parameters to save power, but currently, Windows uses less power.
– Martin Ueding
Nov 18 '12 at 15:07
Oh ok, thanks for the information about the battery support.
– Rok
Nov 18 '12 at 15:45
The power-saving issue also has to deal with the fact that the the default "ondemand" CPU governor is pretty out-dated. Something along the lines of it wakes the CPU up to see if the CPU needs to be woke up -- kind of backwards, but was never really a problem until recently.
– Chuck R
Aug 14 '13 at 8:21