His one flaw mentioned and I wonder if Mageia 8 with new SSD detection might solve this is that the Win Max is using an nVME SSD and I think it may be Samsung. There is some issue with this SSD and a few others being detected by linux it seems. I searched on Goggle after hearing this to see if there was a work around because I am NOT really interested in trying to open the unit and replace the SSD.
So here are the specs of the hardware, it is pretty much all Intel and do you think this unit would be effected by the reverse dim thing? I don't know if that is on newer or older Intel mobile and I don't have Linux on any intel laptops... Meant to put it on my Win 2 but the hinge broke and I think my comment above indicates how often I take things apart. I am in fact trying to find out if there is a service place here in Japan for GPD that will do it because I would rather NOT though I do have the parts. It's way too complicated to fix that situation on the Win 2. But back to the Win Max. Specs:
- Display:
Touch Panel: Support
Screen Type: 10 Points-touching Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5,H-IPS Technology
Screen Size: 8 inches
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Screen Resolution: 1280×800
Pixels Per Inch: 189PPI
CPU:
Product model: Intel Core™ i5-1035G7
# of Cores / # of Threads: 4/8
Processor Base Frequency: 1.20 GHz
Turbo Boost: 3.70 GHz
Level 2: 2 MB
Level 3: 6 MB
Bus Speed: 4GT/s OPI
Core Architecture: Ice Lake-U
Lithography: 10nm
TDP: 15 W, 20W, 25W, Adjust in BIOS
GPU:
Graphics Card: Integrated Graphics
Processor Graphics: lntel® Iris® Plus Graphics 940
Graphics Base Frequency: 300 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency: 1.05 GHz
Execution Unit: 64 EU
Video Memory: Shared Memory
4K Image resolution: Support
HDMI 2.0b: 4Kx2K @48-60Hz 24bpp (RGB/YUV444) 4Kx2K @48- 60Hz 12bpc (YUV420)
DP 1.4, eDP 1.4b: 4096x2304 60Hz 36bpp 5120x3200 @60Hz 24bpp
DirectX Support: DX12
OpenGL Support: 4.5
Storage:
Memory: 16GB
Memory Types: LPDDR4X-3733
Two Channel Memory: Support
Hard Disk Type: M.2 SSD
Hard Disk Interface: Socket 3 / Socket 2 Dual Protocol Interface
Hard Disk Specifications: M.2 2280, Only Supports Single Side Device Layouts
Hard drive capacity: 512GB, Replaceable, No Capacity Limit
Bus Specification: PCIe Gen 3.0 × 4 / SATA 3.0
Transfer Protocol: NVMe 1.3 / AHCI
Multimedia support:
Audio System: Built-in Sound Chip
Loudspeakers: Built-in dual speakers
Microphone: Internal Microphone
Network Communications:
Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, Support 2.4G/5G Dual-band Wi-Fi, Maximum Transmission Rate Of 2402Mbps
Network Adapter: 10 / 100 / 1000Mbps Ethernet Card
MU-MIMO: Support
Bluetooth: 5.0
I/O Port:
Data / Charging: 1×Thunderbolt 3 1×USB Type-C 3.1 Gen2 2×USB Type- A 3.1 Gen1
microSDXC Slot: Bus interface: UHS-I Speed Class: Class 10 UHS Speed Class-U3 Video Speed Class: V30 Application Performance Class-A2 Read/Write: 170MB/s, 90MB/s
Video Interface: 1×HDMI 1×USB Type-C 1×Thunderbolt 3
Ethernet Interface: 1×RJ45
Audio Frequency: 1×3.5mm Headset & Microphones
Input / Output Device:
Keyboard: Chiclet Keyboard, Island-Style Keyboards, QWERTY, Backlight design
TouchPad: Support Input, With Press Down Button, Support Maximum 3 Fingers Actions
Mouse: Analog Simulated Mouse, Need To Switch "GamePad / Mouse" Mode
Joystick: Originally Provided by Japan ALPS, Double 3D Joystick (Compatible With PSV Joystick), Press Supports L3 / R3
D-Pad: Split Direction Keys
Game Function Buttons: ABXY、△○×□ Double Character Print, Select, Start
Game Accessories Buttons: L1/L2/R1/R2, Panasonic Microswitch
Indicator Lamp: Mute Indicator, Charging Indicator, Operation indicator
Battery Type: Li-polymer
Battery Capacity: 57Wh, 11.4V==5000mAh×3 Series Connection
works with Linux with the issue being that SSD. What does someone with more Hardware knowledge think about these specs and running Mageia on it?
If the SSD is still an issue with the new Hardware support, what's the command, there is supposed to be one to tell Linux how to find it at boot?
Or I think the other work around was to switch the Bios settings I would have to Goggle that again. I think for my intended uses and purposes the NVMe setting is not something I need or will miss.