{"id":58653,"date":"2023-09-23T17:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T16:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/58653\/linux-on-the-acemagic-ax15-notebook\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T17:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T16:24:31","slug":"linux-on-the-acemagic-ax15-notebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/58653\/linux-on-the-acemagic-ax15-notebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux on the Acemagic AX15 Notebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How well does Linux work on the Acemagic AX15 notebook?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to install Linux Mint on my <a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/54717\/review-acemagic-ax15-laptop\/\">Acemagic AX15<\/a> notebook. The machine is relatively new, which tends to cause problems with drivers for various system devices. The Intel N95 processor is quite new, as is the rest of the chipset and so on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/58653\/linux-on-the-acemagic-ax15-notebook\/#Installation_Linux_Mint\" >Installation Linux Mint<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/58653\/linux-on-the-acemagic-ax15-notebook\/#Missing_drivers_no_sound_screen_brightness\" >Missing drivers, no sound, screen brightness<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/58653\/linux-on-the-acemagic-ax15-notebook\/#Installing_a_new_kernel\" >Installing a new kernel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/58653\/linux-on-the-acemagic-ax15-notebook\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Installation_Linux_Mint\"><\/span>Installation Linux Mint<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I decided to use Linux Mint. I like the user interface a bit more than that of the standard Ubuntu. It is all compatible in the end.<\/p>\n<p>The installation went smoothly. I pulled the ISO, put it on a USB stick with <a href=\"https:\/\/rufus.ie\">Rufus<\/a> and started the installation. Before that, I had to go into the bios and deactivate the secure boot.<\/p>\n<p>Then I installed Linux Mint as the sole operating system. Parallel would also have worked.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ax15_linux_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ax15_linux_1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ax15_linux_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ax15_linux_1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Missing_drivers_no_sound_screen_brightness\"><\/span>Missing drivers, no sound, screen brightness<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Short joy after the first start. Screen resolution fits, looks good for now. But shouldn&#8217;t there be a sound when starting? A look at the system bar or the settings reveals that only a dummy device has been installed. So sound is not possible.<\/p>\n<p>The screen brightness could not be adjusted with the FN key either. Interestingly, other shortcuts worked with the FN key.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Installing_a_new_kernel\"><\/span>Installing a new kernel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the current version, Linux Mint installs a 5 version of the kernel. But there is already a 6 version. So I used the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/58604\/linux-mint-ubuntu-neueren-kernel-installieren-mit-ubuntu-mainline-kernel\/\">Mainline Kernel<\/a>&#8221; software to install the latest version.<\/p>\n<p>Tension on reboot. Will it boot? Will it solve the problems? Lo and behold, sound now worked, as did screen brightness control. The graphics also felt a bit fluffier now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ax15_linux_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ax15_linux_2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ax15_linux_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ax15_linux_2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the moment it looks like everything is working now. I have not been able to find any other problems so far. In short, yes Linux is compatible with the device, as long as you install a new kernel.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How well does Linux work on the Acemagic AX15 notebook?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[1682],"class_list":["post-58653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-linux-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}