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<p>
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Sravan Balaji completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at
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the
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Sravan Balaji graduated from the
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<a href="https://umich.edu" target="_blank"
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>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor</a
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>. He earned dual B.S.E.'s in
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>University of Michigan</a
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with dual B.S.E.'s in
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<a href="https://me.engin.umich.edu/" target="_blank"
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<a href="https://cse.engin.umich.edu/" target="_blank"
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>Computer Science</a
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in December 2020 and an M.S. in
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<a href="https://robotics.umich.edu/" target="_blank">Robotics</a>
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in December 2021.
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in December 2020. He was admitted to the
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<a href="https://umich.edu" target="_blank"
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>University of Michigan</a
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>
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<a href="https://robotics.umich.edu/" target="_blank"
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>Robotics Institute</a
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for the Winter 2021 semester where he is currently pursuing an
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M.S. in Robotics with an expected graduation of December 2021.
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>professional experience</a
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section of the
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<a href="./portfolio.html">portfolio</a> page. He is currently
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working at
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<a href="./portfolio.html">portfolio</a> page. He will be
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returning to
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<a href="https://www.mitre.org/" target="_blank">MITRE</a>
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as an Associate Autonomous Systems Engineer in McLean, VA.
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as an Associate Autonomous Systems Engineer in late January 2022.
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motion planning, robotic perception & manipulation, autonomous &
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connected vehicles, software development, and GNU/Linux among
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other things. His personal interests include video games,
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podcasts, music, cooking, football, soccer, formula 1, and
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productivity software.
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podcasts, music, cooking, football, soccer, and productivity
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software.
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<h1>System76 Oryx Pro 7 Review</h1>
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<p class="lead">Updated on July 1, 2022</p>
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<p class="lead">Updated on August 27, 2021</p>
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<h2><a name="upgradeability">Upgradeability</a></h2>
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<p>
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I ended up purchasing the Oryx Pro 7 with base memory and storage in
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March of 2021, then upgraded these components with parts I bought
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from Amazon. The upgrade experience was pretty good. Removing the
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bottom cover just involves removing a bunch of screws, nothing too
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difficult. I had a little trouble with this because one of the
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screws seemed to get stuck, but I eventually got it out. The
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I ended up purchasing the Oryx Pro 7 with base memory and storage,
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then upgraded these components with parts I bought from Amazon. The
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upgrade experience was pretty good. Removing the bottom cover just
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involves removing a bunch of screws, nothing too difficult. I had a
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little trouble with this because one of the screws seemed to get
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stuck, but I eventually got it out. The
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<a
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href="https://tech-docs.system76.com/models/oryp7/repairs.html"
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target="_blank"
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>
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</h2>
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<p>
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I initially decided to give
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<a href="https://pop.system76.com/" target="_blank">Pop!_OS</a> a
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chance since it came pre-installed on the Oryx Pro and was developed
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by System76. My experience was very positive. I'm really happy that
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System76 and Pop!_OS have come up with a good and reliable solution
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for switching between the integrated graphics and discrete NVIDIA
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graphics. Being able to just click on the option in the GNOME menu
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is so useful. The window management in Pop!_OS's
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Regarding OS, I initially tried to install Arch Linux with dwm like
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I had on my desktop, but found that switching between the graphics
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modes (i.e. Integrated, Hybrid, and Discrete) was just a nightmare.
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I tried installing
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<a
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href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/system76-power/"
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target="_blank"
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>System76 software through the AUR</a
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>, but could never get it working reliably. Additionally, the laptop
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speakers did not seem to work out of the box. I eventually got the
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audio working thanks to the
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<a
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href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System76_Oryx_Pro#Audio"
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target="_blank"
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>solution in the ArchWiki</a
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>, but I ultimately decided to switch to Pop!_OS because of the
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graphics switching issue. The main change I made to the default
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Pop!_OS install process was to use
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<a
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href="https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page"
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target="_blank"
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>btrfs</a
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>
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rather than the default (ext4 I think) so I could take snapshots and
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backup my data with
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<a href="https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift" target="_blank"
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>Timeshift</a
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>.
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</p>
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<p>
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My experience with Pop!_OS was very positive. I'm really happy that
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System76 and Pop!_OS have come up with a good solution for
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switchable graphics. Being able to just click on the option in the
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GNOME menu is so useful. The window management in Pop!_OS's
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<a href="https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic" target="_blank"
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>COSMIC</a
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>
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desktop environment is very good too. Coming from a standalone
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tiling window manager like dwm, I found that this provides a pretty
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good balance between convenience and usability.
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tiling window manager like dwm, this provides a pretty good balance
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between convenience and usability.
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</p>
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<p>
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After some more time with Pop!_OS, I realized that I really missed
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the package management, customizability, and rolling release of
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Arch. For the longest time, I couldn't get Arch working reliably, so
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I decided to try some other Arch based distros like
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Arch. Since I couldn't get Arch working before, I decided to try
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some other Arch based distros like
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<a href="https://manjaro.org/" target="_blank">Manjaro</a>
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and
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<a href="https://garudalinux.org/" target="_blank">Garuda</a>. With
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href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/system76-power/"
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>system76-power AUR package</a
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>) works very well. I eventually decided on Garuda because it
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implements a lot of the customizations I usually do in my vanilla
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Arch installs anyways (e.g., btrfs, zen kernel, chaotic-aur, backups
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w/ timeshift, easy options to enable gaming tweaks, etc.).
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</p>
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<p>
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Later, I started noticing some issues with suspending and
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hibernating as well as switching graphics. I couldn't rely on my
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laptop to stay awake or suspend when I expected it to. Sometimes the
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computer would just freeze up randomly and I would need to hard
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reboot. It seemed that there was something interfering with the
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graphics card. This is when I noticed that the
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<a
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href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System76_Oryx_Pro"
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target="_blank"
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>Oryx Pro ArchWiki page</a
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>, now works. I eventually decided on Garuda because it implements a
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lot of the customizations I usually do in my vanilla Arch installs
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anyways (e.g. btrfs, zen kernel, chaotic-aur, backups w/ timeshift,
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easy options to enable gaming tweaks, etc.). The
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<a href="https://www.gnome.org/" target="_blank">GNOME</a>
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edition immediately ran into crashing and system break issues, so I
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tried the KDE Dragonized edition. It looks pretty nice and uses
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<a href="https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/" target="_blank"
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>KDE plasma</a
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>
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had been updated and I noticed an
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<a
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href="https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power/issues/299"
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target="_blank"
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>issue on GitHub</a
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>. These finally led me to a stable install with Arch Linux.
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</p>
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<p>
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Install the following packages from the
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<a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/" target="_blank">AUR</a>:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>system76-dkms</li>
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<li>system76-acpi-dkms</li>
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<li>system76-io-dkms</li>
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<li>system76-driver</li>
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<li>system76-power</li>
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<li>system76-firmware-daemon</li>
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<li>system76-firmware</li>
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<li>firmware-manager</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Then add your user to the <code>adm</code> group and enable the
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following services:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li><code>sudo gpasswd -a $USER adm</code></li>
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<li><code>sudo systemctl enable --now system76</code></li>
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<li>
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<code>sudo systemctl enable --now system76-firmware-daemon</code>
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</li>
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<li>
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<code
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>sudo systemctl enable --now
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com.system76.PowerDaemon.service</code
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>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Finally, disable the Power Profiles Daemon which was interfering
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with system76-power and enable the NVIDIA services for suspending
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(and optionally hibernating & resuming if you want that):
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li><code>sudo systemctl mask power-profiles-daemon</code></li>
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<li>
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<code
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>sudo systemctl enable nvidia-{suspend,resume,hibernate}</code
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>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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To get the speakers working, you will probably need to create a file
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called <code>/etc/modprobe.d/clevo-p950.conf</code> and put the
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following inside:
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<code>options snd-hda-intel model=clevo-p950</code>.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you encounter any other issues, be sure to check out the
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<a
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href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System76_Oryx_Pro"
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target="_blank"
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>Oryx Pro ArchWiki page</a
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>.
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</p>
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<p>
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Now your laptop should be able to run Arch with all the same
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graphics switching goodness and functional speakers of Pop!_OS
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without any of the random freezing or crashing!
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instead of GNOME. After still encountered freezing issues, I
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switched to the
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<a href="https://i3wm.org/" target="_blank">i3</a>
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edition, but replaced i3 with
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<a href="https://xmonad.org/" target="_blank">Xmonad</a>
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because I was experimenting with it at the time. After realizing
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that Xmonad would not really fit my needs (mainly gaming), I
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replaced it with
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<a href="https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch" target="_blank"
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>dwm-flexipatch</a
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>. Now, performance is amazing and I haven't encountered the major
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freezing issues that I had with GNOME and KDE.
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</p>
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>.
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</li>
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<li>
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Gaming performance is amazing! I can run Yakuza: Like a Dragon at
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around 70 or 80 fps with all the settings turned up to the max. I
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love that I can use my favorite operating system without having to
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compromise too much on gaming performance.
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Gaming performance is amazing! Recently got Yakuza: Like a Dragon
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on Steam. It runs at around 70 to 80 fps with all the settings
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turned up to the max. I love that I can use my favorite operating
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system without having to compromise too much on gaming
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performance.
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</li>
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<li>
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Love the keyboard backlighting and color changing on the fly.
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<li>
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Speakers are really sub-par. I understand that System76 doesn't
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design the hardware, but this was my main disappointment. I have
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external bookshelf speakers and bluetooth headphones I can use, so
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this isn't an unsolvable problem, but just generally annoying.
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bluetooth bookshelf speakers and bluetooth headphones I can use,
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so this isn't an unsolvable problem, but just generally annoying.
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</li>
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<li>
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Webcam is functional, but not good at all. Definitely need to use
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@@ -338,14 +297,25 @@
|
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Battery life is really bad when the discrete graphics card is on
|
||||
(as expected). Maybe a little more than an hour a time, sometimes
|
||||
more depending on how willing I am to lower CPU frequency and
|
||||
stuff. As a desktop replacement type laptop, that is to be
|
||||
expected through.
|
||||
stuff. As a desktop replacement, that is to be expected through.
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
Fans can get really loud at times, especially when pushing the GPU
|
||||
in games. I often have to turn up my speakers or wear noise
|
||||
cancelling headphones. This is an understandable physical
|
||||
limitation of thin and light gaming laptops though.
|
||||
Mouse click buttons are not great. Regularly left click on
|
||||
something in GNOME and nothing happens. "Tapping" with the
|
||||
mousepad works very reliably though.
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
Fans can get really loud at times, especially when gaming. I often
|
||||
have to turn up my speakers or wear noise cancelling headphones.
|
||||
This is an understandable limitation with gaming laptops though.
|
||||
Using a custom kernel solved a lot of my complaints with the
|
||||
thermals and fan noise though. Now the fans don't turn on as
|
||||
often. When they do, they don't ramp up to the maximum speed, so
|
||||
noise is kept to a reasonable level.
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
Random freezing is kind of an issue, but is generally resolved by
|
||||
using a custom kernel.
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
While the display itself is great, I really wish the hinge would
|
||||
@@ -360,19 +330,16 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<h2><a name="conclusions">Conclusions</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
It may seem that the cons outweigh the pros, but this is only
|
||||
because I am really nitpicking. The things this laptop gets right
|
||||
(e.g., gaming, refresh rate, switchable graphics, general
|
||||
performance) are much more important to me than the other things
|
||||
(e.g., mic / webcam quality). Regarding price, you are definitely
|
||||
paying a premium for first-class linux support, but it is well worth
|
||||
it in my opinion. I do not want to use Windows anymore and I am
|
||||
happy to pay extra if it means supporting a company that promotes
|
||||
and sells Linux computers and having a device that can be easily
|
||||
upgraded down the line. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase.
|
||||
Especially now that I have a stable installation of Arch Linux that
|
||||
has all the functionality I expect without random freezing or
|
||||
crashing.
|
||||
It may seem that the cons outweigh the pros, but this is only in
|
||||
number and because I am really nitpicking. The things this laptop
|
||||
get right (e.g. gaming, refresh rate, switchable graphics, general
|
||||
performance) are much more important to me than the other things.
|
||||
Regarding price, you are definitely paying a premium for first-class
|
||||
linux support, but it is well worth it in my opinion. I do not want
|
||||
to use Windows anymore and I am happy to pay extra if it means
|
||||
supporting a company that promotes and sells Linux computers and
|
||||
having a device that can be easily upgraded down the line. Overall,
|
||||
I am very happy with my purchase.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
|
||||
<h1>Switching from Windows to Linux</h1>
|
||||
|
||||
<!-- Author & Date/Time -->
|
||||
<p class="lead">Updated on July 1, 2022</p>
|
||||
<p class="lead">Updated on August 27, 2021</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<!-- Preview Image -->
|
||||
<div class="blog-cover">
|
||||
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
Development is definitely where Linux shines because of its superior
|
||||
package management. For example, Ubuntu (and its derivatives) use
|
||||
the <code>apt</code> package manager which allows you to easily
|
||||
install most development packages like Python, gcc, Git, etc. On
|
||||
Windows, you have to go to a website, click on a download link, run
|
||||
an executable, and walk through the steps in an installer. On Linux,
|
||||
it is as simple as a couple terminal commands. There's a reason even
|
||||
the apt package manager which allows you to easily install most
|
||||
development packages like Python, gcc, Git, etc. On Windows, you
|
||||
have to go to a website, click on a download link, run an
|
||||
executable, and walk through the steps in an installer. On Linux, it
|
||||
is as simple as a couple terminal commands. There's a reason even
|
||||
Microsoft felt it needed to improve the developer experience on
|
||||
Windows via the
|
||||
<a
|
||||
@@ -112,25 +112,14 @@
|
||||
work by just pressing the play button, possibly with a few tweaks.
|
||||
After trying this out myself, I have come to the same conclusion.
|
||||
Gaming on Linux is as good as it has ever been and will only get
|
||||
better, especially after the launch of the SteamOS 3.0 powered
|
||||
better, especially after the announcement and release of the Linux
|
||||
powered
|
||||
<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck" target="_blank"
|
||||
>Steam Deck</a
|
||||
>
|
||||
from Valve.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
If you play a lot of online multiplayer games, you may need to wait.
|
||||
Not all anti-cheat software currently works through Proton.
|
||||
<a href="https://areweanticheatyet.com" target="_blank"
|
||||
>Are We Anti-Cheat Yet?</a
|
||||
>
|
||||
provides "a comprehensive and crowd-sourced list of games using
|
||||
anti-cheats and their compatibility with GNU/Linux or Wine/Proton".
|
||||
<a href="https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends" target="_blank"
|
||||
>Apex Legends</a
|
||||
>
|
||||
is one notable example that enabled Linux support for Easy
|
||||
Anti-Cheat shortly after the launch of the Steam Deck.
|
||||
from Valve. If you play a lot of online multiplayer games, you may
|
||||
need to wait as popular anti-cheat software doesn't currently work
|
||||
through Proton.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
@@ -147,15 +136,16 @@
|
||||
like the best option because I could literally build my OS from the
|
||||
ground up. I essentially have complete control over which packages
|
||||
get installed on my system. This means there is a steep learning
|
||||
curve and things can break if you are not careful. If you can get
|
||||
over the initial difficulties, you will find an amazing Linux
|
||||
desktop experience. The main reasons I decided on Arch are:
|
||||
curve and things can break if you are not careful, but the
|
||||
<a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org" target="_blank">ArchWiki</a>
|
||||
is possibly the greatest Linux resource I have ever seen. The main
|
||||
reasons I decided on Arch are:
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<b>Rolling Release</b>: I don't have to re-install my OS every 6
|
||||
months. My system and the kernel get updated through a simple
|
||||
package manager command.
|
||||
months. My system and the kernel get updated through my package
|
||||
manager.
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<b>Package Management</b>: Pacman and AUR helpers (e.g.
|
||||
@@ -174,30 +164,21 @@
|
||||
<a href="https://snapcraft.io" target="_blank">snap</a>,
|
||||
<a href="flathub" target="_blank">flatpak</a>, or
|
||||
<a href="https://appimage.org" target="_blank">AppImage</a>. While
|
||||
these universal package formats are great in that they can run on
|
||||
any Linux distro, they don't integrate into the system as well as
|
||||
I would like. AppImages have to be updated manually and don't
|
||||
integrate well with the desktop experience by default. Flatpaks
|
||||
are sandboxed applications, which means they require manual
|
||||
intervention to access certain parts of the OS. The main issue I
|
||||
found here was with theming. For lots of open source applications,
|
||||
they may not have a snap, flatpak, or AppImage package, but they
|
||||
almost always have an AUR package. This means it is extremely rare
|
||||
to have to manually install any application or program on my
|
||||
system.
|
||||
these are great in that they can run on any Linux distro, they
|
||||
don't integrate into the system as well as I would like. AppImages
|
||||
have to be updated manually and don't integrate well with the
|
||||
desktop experience by default. Flatpaks are sandboxed
|
||||
applications, which means they require manual intervention to
|
||||
access certain parts of the OS. The main issue I found here was
|
||||
with theming. For lots of open source applications, they may not
|
||||
have a snap, flatpak, or AppImage package, but they almost always
|
||||
have an AUR package. This means it is extremely rare to have to
|
||||
manually install any application or program on my system.
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<b>ArchWiki</b>: The
|
||||
<a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/" target="_blank">ArchWiki</a>
|
||||
is by far the best source of linux documentation I have found on
|
||||
the internet. It has clear and well written information on pretty
|
||||
much any topic you may be interested in and any issue you may
|
||||
encounter. On other distros, you generally have to resolve issues
|
||||
yourself or search for solutions on random message boards without
|
||||
really understanding what the different components of your OS do.
|
||||
By reading the ArchWiki, I feel like I have gained a much better
|
||||
understanding of how my computer works and how to approach
|
||||
resolving any issues I may have.
|
||||
<b>Customizability</b>: Everything on my system was either
|
||||
installed by me or a dependency for something I installed. There
|
||||
is little to no bloatware.
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
@@ -217,9 +198,17 @@
|
||||
href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System76_Oryx_Pro"
|
||||
target="_blank"
|
||||
>page for the System76 Oryx Pro</a
|
||||
>. By following the suggestions there, I was able to resolve issues
|
||||
like the audio not working, graphics switching, suspend/hibernate,
|
||||
etc.
|
||||
>. Unfortunately, I had some issue with NVIDIA's Linux drivers and
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power" target="_blank"
|
||||
>System76's graphics switching tool</a
|
||||
>
|
||||
on Arch. I was able to resolve the issue by switching to
|
||||
<a href="https://garudalinux.org" target="_blank">Garuda Linux</a>,
|
||||
which is based on Arch, but provides an easy to use installer and
|
||||
some nice GUI tools for configuring your system. As of the time of
|
||||
writing, I don't see myself switching from Garuda because it
|
||||
provides all the benefits of Arch without the initial hassle of
|
||||
installing the system from scratch.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
@@ -238,8 +227,9 @@
|
||||
from Windows, I was much more comfortable with the look and feel of
|
||||
KDE Plasma. Additionally, it has many (perhaps too many)
|
||||
customizability options. After using this for a while, I eventually
|
||||
felt that I wanted something more minimal that I could tweak exactly
|
||||
to my liking.
|
||||
ran into some system freezing issues that I didn't expect to see
|
||||
given my hardware and felt that I could go for something a bit more
|
||||
minimal.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
@@ -266,7 +256,8 @@
|
||||
my needs. One of the main downsides of dwm is that it is meant to be
|
||||
super minimal where features you might expect to see need to be
|
||||
added through patches. The process of patching can be slow,
|
||||
annoying, and prone to error. A great solution to this problem is
|
||||
annoying, and prone to error. One solution, that I ended up going
|
||||
with, is to use
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch" target="_blank"
|
||||
>dwm-flexipatch</a
|
||||
>. This includes a bunch of commonly used patches that can be
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
|
||||
<!doctype html>
|
||||
<!DOCTYPE html>
|
||||
<html lang="en" color-mode="light">
|
||||
<head>
|
||||
<script
|
||||
@@ -228,6 +228,27 @@
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="row align-items-center">
|
||||
<div class="col-md-12">
|
||||
<h2>Display Resume PDF in Website using GitHub</h2>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
I have the latest version of my
|
||||
<a href="./portfolio.html#resume">resume</a> stored in a public
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/balajsra/resume" target="_blank">
|
||||
GitHub repository</a
|
||||
>, but I wanted an easy way to share it directly on my website.
|
||||
This led me to look for ways to embed a PDF in HTML. This works
|
||||
great for local files, but not so great for PDFs stored in a
|
||||
repository. The trick is to get the link to the raw PDF file from
|
||||
GitHub and to use Google Drive PDF Viewer. This is outlined in
|
||||
<a
|
||||
href="https://medium.com/@kekayan/display-your-resume-cv-pdf-in-website-using-github-73a088ac961d"
|
||||
target="_blank"
|
||||
>Kekayan's Medium post</a
|
||||
>.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
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|
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|
||||
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