I'm considering putting Ubuntu on a Lenovo LOQ (RTX 5050). On Windows it uses Lenovo Space to manage fan profiles, GPU switching, and performance modes. Since that software doesn't exist on Linux, I'm wondering: have any of you run Linux on a laptop where the OEM control software is Windows-only? Does the hardware run safely without it, or does the lack of fan/thermal control cause real problems? What Linux tools do you use instead?
Maybe run Windows in a VM that allows PCIe, USB and CPU Core Passthrough, but limit it to one core, set a limit on max ram usage, set VM process priority and boot the VM with your installed UEFI firmware like Tianocore EDK2 so it can call baremetal uefi runtime services functions while the rest of your cores run on Linux.
>>108781527Similar hardware, Pop!_OS compatible https://system76.com/laptops/gazelle
>>108781527have any of you run Linux on a laptop where the OEM control software is Windows-only?Yes, Legion 5 w/ Zen2 + Turing here>Does the hardware run safely without it, or does the lack of fan/thermal control cause real problems?Yes, it runs safely. CPU performance modes are handled by the cpufreq driver of the actual CPU, not the BIOS/firmware (thank god) and GPU performance modes are handled by the GPU driver itself. The only shit managed by the firmware is GPU switching.>What Linux tools do you use instead?I found this to be useful, it has almost all configuration features/control that the OEM has, archlinux has an AUR package https://github.com/johnfanv2/LenovoLegionLinux
