After picking up a 512 GB Legion Go from Micro Center on Tuesday, naturally I wanted to see how well the device would perform with Linux. For this, I went with ChimeraOS – the closest distro that’s going to give you that SteamOS-like experience.
Installation First, to boot any external media, you’ll need to disable Secure Boot. To do this, hold the Volume+ button while turning the device on. Tap “BIOS Setup” from the dropdown menu.
Nice work to everyone working on this! Good write up!
I want to see Linux dominate tf out of this. If I was going to buy one of the current handhelds it would be this and I would use it for everything… A main PC.
Well, some bad news for you then. Even the Lenovo Legion laptops are packaged with what you might call a “Windows BIOS” which is pretty unworkable out of the box even on the 6.4+ kernels. I imagine this one has very specific features and settings that are similarly not easily worked around or supported (like power management and ACPI states). Someone will eventually work out the right combo of features and script a decent setup for these devices though.
If you want a Linux handheld, why not buy a Steam Deck? What does this do better than the Deck?
Nice work to everyone working on this! Good write up!
I want to see Linux dominate tf out of this. If I was going to buy one of the current handhelds it would be this and I would use it for everything… A main PC.
Well, some bad news for you then. Even the Lenovo Legion laptops are packaged with what you might call a “Windows BIOS” which is pretty unworkable out of the box even on the 6.4+ kernels. I imagine this one has very specific features and settings that are similarly not easily worked around or supported (like power management and ACPI states). Someone will eventually work out the right combo of features and script a decent setup for these devices though.
Dream killer.
Lenovo is just that, yes.