{"id":10618,"date":"2025-05-15T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/?p=10618"},"modified":"2025-05-09T20:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T00:50:13","slug":"upgrading-a-lenovo-v15-to-fedora-kde-plasma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/?p=10618","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading a Lenovo V15 to Fedora KDE Plasma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"10618\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ve been looking for a new laptop for a couple of months because the one I\u2019ve been using is missing a \u2018P\u2019 key. Replacing the key turned out to be more work than I was interested in pursuing, so I had to decide what I would do to replace the unit. Recently, I was helping a friend transition from her old laptop to a new one she had purchased at a local store, and that store invited me to consider a <a href=\"https:\/\/psref.lenovo.com\/Product\/Lenovo\/Lenovo_V15_G4_ABP\">Lenovo V 15<\/a> with a Ryzen 7 CPU, 16 GB RAM, and a 512 GB NVMe drive. The price was right, but I wasn\u2019t sure whether this unit would work with Linux. I have been using Fedora KDE Plasma since January and wanted to continue using it. Still, there was very little information in any place I searched on the internet about whether this version 15 would work with Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to proceed with the purchase, and today, I am glad to report that the unit works quite well with Fedora. I\u2019m pretty sure you might be interested in installing almost any other Linux distribution on it. This is my first ever Lenovo. I purchased from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjs.com\/product\/lenovo-v15-156-fhd-notebook-amd-ryzen-7-processor-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd-windows-11-home\/3000000000005579251\/\">BJs.com<\/a> . It came from Lenovo with Windows 11 Home, but that OS was never allowed to boot. I installed Fedora 42 KDE Plasma from a USB drive and am now getting used to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I installed \u2018inxi\u2019 so that you could look at the internals of this new system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>System:\n  Kernel: 6.14.5-300.fc42.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64\n  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.5 Distro: Fedora Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)\nMachine:\n  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82YY v: Lenovo V15 G4 ABP\n    serial: &lt;superuser required>\n  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76463WIN\n    serial: &lt;superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: MSCN17WW date: 08\/08\/2024\nBattery:\n  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 6.4 Wh (16.5%) condition: 38.8\/38.0 Wh (102.1%) volts: 7.3 min: 7.7\nCPU:\n  Info: 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 7730U with Radeon Graphics &#91;MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 1095 min\/max: 400\/4547\nGraphics:\n  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices &#91;AMD\/ATI] Barcelo driver: amdgpu v: kernel\n  Device-2: Bison Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB\n  Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 compositor: kwin_wayland driver: gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz\n  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.4 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO DRM   3.61 6.14.5-300.fc42.x86_64)\nInfo: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo\n  de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo,\n  xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr\nNetwork:\n  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111\/8168\/8211\/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169\n  Device-2: Realtek RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network driver: rtw89_8852be\nDrives:\n  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 8.82 GiB (1.8%)\nInfo:\n  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 13.48 GiB used: 4.32 GiB (32.0%)\n  Processes: 396 Uptime: 1h 36m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.38\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>It is replacing a Dell Latitude 5410. The keyboard seems light but easy to use, and the \u2018P\u2019 key works. The unit is relatively light, and the case is plastic. The display is more than adequate. I\u2019m getting used to it. I use an external Logitech M325 wireless mouse, so I don\u2019t typically use the touchpad. The touch pad is adequate but not impressive. Maybe I\u2019ll discover how to fine-tune that. I\u2019m very impressed with the Realtek wireless. I like the fact that it\u2019s got an Ethernet port on it, too. Sometimes I\u2019m called on to troubleshoot connections where that is useful. It has two USB-A ports, one USB-C port, an HDMI port, and a headphone port. The weight is listed at 3.64 pounds but seems lighter. I\u2019m happy with it and wanted to share this with folks like me that were looking for new laptop that they could enjoy using Linux on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;ve been looking for a new laptop for a couple of months because the one I&rsquo;ve been using<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":4855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,746],"tags":[767],"class_list":["post-10618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","category-moving-to-linux","tag-lenovo-v15"],"modified_by":"David Both","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10618"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10622,"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10618\/revisions\/10622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}