Re: Install debian on ASUS Vivobook 15

Le 02/08/2026 à 17:58, David Lishchyshen a écrit :
> Oh, sorry it was translated by deepl. I meant that my primary pc was 
> working on Arch.

;-D



> Yesterday I installed Debian and everything works good.
> But I realized that I have mt7902, which isn't supported by Linux.

 From what I can read, the mt7902 is supported in Linux kernels versions 
7.0 and later.


> So I have already ordered ax200.

So you'll have two cards?  Building a wifi router from a laptop seems to 
be interesting...

Good luck!
Best regards,
Pierre



> Best regards,
> David
> 
> On 8/2/26 18:13, Pierre Chevalier wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Le 01/08/2026 à 14:48, David Lishchyshen a écrit :
>>> Thanks for the help!
>>
>> You're welcome!
>>
>>
>>> Sid doesn't scare me, since it's based on Arch, and it's even less 
>>> stable.
>>
>> ... Debian Sid (Still In Development) is based on Arch?  That's quite 
>> new, or maybe I didn't understand your point...
>>
>>
>>> May I ask which kernel
>>
>>  # pierre@zenoko: ~ < 2026_08_02__17_10_50 > [bashpid_3205669 1]
>> uname -a
>> Linux zenoko 7.0.3+deb14-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 7.0.3-1 
>> (2026-04-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>  # pierre@zenoko: ~ < 2026_08_02__17_10_52 > [bashpid_3205669 2]
>>
>>
>>> and additional drivers you installed? 
>> modprobe i915.force_probe=7d55
>>
>> I installed these packages:
>>   firmware-iwlwifi
>>   firmware-linux
>>   firmware-linux-nonfree
>>   firmware-misc-nonfree
>>
>>
>>> Do WiFi and Bluetooth work properly?
>>
>> Yes, no worry at all.
>>
>>
>>> How's the battery life?
>>
>> I don't often run on battery, last time I did I had a quite 
>> comfortable time working on the battery, something like 5 or 6 hours, 
>> I can't remember well.
>>
>> All in all, it's a quite fantastic machine.
>>
>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> David
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Pierre
>>
>>
>>> 1 серпня 2026 р. 15:09:36 GMT+03:00, Pierre Chevalier 
>>> <[email protected]> пише:
>>>
>>>     Hello,
>>>
>>>     I also have a (relatively) recent Asus machine, a Zenbook duo, and I
>>>     didn't succeed in installing a Debian Stable; however, I
>>>     successfully installed a Debian Sid (that was in January, 2025) and
>>>     it still works like a charm today.
>>>
>>>     I was a bit frightened by the "Unstable" character of the Sid
>>>     distro, but overall, it is very far to be unstable, and it feels
>>>     like having a "rolling release" GNU/Linux, which is quite nice.
>>>
>>>     Good luck!
>>>
>>>     Best regards,
>>>     Pierre
>>>
>>>     Le 01/08/2026 à 13:25, David Lishchyshen a écrit :
>>>
>>>         I have an ASUS Vivobook 15 OLED (M1505), and I’ve heard there
>>>         are a lot of proprietary drivers on it. For example, in the BIOS
>>>         and in Windows, before installing the drivers, the CPU heats up
>>>         to 80–90 degrees and the fans are running at full speed.
>>>
>>>         I found this article: https://wiki.debian.org/
>>>         InstallingDebianOn/Asus <https://wiki.debian.org/
>>>         InstallingDebianOn/Asus>. But my model isn’t listed there. What
>>>         do you recommend? Is it possible to install Debian on this 
>>> machine?
>>>
>>>         Best regards,
>>>         David
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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