(old) Legion Go Dual Boot Guide - NobaraOS v39 + Windows

[@aru3]

Note that there's now an actual fix for the 144hz issue, you can see the details here: github.com/aarron-lee/legion-go-tricks#fix-60hz-and-144hz-only-for-nobaraos-v39 edit: I said I was going to post a tutorial video, but the fix has become even easier, I don't think a dedicated tutorial will be necessary anymore.

[@nspronspro6486]

Hi I have rog ally tried to install nobora steam deck version didn’t work for me but normal nobora worked

[@aru3]

@@nspronspro6486 for the rog ally id recommend trying out Bazzite deck edition, ally version

[@tonycurry5545]

Masterfully created and well explained tutorial! I will probably be doing this on my Legion Go in a week or so. This give me a good reason to upgrade to a 2TB for storage.

[@peterp415]

Thanks for the updated, detailed and useful info. Just what we need to keep up while this development moves so quickly.

[@sdoman7215]

its so interesting watching other people use linux, everyone has their own way of doing stuff :))

[@otagadeck]

I am a legion go youtuber in Spanish. And your channel has a lot of unique and original content! :).I've never seen anything similar in the Hispanic community.

[@Nexez]

I was hating a week ago but after days of work I finally got it to work and I love it

[@LeftyPencil]

How is it, 3 months later?

[@leepaulmann]

Thank you so much for these awesome guides.

[@otagadeck]

I really like your work!!!:).Keep it up!!

[@Steveleter]

if you had to choose between a Steam Deck OLED and a Lenovo Legion Go loaded with Linux, which one would you go with and why?

[@aru3]

Deck OLED if I wanted better battery life or a better screen, as well as official Valve support. Legion Go if I wanted a higher performance ceiling (at the expense of battery life), larger screen, or if I wanted the detachable controllers. Also note that the Linux on the Legion Go is supported by volunteers, no official support from Valve or Lenovo.

[@foxcloud]

Superb Video you have a new sub

[@BigBankBailey]

Im gonna sub thanks man I get the legion go for my birthday in about a month. Definitely doing this and appreciate your great informative video. I do wonder what if i clone the ssd to a 2tb will it still be just as easy to fix the partitions or should I wait until I buy one and install it first?

[@aru3]

hrm, it'll be a bit trickier to adjust the partitions afterwards. i'd say clone first.

[@undyingsonars]

One thing i immediately noticed when playing games is that the CPU clock does not adjust for games like Mario kart 8 on yuzu. any plugins that allow you to do that? the powertools doesnt.

[@KenshinHimura-zq1jz]

That's an impressive guide, great work

[@TreyHam27]

Which is better? Bazzite or noabara?

[@tessjdt]

Has Nebora caught up with Bazzite with supporting most of the Legion Go features out of the box yet?

[@aru3]

Nobara has mostly caught up, but it does require an update after the install. Nobara's installer ISO doesn't have LGO fixes

[@chronus5904]

Hope you could do a TOTK Lookout Landing game test on Yuzu while on Nobara/Linux. I believe it will never dip below 30 there.

[@MarounElKhoury1]

Thanks for this, which of the three linus distros do you prefer?

[@aru3]

if you mean chimeraOS, Nobara, and Bazzite, right now Nobara is the easiest to work with on the LGO. That being said, ChimeraOS has always been rock solid stable and easy to use for me on other devices, so I'm looking forward to seeing the next stable release to that I can try it on the LGO. as for Bazzite, I haven't used it enough to form an opinion on it.

[@datafail290]

​@@aru3A new stable version of Chimera OS 45 has recently been released. I would be grateful if you test it on Legion Go

[@aru3]

@@datafail290 I'm waiting for 45-1 to release, it has some additional changes that will help on the LGO.

[@MalformedMisshapenMonstrosity]

Can always rely on you for great LeGo guides! Out of curiosity, is that Windows 10 you're using in the video?

[@aru3]

Yep, it's windows 10 in the video

[@MalformedMisshapenMonstrosity]

@@aru3 Thank you for the reply! How well does Windows 10 support the Legion Go? I'm not a fan of Windows 11 and would prefer to use Windows 10.

[@aru3]

@@MalformedMisshapenMonstrosity I'll be honest, I haven't tested Windows 10 on this device extensively enough to give you a good answer. It seems to work fine, but I haven't really used it for enough time to tell you for sure.

[@Kev-I-N]

Im having a tough time choosing if i should dual boot with this and Windows. Or bazzite and windows. Idk if it was me, but iv had issues the 2 times i used bazzite. Kinda wanna try this.

[@aru3]

That's up to you to try out, I personally think Bazzite is less of a hassle and lower-maintenance, but Nobara isn't a bad option either

[@Kev-I-N]

@aru3 thanks I ended up choosing bazzite after i figured out what i did wrong and I'm loving it. Might just try out nobara for fun.

[@Kitsune21134]

thanks you for the guide but i've got a probleme, my M2 button take screenshot in gamemode and in game

[@aru3]

I have made a request for to the ability to disable this behavior from the hhd dev, waiting for a response.

[@Kitsune21134]

@@aru3 thanks you , for now going with the Xbox mapping work

[@aru3]

as an update, hhd update was released with the requested config option. You can update, then use the hhd decky plugin to turn off the m2 github.com/hhd-dev/hhd-decky/

[@Kitsune21134]

Nice thanks you

[@gambaownsus]

I own a steam deck oled for a couple days and I cant believe Legion GO already has steamOS working LOL. Can you share your experience through games/feedback on how different it is compared to Steam Deck Oled? Have you seen any difference? Also, the TDP, its known that SD works better on lower wattage, (like 5-10w), can you get a similar experience with NobaraOS?. thank you, (would be great to have a video explaning your user experience)

[@aru3]

I no longer own a Steam Deck, so I can't do a direct comparison anymore. But I can do a comparison based off what I do remember. - Detachable controllers are amazing, feels like I got a free steam controller with my LGO haha. - Battery life on the Deck was better, but the LGO has higher peak performance. - The LGO w/ linux can power through PS3 emulation and Switch emulation that the Deck struggled with. - However, the Deck definitely had better performance at very low TDPs - Fan noise is better on the Deck, albeit it might change once bios fixes for fan curves are released for the LGO - Gyro is better on the Deck, more responsive, more smooth

[@creaturecore13]

Steam deck beats the go up to 13w and in some games 15w. It's the much better system if you actually want Linux. If you want to look up how to do everything on your system install Linux, otherwise stick to windows. You can already give yourself a deck interface by just having steam start on start up in big picture mode.

[@DJCJ999]

So why choose this over steam big picture mode?

[@iYoutubing]

Thank you for the easy to follow guide! It's really useful for a total Linux noob like me :D I've got a question though, I'm getting an issue where the entire screen will constantly flash when entering or exiting suspend, this happens often enough but not every time and the only way to clear this is performing a shutdown... Are you getting this, if so, is there a fix please? Thanks :)

[@aru3]

Unfortunately, this is a very recent bug that first popped up a few weeks ago. There is no currently known fix. There are some users reporting that this issue isn't present on older Linux kernels with Nobara, Nobara v38, as well as on BazziteOS. I am currently testing BazziteOS to see if the bug is present or not.

[@aru3]

to further clarify, if I end up finding out that the bug isn't on Bazzite, that would mean bazzite is doing something differently that fixes the bug. I'm basically investigating to try and confirm whether this is the case.

[@iYoutubing]

Thanks for investigating, I'll try and look up on how to revert to an older Linux kernel for Nobara39, as far as my experience goes, if this screen flashing was not present, this would have been a perfect SteamOS replacement for me :)

[@Hepta_seven7]

first thanks for complete and clear tutorial, i have a question about TDP at 33:44, i have purple but it don't become blue when i go at 10w or lower? why pls ( i put stamp in bios, and i follow step by step your explanations religiously)

[@aru3]

You can press "Legion_L + Y" to change the LED to blue, but setting the TDP via the plugin should change it back to purple. That part of the video was just to confirm that the plugin works

[@Hepta_seven7]

@@aru3 oh thanks so much to respond so quickly thx a lot. I'm not a good speaker in English so i can't understand all you say. This information maybe you said it. I'm new in linux. It takes me all day to follow your tutorial 😂

[@aru3]

@@Hepta_seven7 no problem, hope the video helps :)

[@Hepta_seven7]

@@aru3 yes a lot, i'm happy to find you i subscribe to your channel instantly

[@Blazekrieg420]

Is there any battery improvement when using linux ?

[@aru3]

I haven't done any formal battery life comparisons, but custom TDP control does work on Linux, which might mean you can get better power management. Lenovo should eventually also fix their custom TDP behavior in legion space, the linux TDP control is using their bios v28 fixes for TDP, so the functionality is now all there. Legion Space just needs to actually use those bios fixes.

[@spekt113]

I have completely abandoned Windows in favor of Linux on the Legion Go, is there any possible way for me to update to the new BIOS without having to reinstall Windows?

[@aru3]

unfortunately, none that I know of. the best I can recommend is to setup a Windows2Go USB stick, and use it to update the BIOS

[@LeftyPencil]

@@aru3 dumb question but how do you know when to update the bios? I see the Go as my deck 2

[@aru3]

@@LeftyPencil to be honest, as long as you're on bios v29.1 or newer, you don't need to care about bios updates for Linux. Linux is already feature-complete without newer bios/controller updates

[@chrishudson918]

Is there a way to increase the Linux partition? I started with a small partition just to try now I would like to favor most of the storage to Linux.

[@aru3]

Unfortunately it's annoyingly difficult to resize the Linux boot partitions after the install. The easiest workaround is to shrink the Windows partition more, and then create a new partition with the blank space. then you can "mount" the extra partition on boot, kind of like how you would mount a USB drive or external NVMe.

[@theonepoet]

Is there eGPU support in NobaroOS?

[@lutherjacob]

Apologies for the 20 Questions. If I run Nobara OS as primary will it get regularly updated like windows? I wouldn't want to miss apu and amd graphics driver updates. To include bios updates

[@aru3]

apu and graphics drivers are part of the OS on Linux, so doing Nobara updates (via the "Update system" app) while in desktop mode will get you the latest drivers. Note that this does not update Windows graphics drivers, you'd have to boot into windows and update windows separately.

[@omigoto3377]

Is this better than windows 11?

[@feliperuben]

Can you make a video comparing performance and battery life with windows? I really want to do this because of the sheer ease of use of Linux, but I’m afraid that those would be worse than on windows, thus making it not worth it for me. (Just answering instead of making a video would be very good too, if you could benchmark with a random game or two hehe)

[@feliperuben]

Also, how’s the hibernation working?

[@KuromaKeys573]

Since this is linux distro, can we install waydroid ? Tbh only wanting install android on it since wsa kinda sucks for mobile rhythm games

[@aru3]

yeah, you can install waydroid. But waydroid does require a bunch of additional setup for ARM emulation, play store access, etc. Just know that it might take some work to get it running well. Also, it will work best on desktop mode; it'll be difficult to getting it working as an app in game mode

[@theRealDonaldTrump666]

what the hell happened to your legion go? why is there only 238.5 gb of space total? its 512gb stock

[@VV-md2dm]

Sensor keyboard in desktop mode not working... TDP in Game mode not changing....heeelp...

[@aru3]

Could you elaborate? Sensor keyboard?

[@VV-md2dm]

@@aru3Yes. In desktop mode, no on-screen keyboard opens. And in game mode, TDP does not change at any settings

[@aru3]

@@VV-md2dm for desktop, you need to press `Steam + X` to pull up the OSK. If you see a little red error notification pop up in the bottom right, you can follow it's instructions for to help with the keyboard. As for the TDP, did you set the advanced custom TDP control?

[@TornadoBarrage]

I noticed theres no game mode on the desktop and when i open settings the windows are zoomed and cannot click apply on the bottom

[@aru3]

For the missing desktop icon, you can try try reapplying the theming with "lookandfeeltool -a org.nobaraproject.desktop" and logging out or rebooting.

[@aru3]

as for the cannot click apply, you can try this to reduce the screen scaling, apply should become visible: github.com/aarron-lee/legion-go-tricks#nobaraos-desktop-mode---automatically-set-desktop-resolution-scale

[@TornadoBarrage]

@@aru3 after puting that in kommand and rebooting only host remote play and steam are in the desktop

[@TornadoBarrage]

@@aru3 what i did was dragging the window to the top and it full screened, the apply button appeared, thank you

[@aru3]

@@TornadoBarrage try running this script then: github.com/aarron-lee/legion-go-tricks/blob/main/add_return_to_desktop.sh

[@Ryangocal]

Are we able to dual boot an os on an SD card? Instead of shrinking the main drive or is it preferred to install on the main drive

[@aru3]

Lenovo doesn't support booting off an SD card, you'd need Lenovo to issue a bios update that recognizes the SD card as a valid boot device.

[@Ryangocal]

@@aru3 I kinda figured but wanted to double check, thank you.

[@Ryangocal]

My other question is does this os support egpu drivers?

[@Hepta_seven7]

is it possible to change icon of steamos-nested-desktop? and where is the css loader, how to install it? thx

[@aru3]

look up tutorials for css loader on the steam deck, it'll explain how to use it.

[@Hepta_seven7]

@@aru3 thanks a lot

[@lutherjacob]

Does this work with all the latest Legion go updates and Legion Go firmware? Specifically the controller firmware that was updated a week ago

[@aru3]

yep, this should work with the latest controller firmware update. As of the time of me writing this comment, the latest controller firmware update is the one with deadzone fixes, etc. The latest bios (v28) also is highly recommended for this dual boot setup.

[@lutherjacob]

​@@aru3Thank you for your response. You are really a cut above with the detail you put into your videos and I hope your channel grows quickly. Subscribing

[@Hepta_seven7]

hi it's me again. how i can remove nobara choice in boot menu after removing it. And i want to know if chiaki works? works well? and how i can setup it in nobara?

[@aru3]

do you mean remove the nobara boot options that display on boot? try this: www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/wzoiu4/comment/im5cfx7/?context=3 no idea for chiaki, I don't have a ps5 to test with.

[@Hepta_seven7]

@@aru3 thanks again you are so helpful

[@DjVendetta]

is it possible to get an egpu running?

[@mrive1986]

Would this support egpu with Linux (Nobara)?

[@aru3]

eGPUs can be tricky to get working on Linux. I think there are some users in the Nobara Discord that got it working though.

[@GarlicBr33d]

Question can you make a bootable micro and card for the installer?

[@aru3]

hrm, I don't think so. The Legion Go doesn't recognize the SD card as a valid bootable device, even for install media.

[@GarlicBr33d]

Thanks for fast response wasn’t sure appreciate it. Ima follow guide and install to try it out.

[@Hepta_seven7]

Excuse me i have a problem. The gyro don't work so i try to activate the auto rotate screen in desktop and it's don't work . I want to play game with gyro option if only this is possible to find a solution

[@aru3]

You need to elaborate. When you go into calibration for the dualsense controller in steam input settings, do you see the gyro moving? If you do, then it's working. You will need to add a gyro toggle of some sort to your game for it to work.

[@Hepta_seven7]

@@aru3 i try what you say and it's don't work. Yes the gyro test work but not in game

[@aru3]

@@Hepta_seven7 did you change the steam game's controller settings to enable gyro, then enable a gyro toggle, and map the gyro to a joystick or mouse?

[@aru3]

You can see an example here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKa2k6KGoL-imJYsi=PETBNqWUuKGvPa83&t=40

[@Hepta_seven7]

@@aru3 thanks i will try it this evening

[@ibrahimrisfan]

Any updates?

[@aru3]

Yep there are more updates coming, I've just been busy these past few weeks.

[@officialradaq]

does it suspend? / sleep mode

[@aru3]

yep, you can read about what does/doesn't work here: github.com/aarron-lee/legion-go-tricks

[@MobileDecay]

Cool! I wish anticheat was better in Linux. 😢

[@aru3]

Agreed, but technically a lot of anticheats do work on Linux; some game developers just refuse to turn it on to work Linux. For example, Elden ring uses Easy Anticheat on Linux, but it works fine since the game devs actually enabled it.

[@MobileDecay]

@@aru3 Yeah they like to make up crazy hypotheticals about people making custom kernels just to cheat in their game. When people wanna cheat they look to Windows. Not Linux.