I tried multiple free distros, with mixed results.
Internal wifi card does not work with free software.
Based on this Lenovo forum thread, it seems the G50-45's BIOS prevents unapproved wifi cards.
(Tested on live Trisquel 8.0, kernel 4.4.0-119-generic)
$ glxinfo | grep rendering direct rendering: Yes
glxgears runs at about 295 FPS, and htop shows all 4 CPU cores spiking up to ~80% when using glxgears.
HDMI and VGA outputs do not work. Display settings show Monitor: Unknown and cannot change resolution from 1366x768. Brightness cannot be reduced from 100%. As the screen is very bright, this may present a major usability issue to some users, and it drains the battery quickly.
GPU/display performance is poor. Video playback (in VLC) is buggy and lags sometimes. The image is low-quality as it has too much pixelation. SuperTuxKart at lowest rendering settings runs far too slowly to be playable.
Internal Bluetooth card does not work.
Schede 3G | 31 |
Acquisition cards | 33 |
Bluetooth | 52 |
Schede ethernet | 165 |
Lettori di impronte digitali | 11 |
Host Controller | 164 |
Modems | 18 |
Notebook | 725 |
Printers | 113 |
Adattatori RAID | 19 |
Scanner | 23 |
Lettori di schede SD | 52 |
Schede audio | 131 |
Schede video | 322 |
Webcam | 125 |
Schede wifi | 202 |
TOTAL | 2186 |