Implements : Netbook
Replaces : Archix
Hardware Info : us.toshiba.com
Contents
Specs
Make : Toshiba
Model : CB35-C3300
CPU : Intel Celeron 3215U
RAM : 4GB
SSD : 16GB M.2 NGFF SSD 42mm
Storage : microSD
Screen : 13.3" 1080p
PSU : 19V, 2.37A
Battery : 5208U-1BRS
Price : 297 (imported from US)
Purchased : 2016-01-07 from Amazon.com
Delivered : 2016-01-16
Linux Notes
GalliumOS install
Prep
- Developer Mode
SeaBIOS
- Flashed Legacy bios from johnlewis.ie
Install
- install via chrx
No wifi adapter
Missing linux-firmware.
sudo apt-get install linux-firmware
FIXED.
Can't execute time-admin or users-admin
(time-admin:2512): Liboobs-WARNING **: There was an unknown error communicating asynchronously with the backends: Failed to execute program org.freedesktop.SystemToolsBackends.TimeConfig: Permission denied
(time-admin:2512): Liboobs-WARNING **: There was an unknown error communicating asynchronously with the backends: Failed to execute program org.freedesktop.SystemToolsBackends.NTPConfig: Success
(time-admin:2512): Liboobs-WARNING **: There was an unknown error communicating asynchronously with the backends: Failed to execute program org.freedesktop.SystemToolsBackends.ServicesConfig: Success
messagebus user is assigned dynamically. In the process of debugging the wifi issue, packages were downgraded but dbus permissions weren't corrected.
/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
chrx@chrx:/$ ls -l /usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
-rwsr-xr-- 1 root 201 302704 Mar 31 2015 /usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
# wrong group permissions! non-existent group 201
# correct group
sudo chgrp messagebus /usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
# reapply SUID
sudo chmod 04754 /usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
Hardware
SSD Upgrade
MyDigitalSSD : TheSSDReview, AnandTech
Kingmax : TheSSDReview
Adata : TheSSDReview
| Make | Model | Price | Capacity | Read/Write | R-Seq | W-Seq | R-512 | W-512 | R-4k | W-4k | R-4k-q32 | W-4k-q32 | AVG | Features | Warranty | Power Idle/Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MyDigitalSSD | MDM242-SC2-128 | 52.20 | 128 | 530/430 | 531 | 185 | 319 | 155 | 39 | 76 | 139 | 104 | 193.5 | SMART, ECC24, SPO | 3y | 0.5/0.9 |
| ZTE | 128 | 550/490 | TRIM, SMART | 3y | ||||||||||||
| Adata | ASP600NS34-128GM-C | 59.99 | 128 | 550/320 | 465 | 144 | 31 | 94 | 279 | 144 | 192.83 | SMART, TRIM, ECC72, SLEEP | 3y | |||
| Transcend | 55.49 | 128 | 550/460 | 491 | 296 | 222 | 66 | 12 | 48 | 222 | 66 | 177.875 | SMART, TRIM, SLEEP, NCQ, ECC, SPO | 3y | ||
| Adata | ASP900NS34-128GM-C | ?? | 128 | 550/530 | 469 | 266 | 19 | 79 | 100 | 231 | 194 | 4.7/0.6 |
Replacement
Doused in water on 29 June 2018. Laptop is working but charging circuit seems to be fried.
Purchased : Dell XPS 13 9370, i7-8550, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe refurb for £1186
Delivery : 2018-07-10
Options
| Make | Model | Price | CPU | RAM | SSD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pixelbook | 1000? | |||||
| Dell | XPS 13 9370 | 1198 | i7-8550 | 8GB | 256GB | |
| Dell | XPS 13 9370 | 1398 | i7-8550 | 16GB | 512GB | |
| Razer | Blade Stealth | £1500 | i7-8550 | 16GB | 256GB NVMe | |
| Lenovo | Thinkpad L380 | £780 | i5-8250 | 8GB | 256GB NVMe | |
| Entroware | Apollo 2018 | 870 | i5-8250 | 16GB | 250GB | US kb |
| Tuxedo | Infinity Book | 864 | i5-8250 | 16GB | 250GB | |
| Juno | Jupiter | 734 | i5-8250 | 16GB | sata 128GB | |
| PCS | Lafité 3 | 700 | i5-8250 | 16GB | 256GB | |
| KDE | Slimbook 2 | 884 | i5-7200 | 16GB | nvme? 256GB | |
Setup
Hostname :
Make : Dell
Model : XPS13 9370
Screen : 13.3" 1080p
CPU : i7-8550 @ 1.8GHz Kabylake
RAM : 16GB LPDDR3 2133MHz
Storage : 512GB NVMe (28IS101YT3ZQ)
Graphics :
System Software
https://gist.github.com/mattiaslundberg/8620837
Disk
- 650MB EFI
- 250MB boot
- + root
cryptsetup -c aes-xts-plain64 -y --key-size 512 -y --use-random luksFormat /dev/nvme0n1p3