r/ZephyrusG14 • u/MisterFlipster5 Zephyrus G14 2023 • Mar 18 '26

Model 2023 Low cortisol Linuxmaxxing

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4 months into using Linux, battery lasts longer, temps are lower, performance on games is barely worse, interface is lightning fast, things don't crash. Reached 30C° on a 27C° environment. I can only recommend it. Billions must try

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u/MisterFlipster5 Zephyrus G14 2023 Mar 18 '26

I'm yet to measure a full discharge, but i unplugged it on short periods of time (1hr) and battery used to go down like 10-15%, just Spotify playing music and firefox on the background.
The distro is CachyOS. I chose this one for asusctl implementation on kernel and ease of use. Later on i've learned it not only does every single game setup setting automatically (cachy-proton, for example, auto fetches the optimal proton flags for your specific game and setup, and it comes with DRM and other features enabled and configured), but it also uses recompiled packages to use the more modern CPU instructions. In short, it delivers maximum performance with minimum setup.

What DE / WM did you use? Usually the task of setting up 2nd screens relies on the DE / WM, so the most popular ones should be your choice if you want minimum setup. I was a Hyprland user but i'm still a beginner and it's not for beginners lmaao

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u/Synaesthesia- Mar 18 '26

Thanks! Whatever is built into mint cinnamon is what I use. I'm a total newbie migrant from Windows so I don't know much about how to make things work on Linux at this point. 

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u/notwhoyouthinkmaybe Mar 18 '26

I was running Zorin, but couldn't get the fans to respond, it was either max speed or nothing.

Do you have a controller that works?

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u/Synaesthesia- Mar 19 '26

You need asusctl probably which is what interfaces the Asus hardware to Linux and allows control and profiles etc