Alternative OSes

Framework Laptop 12
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Just received my laptop a week ago, while waiting for a NVME to arrive I tested two live OSes that I planned to install later.
The first one is CachyOS, an archlinux based distro. With a MicroSD, it works like a charm, the touch screen is recognized from the start.
The second one is HaikuOS, a descendant from BeOS. Worked without issue but for that one the touchscreen isn’t recognized.

I eventually got the NVME and I could install HaikuOS first then CachyOS second with the use of the rEFInd bootloader so I can select which one to boot at startup.

Now is the time to find a stylus as I plan to use that laptop for Gimp, Krita and Blender. I’m sure that its screen will end a load when it comes to texture painting.

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Good to hear. Does the autorotation of the screen work under CachyOs?

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I had to do add “MODULES=(pinctrl_tigerlake)” to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and “sudo mkinitcpio -P” then reboot in CachyOS to fix it:

$ head -10 /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run.  Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array.  For instance:
#     MODULES=(usbhid xhci_hcd)
MODULES=(pinctrl_tigerlake)

# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
$ sudo mkinitcpio -P
$ sudo reboot
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Found this on reddit. It’s very relevant to this discussion:

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