other distros : PClinuxOS cant’ be installed, Debian can’t be installed
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I’m going to wait a while before resuming my trials.
Six months or a year.
@Zlinux1 I would suspect the GPU (and it’s firmware) is perhaps too new for some distributions… You should try at boot adding nomodeset to the grub installer boot options.
Likewise there could be compatibility issues with there init systems and the likes of Tumbleweed, which uses systemd-boot by default, make sure you have a large /boot/efi partition for this.
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“Exotic” is not a proper term. If the motherboard has WiFi and Ethernet hardware built in and available, the proper term is “integrated”.
( Also, “mother card” should be “motherboard” as that is the proper name.)
I am curious what “2 GO” and “500 GO” means?`
Is it supposed to be “2 GB” and “500 GB” ??
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More important … it seems that you are recommending people who are using Windows to move to Tumbleweed?
Why TW?
Nomodeset isn’t enough.
Other hardware isn’t recognised, such as the network card, for example.
And all the installations I carry out are in legacy mode (EFI disabled in my BIOS).
As mentioned in my previous reply on this subject, I’m going to wait a few months to see if the issue resolves itself.
I’ve installed several Linux distributions in legacy mode on other ASUS machines (laptops) and have never encountered this problem, which only affects my PC built with ASUS hardware.
So install/boot any running Linux on this machine and post here:
inxi -F
So we can see, which hardware is inside.
Well, Asus ROG is “exotic” by definition. It is not only the chips they use, they might tweak their firmware and configurations to squeeze that last nanosecond out of their HW. They are only really guaranteed to run on the Windows versions tweaked with specific Asus drivers. So your mileage might vary and you might need extensive tweaking before everything works on any Linux (Tumbleweed included).
But if you have Tumbleweed running there, post the result of inxi -GNSaz here so we can understand how the system “sees” its HW.
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Yes, you have right, i’m sorry, i have writed GO as in french : 2 GB of RAM an 500 GB of harddisk.
Tumbleweed only for my daughter, so i have the same distro to help. She has used on other distro in the past.
She’d loved SUSE about 20 years ago, so I made her happy by getting it for her.
Tumbleweed is more comprehensive than other distributions and is easier to use with KDE (in my experience, coming from Windows).
For others, I recommend PCLinuxOS as it’s the one I know best – I’ve been using it for 20 years and have been able to install it in a virtual machine.
So I can help out if any problems arise.
Another vote for “nomodeset” as a kernel parameter when booting.
herve@Zlinux:~> inxi -F
System:
Host: Zlinux Kernel: 7.1.8-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.7.4 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260822
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B760-F GAMING WIFI v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> Firmware: BIOS vendor: American Megatrends
v: 1825 date: 10/09/2025
CPU:
Info: 16-core (8-mt/8-st) model: 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K bits: 64
type: MST AMCP cache: L2: 14 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/5100:5200:3900 cores: 1: 800 2: 800
3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800
13: 800 14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 800
22: 800 23: 800 24: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GB206 [GeForce RTX 5060 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 595.91.07
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.24 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.13
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,vesa gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nvidia,swrast
platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 595.91.07
renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.357 drivers: nvidia,llvmpipe surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 700 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: NVIDIA GB206 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-3: ASUSTek USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB
API: ALSA v: k7.1.8-1-default status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.6.8 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel 700 Series Family CNVi Wi-Fi driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: 62:fb:ee:49:e3:db
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I226-V driver: igc
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: a0:ad:9f:b3:7a:56
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb type: USB
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 state: up address: FC:6D:77:8A:4A:11 bt-v: 5.4
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 685.48 GiB (18.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EFPX-68C4TN0
size: 1.82 TiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 106.13 GiB used: 42.48 GiB (40.0%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 14.93 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.09 GiB used: 3.83 GiB (12.3%)
Processes: 475 Uptime: 4h 54m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.41
herve@Zlinux:~>
This is no proof, a VM has no HW and what is emulated is usually the most basic version that works, so any Linux from the last 20 years should be able to boot (especially in legacy mode).
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herve@Zlinux:~> inxi -GNSaz
System:
Kernel: 7.1.8-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.2.0
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-7.1.8-1-default
root=UUID=2091f79b-fcc7-4394-a44c-10d11bdb923b splash=silent
mitigations=auto quiet security=selinux selinux=1
rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.7.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.29.0
wm: kwin_wayland tools: avail: xscreensaver vt: 3 dm: 1: GDM v: 50.2 2: SDDM
note: stopped Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260822
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GB206 [GeForce RTX 5060 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 595.91.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-6xx.xx+
status: current (as of 2026-07) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2d04 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.24 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.13
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,vesa alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv
gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Idek Iiyama PL2710HD serial: <filter>
built: 2010 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 595.91.07
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 15.56 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.357 layers: 3 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti driver: nvidia v: 595.91.07 device-ID: 10de:2d04
surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 22.1.8 256 bits)
driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 26.2.1 (LLVM 22.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Network:
Device-1: Intel 700 Series Family CNVi Wi-Fi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I226-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:125c class-ID: 0200
herve@Zlinux:~>
Sorry, there’s been a misunderstanding.
I installed PCLinuxOS in a virtual machine to help those who have it installed normally on their own computers.
The latest version of PCLinuxOS won’t install on my machine, but it installs fine on others (including one belonging to one of my daughters and her friend).
My virtual installation is only used to resolve certain software installation issues arising from this distribution’s repository. Nothing else.
Glad to help out. The thing is, even if the kernel version is the same, kernels are not all built the same way - each distro uses different options at compile time, so it’s really impossible now (or in the future) to have a “universal” kernel that is going to work with all distros, because each distro builder has different objectives. openSUSE’s primary focus is on supporting open drivers in the mainline kernel, rather than incorporating proprietary drivers. There are good reasons for that that align with the project’s goals.
Other distributions take a different approach; Pop!_OS, for example, incorporates nVidia drivers in their base images, because System76 (who makes it) ships systems with nVidia cards. So they build and test with that setup to ensure a good customer experience (I know this first-hand, as I own one of their systems, but I run TW on it rather than Pop).
So given that reality, you’ll probably want to consider if the approach you’re using is the best approach. Given the difficulty of supporting multiple distros for new users, you might consider picking one and then just working through the issues you run into as you find them, because no distro is going to be perfect across all hardware.
But supporting 10, 20, 30, 100, or however many different distros you end up evaluating is going to be much more difficult.
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Experienced users know what that means related to hardware.
And the Intel i226-v is not issue free…
https://www.google.com/search?q=intel+i226+v+linux+driver
Anyway we see that even in the 6.12 kernel currently in Leap 16 the igc driver matches the i226-v
alias: pci:v00008086d0000125Csv*sd*bc*sc*i*
maybe that is different in other distros, or the driver is not included in the installer or…
I like Tubleweed because it’s the only one that gives me NO problems at all.
I’d like to be able to recommend it to others, but their hardware sometimes seems inadequate to me (too slow because it’s too old).
Ubuntu might have done the job, but the hardware detection kept thinking I was using Wi-Fi when I was actually connected via an Ethernet cable, and it wouldn’t accept my VPN.
Linux Mint wouldn’t recognise my printer and wouldn’t accept my VPN.
I’ll bear your advice in mind.
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Sorry I can’t stay online.
There are severe thunderstorms in our region (Brittany) at the moment.
So I’ll read your other replies tomorrow if the weather improves.
Tumbleweed includes
| nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-default | package | 595.91.07_k7.1.8_1-1.3 | x86_64 | repo-oss
That matches the
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GB206 [GeForce RTX 5060 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 595.91.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-6xx.xx+
status: current (as of 2026-07) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2d04 class-ID: 0300
maybe other distros don’t offer that kernel driver out of the box and so don’t even recognize that PCI-ID?
BTW, what is in a Asus **Dual** GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition graphics card if we only see one graphics device from inxi?
Asus differs the cards by the cooling configuration and uses as example „dual“ to state that the card has only two fans. The „dual“ card has two fans, the „prime“ card 3 fans.