docs VS ec

System76 customers can get personal support at https://support.system76.com/

I am just wondering whether it will be beneficial to have a pinned post with not only resources (e.g. the official System76 support page which many have ignored or simply don't know about!!, custom theme, snapshot support (timeshift, snapper), etc.) but also troubleshooting flowcharts/categories with common problems and potential fixes.

Same ^ I switched my gaming / streaming PC over last year and haven't had a single issue (that I didn't create myself, lol). It's a remarkably solid OS. System76 also has a WEALTH of documentation for new and experienced users, including how to install Steam and Proton for gaming. Docs can be found here: https://support.system76.com/

Always check the distro user guide/wiki for additional information. In case of PopOS check https://support.system76.com/ Also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/

Remember you can also open a support ticket if you'd like someone from System76 to try and help determine what's causing the fans to spin up more than you expect. And you should not need to replace thermal paste on a brand new system, but you can see how the cooling system is laid out here: https://tech-docs.system76.com/models/gaze17/repairs.html#replacing-the-cooling-system

You mean this?: https://github.com/system76/ec/blob/930f16b230a1574abddc1cf313c32f1a90c994e9/src/board/system76/lemp11/board.mk

Inexplicably, the built-in curves have a 5 second delay for gazelle. This means, if your chip goes turbo, it will take 5 seconds before the fan will react. By that time, the temperature will have already spiked to 80-90 C. https://github.com/system76/ec/blob/2a8befc195cd821232d2934593d29337e4eddb3e/src/board/system76/gaze17-3060/board.mk

You can change the keyboard layout but not sure if you can replace the physical keyboard easily. https://github.com/system76/ec/blob/master/doc/keyboard-layout-customization.md

If you're wanting to try that out, it's very easy by editing the numbers within the FAN_POINT lines of this file (for your model): https://github.com/system76/ec/blob/master/src/board/system76/gaze17-3060/board.mk

I have the ec repo cloned into a sibling dir. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks for the help!

If it is identical to the Clevo that System76 uses then it may be possible to use their firmware.

This bit of documentation is also helpful, recommends getting the entire firmware-open stack and checking out the current firmware release that you're running and use that as a base for your modifications. This is important because firmware regressions are not uncommon and they often take some time before they are resolved.

As for the tracking issue, you want #213. #256 is my proposal for persisting options through power loss.