Michal Bahník

Thinkpad P14s - Ubuntu 22.04

This page documents installation and setup of Ubuntu 22.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen5 (21ME000DCK) with AMD processor adn integrated GPU.

TL;DR

All went surprisingly fine.

Instalation

• Following official Lenovo document for BIOS setup and Ubuntu installation was without issues, even though it is for Ubuntu 22.04 - just minor discrepancies in BIOS setup.

Setup

• GPU drivers installed using official AMD installation guide.
• Fingerprint scanner, microphone, speakers, camera etc. drivers work out-of-the-box (laptop hardware certified to be Ubuntu compatible).
• Installed apps/utils:
  • terminator
  • tmux
  • btop
  • docker
  • zsh (oh-my-zsh) with agnoster theme
  • fzf
  • baobab
• Czech “coder” keyboard layout set up (github repo).
• Various tips from linux_fu applied.

Update to Ubuntu 24.04

• Nothing got broken.
• GPU drivers reinstallation needed.
• Battery life subjectively improved.

What worked (surprisingly) well

• All HW drivers (but fingerprint sensor, see below) work out of the box (wifi, mic, camera, bluetooth, …). GPU driver was easy to install.
• Sleep mode uses reasonable amount of energy (< 1%/hour).

What worked bad

• Touchpad: Touchpad gestures are limited, do not allow changing tabs/windows (3- vs 4-finger swipes).
• Fingerprint: After adding second user, no more fingerprints are possible to be added for any user. Using command line seems to help.
• Monitor setup: Monitor setup is not saved after restart and sometimes even after plug-out plug-in.
• Icon stacking: Some apps do not stack in dock, when added to favourites. Partially solved by creating .desktop file.