ROG Zephyrus G14

I will sound like an asshole, but the majority of “issues” you are seeing on this sub are over exaggerated. Basically, you will see a few types of “issues”: Type 1: OMG, my laptop is reaching 80C, G14 sucks, Asus sucks. Well, your g14 is designed to run up to 95C without much throttling. If you want

Install ghelper. It will fix all your problems. Before uninstalling Asus Apps do an update then uninstall all the asus apps. Do a custom fan curve also. My zephyrus g14 2024 rtx 4060 16gb ram lasts for 5 to 6 hours on battery on light web browsing and documents

I've been daily driving Arch Linux on a 4060 G14 for over a year now and it's been great. Running Hyprland and using the nvidia-open-dkms. I recommend looking at the Asus ROG for Linux page as they have some helpful documentation for the G14. Have fun!

For cybersec and home labs, I’d prioritize RAM and CPU over flashy gaming features. Honestly a ThinkPad, Dell XPS, or Zephyrus G14/G16 are hard to go wrong with. Aim for at least 16GB RAM, preferably 32GB if you’ll run VMs. Linux compatibility matters way more than RGB lights.

I downloaded g helper and removed the asus software that came with it and now it works great. There’s a YouTube video about installing g helper just search up g14 g helper and it should pop up,also go get the updates for the bios and all the other stuff on the asus website by using your model name,

The comments got some great tips! although for the 2024 specifically, you do NOT need to remove the fans, wifi card, SSD, or anything else to get to the cooler. The cooler for the 2024 actually sits on TOP of the fans, so the process is very straightforward. This video is for a different model, but

Honestly its kinda 50/50.reliable Nvidia laptops will be out of your budget for sure but you might be able to find something with a 4050 for cheap or a 30 series. Additionally you might want to look for something about 3+ years old. I saw a post on Facebook Marketplace that was honestly a steal at 3

I've had good luck with Ubuntu 26.04. Waited for the new LTS for the kernel update. but it's possible that I've just missed the error you're seeing. I wrote this a couple of weeks ago. Might be of help https://github.com/rawritude/zephyrus-g14-2025-ubuntu-2604-setup

I've been using Linux on 2022 and 2023 G14 since their release and I also used Windows in the meantime. First of all, remove Linux Mint and use Arch Linux (endevourOS or CachyOS are great) because any other distro is not supported well enough, especially ubuntu based distros which suck on modern lap

I have a 2024 Zephyrus G14 and it's an amazing machine and had zero issue installing Cachy. Everything runs perfectly and I couldn't be happier.