Hi everyone,
I’m fairly new to EndeavourOS on laptops with hybrid graphics, and I’d really appreciate some feedback on my current setup, the issues I’ve run into, and what direction makes the most sense going forward.
Hardware & system info
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Laptop: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (GA403WP)
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CPU: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Radeon 890M iGPU)
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dGPU: NVIDIA RTX 5070
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RAM: 32 GB
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Firmware: ASUS stock (dual-boot system)
Software:
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OS: EndeavourOS
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Desktop: KDE Plasma 6.5.4
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Frameworks: 6.21.0
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Qt: 6.10.1
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Kernel: 6.18.2-arch2-1
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Current session: X11
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Graphics platform: Hybrid AMD + NVIDIA
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Dual-boot: Windows (kept for now)
What I tried / what went wrong
My original goal was:
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AMD iGPU handles display + desktop
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NVIDIA dGPU used only via offloading for games (Steam/Proton)
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Stable suspend / TTY switching
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Keep things as “clean Arch” as possible
However, along the way I ran into a lot of instability:
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Black screens on boot or after suspend
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Some TTYs working, others permanently black
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Inconsistent behavior depending on GPU mode
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Desktop sometimes only accessible via forcing Integrated mode
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Hybrid mode repeatedly breaking display after configuration changes
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NVIDIA working sometimes, but at the cost of stability
Eventually I reached a point where
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Hybrid graphics as display GPU seems unreliable
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Integrated-only mode is the only consistently stable setup
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NVIDIA works via offload in theory, but feels fragile in practice
At the moment, I’m running:
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X11
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Integrated GPU as display
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NVIDIA present, but used cautiously
This finally gives me a stable desktop, but it feels like I’m walking on eggshells.
I feel like I’m standing between two choices: X11 (current), or Wayland, yet i don’t quite know the pros and cons
Additional concern: disk encryption
I haven’t encrypted my Linux install yet.
Before I do:
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I want a stable GPU setup
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I really don’t want to debug boot / initramfs / black screens on an encrypted root
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I’m unsure if Wayland or X11 is the safer long-term choice before encrypting
What I’d love advice on
From people with similar setups or more experience:
1. On modern AMD + NVIDIA laptops, is Wayland now the correct choice?
2\. Is it realistic to expect a stable hybrid setup on X11 anymore?
3\. Would you recommend:
• Integrated + NVIDIA offload?
• Full dGPU mode?
• Wayland with NVIDIA as render only?
4\. If you were in my position, would you switch to Wayland before encrypting, or stabilize X11 first?
5\. Anything you’d redo differently if setting this machine up from scratch?
I’m not opposed to reinstalling if that’s genuinely the cleanest path. I just want to make the right decision before locking things down with encryption.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Any insight would be hugely appreciated