This is mostly outdated. The computer has worked fine for a while. Currently on Fedora 40.

System76's Sable Complete works almost out of the box in (at least) Fedora 17.

The configuration tested is the following:

• Intel Core i7 3770S
• 16 GB
• Intel High Definition Graphics
• 120 GB Intel 520 Series Solid State Disk Drive
• Internal Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN + Bluetooth

Issues

Major

• ✅ Wifi LAN: drivers and firmware supplied, not working though.
• ✅ Memory: only 4GB are recognized.
• 🅾️ Coming back from "hibernate" state sometimes hangs the computer.

Minor

1. ✅ Turn-off button: not configured.
2. 🅾️ Brightness set is not kept between sessions
3. ✅ Yum is painfully slow... it feels like if it were constantly locked for tenths of seconds for any operation I do (specially in "Finished Dependency Resolution" but not only). Seems to be solved by last updates.

Fixes

1. Wifi LAN

I followed the instructions in Fred Welland's blog It boils down to do the following:

1. Install the firmware:

   curl http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode`
   

   Note: Fedora 17 seems already have the firmware installed, but an outdated version. It will be probably fixed in future releases. The previous command line won't work if you don't have a wired LAN connection. If don't, just copy the firmware in a USB stick or the like.

2. And reload the kernel module so that it can pick the new firmware:

   modprobe -r iwlwifi
   modprobe iwlwifi
   

   Once the module is started, in matter of seconds, you'll see the Network Manager working back again. Reloading the module has to be done only once, after you reboot, the module and the right firmware will be loaded automatically.

2. Memory

Just install a kernel supporting Physical Address Extension (PAE):

yum install kernel-PAE.i686

All the memory will be recognized after rebooting the computer.

3. Turn-off button

Just configure Gnome to manage the button:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-power hibernate

I want the computer to hibernate in that case, but other options exist: 'blank','suspend','shutdown','hibernate','interactive' or 'nothing'.

The change will be applied after rebooting or logging off, I don't remember.

Sable Complete Review

Positive points

• Looks solid and stylish
• Fast and silent
• System76's service is very good

Weaknesses

• The power transformer is quite of an ugly brick
• European plug not supplied (not a big deal. Just be sure you buy an adapter with a ground hole).