Beelink MiniPC ... Will Solus support it?

WetGeek

I just ordered one of these, based on its specs. It's to replace an ASUS desktop that I couldn't get to run anything but Windows Home. (Long and frustrating story.) Does anyone here know for sure if it will install and run Solus? Anybody got one of these?

Beelink SEi8 Mini PC, Intel Core i5-8279U Windows 10 Pro Micro Desktop Computer, Upgradeable 16GB DDR4 + 512GB SSD, Dual HDMI Outputs(4K60Hz), Dual WiFi 6, Gigabit Ethernet, BT 5.0

(If anyone's interested, the ASUS desktop would only run with the original Windows. I disabled Secure Boot and Windows Boot Manager, and tried to load Solus, but it told me there was no hard drive. Re-enabled all the Windows crap, and it mysteriously found its NVME drive. That's why I'm hoping this won't be the same.)

seanragout

WetGeek
Hey, I have that exact model with 16GB and 512GB NVME card and it works perfectly.
I use Solus Budgie on it and it boots in around 5-6 seconds!!
All Solus flavours were tested and no apparent problems found, my recommendation? go for it

I had like yours Windows 10 Pro on it, that went in the bin immediately.
But for those who still need the Redmond monster and are enticed by the Windows 11 option coming...
It passed the requirements for it. TPM 2.0 and all

sean@solus ~ $ inxi -Fz
System:
Kernel: 5.13.0-186.current x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Budgie 10.5.3
Distro: Solus 4.2
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: AZW product: SEi v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: AZW model: SEi v: Type2 - Board Version serial: <filter>
UEFI: INSYDE v: CB1D_FV105 date: 12/22/2020
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8259U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
L2 cache: 6 MiB
Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 700 2: 679
3: 700 4: 700 5: 700 6: 699 7: 600 8: 601
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080_60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 (CFL GT3)
v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.3
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: Conexant Systems (Rockwell) Hi-Res Audio type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.13.0-186.current
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb
Message: Required tool hciconfig not installed. Check --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 105.97 GiB (9.1%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: NVME SSD 512GB size: 476.94 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB
size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 464.31 GiB used: 105.97 GiB (22.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.73 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 247 Uptime: 1h 07m Memory: 15.48 GiB used: 2.81 GiB (18.2%)
Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.01

WetGeek

seanragout have that exact model with 16GB and 512GB NVME card and it works perfectly.

Thanks for responding with the good news! Mine will be here on Wednesday, according to the vendor.

seanragout

Slight correction....I have the -8259 variant oops

seanragout

WetGeek

Hope you will be satisfied with it, incredibly small footprint, have mine attached to the back of my monitor.
In addition I have a wireless mouse and keyboard, gives me a nice clean desktop.

elfprince

I've seen the ad for that baby. Looked enticing! My intel mini box still working fine, so I will 'bookmark' this report. Thanks! :-)

seanragout

elfprince
Its a great little machine. Honestly they aren't paying me LOL. Its my first decent machine in a while and you can even game on it. Out of interest I resurrected my steam account and wow for such a little machine its pretty good.

OK its not going to play the major new releases given it has no graphics card. But I've played all titles on the Halo Master Chief Collection without to much fuss how about that. OK the fan does spin up something furious at times but for casual gaming with the likes of Firewatch, Beyond a Steel Sky, Life is Strange etc its great.
Fast boot up time DDR4 memory and upgradeable to 32GB RAM and 1TB NVME with an optional sata drive option added in.
I must be getting old all that hardware in something so small is amazing

seanragout

seanragout
Going to be quiet now sorry folks for babbling on