Zephyrus Linux

Fedora 43 on the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 GA605WV — step-by-step guides for NVIDIA drivers, VMs, YubiKey, and more.

Experimental — use at your own risk. This site documents personal testing and experimentation with Fedora Linux on the Zephyrus G16. These are my findings, not official instructions. No stability guarantees are provided. Your mileage may vary.

Kernel requirement: The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 GA605WV requires kernel 6.18 or higher for proper hardware support. All kernel versions below 6.18 are problematic on this laptop (display issues, GPU crashes, suspend/resume failures).

Disclaimer: This is an independent personal project documenting my own research and findings while setting up Fedora 43 on the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 GA605WV (2024). I am not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of Microsoft, Windows, ASUS, ROG, G-Helper, or any other company or project mentioned herein. This repository shares my personal configuration and troubleshooting notes.

tl;dr

In 2026 I moved this Zephyrus G16 to Fedora 43. It is not perfect, but stability is close to Windows 11 Pro and I prefer the control.

This site documents the steps, tweaks, and workarounds I use and I keep it updated as Fedora and drivers change.

Guides

NVIDIA Driver Installation

Proprietary NVIDIA drivers with Secure Boot on Fedora 43

Windows 11 VM Setup

KVM/QEMU VM with VirtIO, SPICE GL, and Hyper-V enlightenments

GDM Autologin

Skip GDM login after LUKS unlock

YubiKey 5C NFC

FIDO2 LUKS attempt and what works today

Looking Glass Attempt

GPU passthrough attempt (not working on this hardware)

asusctl & ROG Control Center

Fan curves, performance profiles, GPU switching, Slash LED

This project is licensed under the MIT License.