Software and Drivers: Evo meta-package
Linux packages for Evo

If you wonder which software needs your Evo device, this tutorial is for you. In this tutorial we will show you which specific packages the Evo devices come with GNU/Linux.

The main packages for the Evo devices are: slimbook-meta-common slimbook-meta-evo

If you've reinstalled your computer and still don't have our repositories installed, we explain it in this other tutorial:  how to add Slimbook repository.


SLIMBOOK-META-COMMON

This software is the common packages for all the Slimbook devices, this includes specifically:

  • libslimbook: This packages is the core library for Slimbook applications. 

  • python-slimbook: This package includes a library for python bindings of libslimbook.

  • slimbook-service: This package includes the Slimbook Service application, it allows the user to receive Slimbook notifications in your system, these notifications can be from the system itself such the work modes changing, touchpad enabled toggling or enabling airplane mode, or directly for Slimbook like BIOS and EC updates.


SLIMBOOK-META-EVO

This software is the specific package for this laptop, it includes:

  • slimbook-meta-common: This package includes the common meta-package for all the Slimbook devices.

  • slimbook-qc71-dkms: This package includes the kernel driver for the EC used in this laptop.

  • slimbook-yt6801-dkms: This package includes the kernel driver for the ethernet connectivity.

  • slimbook-quirk-i8042-wakeup: This packages includes a patch to disable the keyboard when going to suspend the laptop, this mitigates the problems of wakeup when it is suspended.

  • slimbook-quirk-i8042-reset: This package includes a patch to re-enable the keyboard when waking up from suspend, this mitigates the problem of not being able to use the keyboard after waking up.

  • slimbook-grub-fix-ecwake: This packages includes a patch to add the acpi.ec_no_wakeup=1 parameter to GRUB, this prevents the EC to send sporadic unintended wakeup messages to the laptop.

  • slimbook-grub-fbcon-nodefer-fix: This package includes a patch to add the fbcon=nodefer parameter to GRUB, this fixes the system to  shutdown fully when shutting down the device.

  • slimbook-grub-fix-psr: This package includes a patch to add the amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x610 parameter to GRUB, this allows to disable AMD's Panel Self Refresh v1, Panel Self Refresh SU y Panel Replay

If you use the GNOME or KDE Plasma desktop environments, we have some packages for these environments: slimbook-meta-gnome slimbook-meta-plasma

If you use the Fedora and openSUSE distributions, the specific packages that include kernel drivers end on, respectively, kmod and kmp:

slimbook-qc71-dkms will be slimbook-qc71-kmod  on Fedora and slimbook-qc71-kmp on openSUSE


SLIMBOOK-META-GNOME

This software is the specific package for GNOME if you use said desktop environment:

  • slimbook-meta-common: This package includes the common meta-package for all the Slimbook devices.

  • gnome-shell-extension-appindicator: This package includes the GNOME interface extension to show Slimbook Service as an icon tray.

  • gnome-shell-extension-prefs: This package includes a tool to enable/disable extensions for GNOME.


SLIMBOOK-META-PLASMA

This software is the specific package for KDE Plasma if you use said desktop environment:

  • slimbook-meta-common: This package includes the common meta-package for all the Slimbook devices.

That's all folks.

Software and Drivers: Evo meta-package
Samanta Sanchez Slimbook
1 November, 2025
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