Samsung · 2024
Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14
A 1.23 kg 14-inch with a genuinely excellent 3K 120 Hz AMOLED, from around 1449 dollars. The screen is the reason to buy it. Pricey for Meteor Lake performance, and on Linux the IPU6 webcam plus missing Samsung software make it a Windows machine first.
Compiled from public sources and community data, not hands-on tested. What that means.
Best on ubuntu LTS. Confidence: high
Scores
Specs
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 155H |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel Arc Graphics (integrated) |
| RAM | 16 GB (soldered) |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Screen | 14" 2880x1800 @ 120Hz |
| Weight | 1.23 kg |
| Battery (real) | ~9 h |
Linux compatibility
- ubuntu-lts Minor setup
- Wi-Fi
- works
- Bluetooth
- works
- Fingerprint
- unknown
- Webcam
- broken
- Audio
- needs tweak
- Suspend
- needs tweak
ubuntu-lts: Meteor Lake, so the Core Ultra Linux story repeats: the IPU6 MIPI webcam needs the out-of-tree stack and is fiddly even then. Audio wants current sof-firmware. Samsung-specific extras like the function keys and Samsung Settings have no Linux equivalent, the samsung-galaxybook kernel module covers some of it on newer kernels. Touchscreen works. Fingerprint not confirmed by us.