Arch Linux Installer for FydeTab Duo
First of all, thanks Fyde for bringing such a powerful and unique 2-in-1 tablet to the community.
- This project is a community-built Arch Linux Installer for ARM (Aarch64) based devices.
- Ships with a TUI interface installer with options to customize and pick their favourite desktop environment (or server environment).
- Ships with a configuration utility ACU to control and manage your system easily (pre-installed but not activated until you start using it).
Here’s a pict of my Arch Linux running on the FydeTab Duo with Gnome 
Here’s how you can install it
Method 1: Getting Arch Linux Installer via FydeOS (on your FydeTab Duo)
- In FydeOS, press Ctrl+Alt+T to bring up a Terminal, then type
shelland press Enter to enter the shell - Place and run the following command in the shell
Note: Make sure you are in a writable directory; you can do that by running
cd ~
Note: This will erase and install Arch Linux on your inserted SD Card (/dev/mmcblk1), If you want to install it on the eMMC, replace it with /dev/mmcblk0.
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kwankiu/archlinux-installer/refs/heads/main/scripts/get-installer | sh -s -- --tag=UEFI-b09 --disk=/dev/mmcblk1
- Now, grab a coffee, it’s gonna take 5-30 mins depending on your internet.
- Once it finishes flashing, shutdown your device and wait 15-30s or make sure the status LED stops blinking.
Note: Do not use reboot as it may boot back to FydeOS. If your status LED is still blinking, hold the power button to force shutdown. - Now, power on your device and enjoy!
Note: To boot from SD Card, you may need to leave your card slot slightly sticking out. The system may reboot once during its first boot.
Method 2: Getting Arch Linux Installer from GitHub release (any devices)
- Download the latest image from GitHub release (UEFI).
- Flash the image (using RPI Imager, balenaEtcher, etc) to your SD Card.
- Now, Insert the SD card into the Fydetab Duo, power on your device and enjoy!
Note: To boot from SD Card, you may need to leave your card slot slightly sticking out. The system may reboot once during its first boot.
I believe not everybody needs this lol, but here’s a step-by-step guide of the TUI Installer
Facts
- Most stuff, such as screen, camera, buttons, hall sensor, keyboard, touch screen, audio, wifi, bluetooth, stylus works fine.
- Suspend and stylus may NOT work well on some desktop environments.
- Fingerprint does NOT work yet.
- DP Alt Mode may be limited to 1080P 60Hz with some external monitor.
- UEFI issue: If the battery is fully drain, you may need to boot into FydeOS or have a recovery sd card (that contains fydetab’s u-boot) to get the device charging.
- To install Arch Linux on eMMC, you may boot to the installer via SD Card and install it to the eMMC using the
Advanced Option -> Install on Another Diskfeature. Once it reboots, you can remove your SD Card. Note that this will erase your eMMC and you will lose FydeOS. (Ofc you can install FydeOS back via this tutorial)
More info about Arch Linux Installer can be found at the wiki.