Linux? How much pain and suffering to get it to work with Linux?
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None whatsoever. Plug it in. Use your mixer of choice to enable recording on it. Configure your audio recording program (Audacity etc.) to use it. I hooked it right up to Debian Squeeze when I got it.
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Wishy-washy answer: it should... Don't know anyone who uses Linux so can't verify.
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BIOS. Yes you can run linux on it easily. Now if you went with windows 8 or 8.1 it'll be a bit tricky.
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It doesnot support linux. I have tried it on Ubuntu and Fedora. Use only for windows.
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I am wondering the same thing. I will be using the most recent release of either CentOS or Ubuntu and I would hate to find out it doesn't work on Linux.
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Should work,try it.. My best friend uses linux and hes an I.T. person,so it works for him..
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I have not tried it with Linux to this point. ..I have a feeling it won't automount as it did in windows though. ..
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The drivers are very difficult to deal with. You can look up a few tutorials online about how to build a custom Debian build with the drivers working but it requires a bit of time. If you like things like that I would recommend if not I would stay away. Hope this helps.
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Dream Linux works sweet on this little guy too. seems a little faster than Ubuntu 8.10 just had to add a few things to get the webcam working. pretty easy thought with synaptic.
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I've successfully used it with Fedora, so it should work with Ubuntu, I would think.
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As i recall, it didn't actually ship with a version of Linux installed. The first thing I did was install Ubuntu and its been working fine. I bought this laptop a few months ago, though, so I may have forgotten...
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I have no idea if it will work with Linux. I did install it with a fresh load of windows XP with a minimal amount of grief from the OS. However, Linux is pretty good at discovering new hardware. Maybe contact the manufacturer for more details.
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It works fine with Ubuntu and I see no reason why it wouldn't work OK with CentOS etc. Is there a particular flavour you want to run on it?
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Yes. You might have to format the drive though. It should be fast enough to run Linux without any issues.
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Doesn't seem like it. I tried to search for drivers but can't find any for Linux. I had to return the item. I use Ubuntu 14.04.
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You can install an OS onto it. I have it running Linux in a dual boot configuration right now
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I don't have Linux here. A Google (can I say that here?) search revealed that some geeks say it works out of the box. Others say it doesn't without modifying config files. It's two bucks, try it. You may like it. If not then wrap it up as a fun Christmas gift for your favorite Windows guru who has to have everything. cya...