Can you have dual boot with a Linux Partition? has anyone tried if the touch screen adn the other components works with a linux distribution?
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Yes. They have a separate "data" partition that I just formatted and installed ubuntu on. All the components (wifi, eth, touchpad, sound) seems to be working for me. The touch screen works as well, though I don't have much use for it. I didn't use it on Win8 either.
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I've been using it since February without any complaints, but it would be even better if it would be possible to use linux instead of Windows 8.1. Unfortunatly Asus does not provide any support to linux.
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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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I'm running it with a 4 TB drive right now. Works great. I'm running Linux. It all just worked "out of the box" without needing drivers, Disk Manager, patches, or anything like that. You just have to remember to format your drive with "gpt" partition table, because the default ("msdos") partition table maxed out at 2 TB and will no longer work.
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Yes this is compatible with Linux Os however Thunderbolt port will not work and 3 USB-3 out of total 6 on back panel will work in USB-2 modehope this answers your query
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The box I have had Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed. I get the sense that you might have trouble installing another distro on the hard drive since they recommend against upgrading the Ubuntu version. You can however boot from another distro from an SD card or even from an external hard drive.
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I tried to install Linux on it right after getting my hands on, but could not boot from CD. I think it is something about encrypted or locked boot loader. I was busy so I did not bother myself looking for a solution. But soon, I'll give it another try and find out the possible solutions and I think it is not that hard to get resolved.Reg's,Rodi
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I dont believe the Version of OS matters. You treat the touch screen as an input device.
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HP won't sell it without an operating system. Linux doesn't require a brand new PC. Take an older one and install Linux. I put Ubuntu in some older PCs - works very well.
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I haven't tried it with Linux...yet. Haha. I'm guessing you wont have many problems.
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Lubuntu came loaded on mine. I put in a microsd chip in the thought I would have to put a distro on it-but it turns out when you turn it on for the first time it sets up the system for you from some small internal nand memory (I'm not sure if it would have worked without the extra nand space, but my guess is you could try it if you need to). Good luck!
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Of course you can install/dual boot Ubuntu -- but be careful. I find the easiest way to play with Ubuntu (or any other Linux flavor) is to use the Universal USB Installer and run your chosen OS off a flash drive. If, however, you want to install to your physical drive(s), here is an excellent video detailing the procedure: http://youtu.be/taBm_7fHWIg (Note: the HP Envy 14-k120us does not come with a CD/DVD/BD drive. You will have to connect an external optical drive if you want to burn and boot from a DVD,)
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I am using it on XP, but not sure about Linux. I should as it is a physical switch and not software driven.
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I'm not sure about Ubunutu, however, I'm using Linux Mint 17.1 and it runs like a charm. If you can try to do a live disc, and search up dual booting. I did that as a caution incase something goes wrong. Make sure you make a back up the windows system to discs incase something goes wrong. If I wanted to, I would definitely installing Linux fully. Seriously though, make sure you make recovery discs of your OS, before you do anything. Good luck
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Yes. One of the cool things about Asus is everything they make has linux drivers.
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I've used it with Android on my Note 3 and with whatever distro Symantec uses (I think it's Thinstation) for their Ghost boot disk. Android needed to be rooted and I needed an additional app to configure it but the other one was fine and configured automatically.In short, most modern distros will probably work ok with it.
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Touchscreens work with anything. All it is doing is acting as a direct pointing device. Linux does not make a difference. Linux will see a "standard monitor" and you can still touch on it