Does the hardware work with Linux well?
290705
Works fine for me but I would recommend using a lightweight distro. What are you planning on using it for?
290706
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?
290707
It works, but barely. It was just as slow and unresponsive when running Ubuntu 13.10.
290708
Not sure, but I wouldn't count on it. I was less than thrilled with this computer.
1892931
You can boot most any linux install from them, yes. I'm here for another for just that purpose. Even a little 512MB will run some distros, but this is adequate for a full-on portable linux operating system with all the bells and whistles. Check out Pendrivelinux dot com.
841276
Tested and working under many flavors of Linux. It uses the very common rtl8187 driver, so it'll work under just about anything.
1261740
I'm also looking at this laptop myself. I've been wondering if it will run fine with Linux, and from the input here things are looking good! I'm looking to run Debian, probably the testing branch as it has a little more up-to-date kernel and software, but I'm also considering Arch. That distro is always on the bleeding edge so the most recent software should (hopefully) pick up every piece of hardware on this machine.
1660003
It should work fine with Linux. The keyboard has it's own light source and uses a USB connection, which can be turned on or off at the users discretion.
787758
It should work, I have installed many Linux distros on this as well as many flavors of windows.
81041
Yes, I use this card on my box with Ubuntu linux. Setup was a breeze. There were no problems at all.
549963
Sorry, but I have never used Linux so I couldn't tell you. But I will say that the IR receiver was a little finicky, but overall worked, with some delay.
1891160
I do not use Linux but it does work perfectly with Windows XP and Windows 7. There were no problems installing it and still use it on one of my computers.
907732
Yes. One of the cool things about Asus is everything they make has linux drivers.
985594
I have not tested with the newer version of Ubuntu. On pclinuxos with a kernel newer than 3.10 the hardware driver included does not work well at all. The driver from the manufacturer will need extra work to compile.
216718
Short answer: It can. Long answer: It takes some work. I suggest you search the web for "asio for linux". The crux of the matter is getting an ASIO driver installed and configured.
1855633
It has run flawlessly for the past year. I run Linux on a Raid 0 array. I have 2 gig of ram. Netflix, and videos are great even with standard video. Four gig, and a souped up video card would be marvelous. Master Rod
1517901
Yes. You might have to format the drive though. It should be fast enough to run Linux without any issues.
486237
I only used this with a Windows pc. It you have the setup software it should work. But i am not a linux uaer. I hope this helps.
2149721
Yeah it is. It works out of the box and you don't really need to look very hard for drivers. Both for windows and linux
1528778
No answer for using it with a Linux system, but works great with my home brew set up.There are way bettercamers, but have no complaints with this one.