I have one of these, can I install ubuntu on it dual boot? How did you do it? rFIT? from USB Live stick? thanks scott
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im not familiar with Ubuntu but im sure you can install just about anything on there as long as its compatible with the processor and windows , and u can use a usb stick on it too. I just know you cant change the backgrounds on it.
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If you are not planning to have a Dual Windows/GNU Linux Boot, you'll have no problem. I installed Ubuntu,Xubuntu and Mint. I finally left Mint as it had the least problems with the dual boot. (I use Windows only because of Microsoft Flight Simulator)
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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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I have not tried yet.it seems to be tricky with the UEFI boot.I went the virtual machne way instead. It runs great with the amount of power this beast has.Best regardsClement
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Hi Are you looking for a dual boot between Debian and pfSense, or just Debian? I would have to check w/ an engineer based on your answer to insure there is enough room on the 2Gb DOM. If there is not you can upgrade the drive to a 2.5" SATA spinning or SSD.
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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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yes, you can boot from a USB flash drive and run or install a linux distribution. I have not install yet one but I succeeded to boot with a live USB (opensuse, mint, ubuntu and android x86). For that, indeed, you will have to adjust some parameters in the boot menu.
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I had issues with at least two major PC brands whereas depending on the USB port I use USB flash drives, the unit is not recognized by the BIOS/UEFI, or it detects but later can't be open by the install application/boot loader. Sounds silly, but try to use a different USB port and see if that works for you.
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Are you asking for media? Nowadays most media comes in ISO format so you can install. I suppose the only way is to use one of the USB ports that comes with it.
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No problems, dualbooting win7 and linux mint (it's a ubuntu based os)both 64bit, just make sure you're using mbr, and not gpt.
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The utilite is not offered with Linux Mint preinstalled but some googling and research you should be able to figure out a way to do it. The box is definitely worth the money, IMHO.
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yes you can. Setting up the dual boot is a solidly intermediate nerd process and you should be prepared to spend a full weekend at it, even having to restart the process 1/2 way through if you screw up, potentially even more than once. If you don't think you would find this process both frustrating AND enjoyable (and simply frustrating) do not do it, you will be sorry. You will need to spend and some preparation time downloading software and getting either an external cd drive setup of ripping cds to usb sticks. I get my aspire one next week and will be be setting up the same dual boot system after adding a gig of ram, a new wifi card, a bigger drive and a touch screen. Here's the best resource I've found, although I hope to find a much better one. http://leonuys.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/making-my-acer-aspire-one-dual-boot/
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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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Did you ever find out if this was compatible with Linux? I see the v1 is listed, but can't find anything on the v2.
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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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We had to send it back because it was USB driven and it could not be the primary boot monitor. Don't remember other details....sorry!
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Thanks, I went ahead and bought it... it works just fine with my Red Hat Linux box, but it does require reformatting... I'm sure it would work just fine with most other Linux distros too.