Compatible w/ Linux Ubuntu? Has anyone loaded Ubuntu on the Western Digital Passport HD? Any issues?
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I was wondering the same thing. It just because Ubuntu is open source, and everything that works with Windows doesn't necessarily work with Ubuntu. Proprietary patents, profit motives and such.. Its good to check before buying. Might as well buy something that is reported as having no issues.
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Relax. I have a smaller capacity passport and works with Ubuntu (and Kubuntu, Mandriva and several other Linux distros) flawlessly. Right out of the box.
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I only have experience with the Western Digital one, and it works fine once you use Acronis to format it. It's up to you. But, keep in mind if you do get the Western Digital one, they send the drive alone, no screws and no cables, just the drive.
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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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UEFI but I had no issues when I installed Ubuntu Linux. Duel booting might be a problem but I do not intend to use this for anything other than Linux.
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I have not tried it yet with a PC. I worry about viruses. My previous passport worked with a PC. The only reason I used it with a PC was because I was selling the passport to upgrade to one with more storage capacity.
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says on side of box works with windows. and 350 watt power supply req. so no mention of linux. says directx by ms. so might not work. email the mfg if want to.
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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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We have 8g model for a few weeks now. My wife is a flight attendant and needed as small as possible laptop to go on line from all over the US. It works great and is definitely reliable with linux. We did not install XP and I suspect XP may be a bit slow with only 800mhz processor. It comes with Openoffice which is compatible with MS Office but not the same. Reliability is definitely there.
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If you really want it to work is meant to be, I would recommend to set it up with windows, so install the software and update, etc. But yes, it works with Ubuntu. I use it everyday on 14.04
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?
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I used it with a Seagate FreeAgent device and it worked. I have not had a need to use it on a Western Digital, sorry.
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Passport comes in different colors and some models have a metal case. The drive in my 1TB Elements is a WDC WD10JMVW-11AJGS2
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I'm sorry to ask a question on your question but did you every purchase the device and try it on Linux? I was also curious.
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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 would be very surprised if it did not work with them, because its compatibility is entirely managed via the USB connection. Any OS that handles USB well should detect it just fine. It even works great with my Ubuntu Linux machines.
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I am looking for an external hard drive to back up my entire lap top hard drive, in case of failure. Is the Passport Essential the unit I am looking for?
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I don't have Linux OS. I have Windows. I have not had any problems. I recommend contacting Brother and asking them.