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Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 11:37 am
by keos
Hello,
I bought a very cheap notebook on Amazon with the Chromebook system already installed, i have not idea if it is possible to install Linux on this thing ... -- on the keyboard, on the top, the F1, F2 ... etc, keys do not exist.
How can I access the Bios, if any, to install Linux?.
Lenovo N22-20
Model: 80SF
Thanks
Re: Can Linux be installed on a notebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 11:57 am
by CharlesV
While there does appear to be a method, it doesnt look like there really is a *good* way to install linux on it ;-/
https://schroer.ca/2017/01/31/chromebook-linux/
Re: Can Linux be installed on a notebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 12:38 pm
by keos
I see ...
it is more complicated and laborious for me that what I previously thought,
thanks for trying to help me with your commentary, and the link ...
Regards.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a notebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 1:03 pm
by rokytnji.1
Just bought me one of these.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/204099018195
I am sure if you contact the seller. They would install MX on one for you.
About us:
Well hello there! My name is Randy and I have been a Linux nerd most of my life. If you have any Linux related questions please feel free to ask. I always enjoy a good, nerdy conversation :)
Just like you, we appreciate a great customer service experience. If you have any questions, or if you would like to see photos of the exact unit we will send you before purchasing please don't hesitate to message us. I am always happy to help :-)
I HAVE NO AFFILIATION WITH THE ABOVE SELLER OTHER THAN i PURCHASED ONE AND IT WORKS AS ADVERTISED. I just think it is easier to buy something I want that is not a scam . Price is right. And the cost was about 5 lb bag of loose tobacco.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a notebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:53 pm
by MXRobo
I'd follow the instructions at GalliumOS and their links.
https://galliumos.org/
https://wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility
++EDIT++ GalliumOS has been discontinued!
You may be able to install GalliumOS or MX, but the process should be very similar to CharlesV's link, i.e. you may have to flash the bios, install another BIOS/bootloader (or whatever) Coreboot, or another one.
IIRC, GalliumOS site refers to two (2) different methods, one was CharlesV's link, and another one which was what I used.
Of note, GalliumOS is supposed to be tweaked for Chromebook touchpads.
They also have links for setting it up other programs often found on a Chromebook, Google Drive (GD), etc. - then add Google's extensions, Docs, etc. to sync with GD.
Personally, I'm slowly veering away from all things Google but I do have some old files, etc. on GD.
HTH
++EDIT++ GalliumOS has been discontinued!
Read Moderator announcement at:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalliumOS/comm ... allium_os/
Alternative:
https://eupnea-linux.github.io/
Re: Can Linux be installed on a notebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 3:26 pm
by keos
I already ordered it, I didn't know that this could be achieved with Linux pre-installed, this one is a Kali, I left a note to the seller to see if he could install MX-21, anyway, Kali is based on Debian.
Thank all of you very much for the cooperation and best regards!.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a notebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 4:26 pm
by rokytnji.1
Yeah. You don't wanna run Kali if new to Linux. That 16 gig ssd is a bit small when installing kali-linux-everything if you put any personal files 1st. The drive will fill up and error out in apt. I corrected my errors with moving my personal stuff to a 32 gig usb drive I plugged into that Dell chromebook. Then did the apt song and dance to settle things back down.
Anyways. I hope he answers you back and says no problem to installing MX 21 on there. Let us know if he does. Others might be interested.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a notebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:13 pm
by keos
No problem, for sure I will let you know what happened.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a notebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:27 pm
by Stevo
The title of this thread is way too general; can the OP or a mod change it to Chromebook?
Re: Can Linux be installed on a notebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:55 pm
by rokytnji.1
Well. I guess it is up to the OP. Because I can only lock,delete,move,split. Everything but edit. Under thread tools on the end of this page. Topic tools button is pretty limited also.
Silly me. Edit button is at top of thread post. Done.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a chromebook?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 6:25 am
by keos
Stevo, what I want is, to install on a notebook that comes with Chromebook, a Linux system, preferably MX-21. -- but the solution offered in the link above is practically impossible for me, very complicated.
EDIT:
In case anyone wants to know, at least on eBay you make the selection of the Linux operating system that the notebooks already have installed when you place the order, they have an option/selector, I did not see any with MXLinux so I went for a Kali since the other offerings, Mint and Ubuntu, at least for me are all a mess with the packaging system, the PPA, etc ...
Regards
Mrch
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:49 pm
by Earl57
It i quite poaaible to install MX on your lenovo n22. I am writing to you from my n21 that I just installed mx 21 on. It runs good on this little machine!
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Snapshot created on: 20221003_1417
System: Kernel: 5.10.0-19-amd64 [5.10.149-2] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-19-amd64
root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM
Distro: MX-21.2.1_KDE_x64 Wildflower October 20 2021
base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine: Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Enguarde v: 1.0 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 9
serial: <filter>
Mobo: GOOGLE model: Enguarde v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: coreboot
v: MrChromebox-4.18.1 date: 10/27/2022
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.4 Wh (35.6%) condition: 32.0/36.6 Wh (87.3%) volts: 11.1 n
min: 11.1 model: SMP L14M3P2 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging
cycles: 146
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N2840 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Silvermont
family: 6 model-id: 37 (55) stepping: 8 microcode: 838 cache: L2: 1024 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 8666
Speed: 2295 MHz min/max: 500/2582 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2295 2: 2028
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled,
RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display driver: i915
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f31 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony Chromebook HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:2
chip-ID: 04f2:b471 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 136 size: 256x144mm (10.1x5.7")
diag: 294mm (11.6")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (BYT) v: 4.2 Mesa 22.0.5 compat-v: 3.1
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f04 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-19-amd64 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl port: 1000
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b2 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 14.56 GiB used: 9.18 GiB (63.0%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 maj-min: 179:0 model: AGND3R size: 14.56 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0x7 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 13.55 GiB size: 13.24 GiB (97.68%) used: 9.18 GiB (69.3%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/mmcblk1p2 maj-min: 179:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1 maj-min: 179:1
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 768 MiB used: 1.7 MiB (0.2%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/mmcblk1p3 maj-min: 179:3
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos: Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2496 lib: 1374 flatpak: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
2 and read the info there at least twice.eboxrom: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info: Processes: 182 Uptime: 1d 11h 18m wakeups: 13466 Memory: 3.76 GiB
used: 2.13 GiB (56.6%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06
Boot Mode: UEFI
Go to /mrchromebox.tech/#home and follow the instructions to install coreboot. When you are finished, you will have a notebook ready to install whatever linux you want, even Windows.
Only problem I have is the small ssd(16gig) that might limit what you install. I used a snapshot from one of my nicer rigs that has a ton of additional software on it and it still fit.The other i issue I had was a lack of a legacy boot option, so it is uefi only--not really a problem.
I wish you good luck with yours.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 6:07 pm
by rokytnji.1
Well. With Kali. You will have to turn tap on in touchpad xfce settings under mouse settings.
Then. Either stick with user kali and it's password. Or. I deleted user kali, added my user, and added my user
to groups, sudo and root accounts.
Wifi connection was simple. Add a usb drive for personal stuff. It will auto show on xfce desktop as a icon. You can mount and unmount it from there.
I did what Earl57 suggested a while back on a Acer C710 chromebook that finally broke down. It powers on for about 3 seconds and then powers down.
Only difference was I ran antiX on mine instead of MX. On these Dells I recommend. The bios change is already done. He can install MX any time he wants to on that Dell after he gets it.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 12:38 pm
by keos
I don't think I understand this well, I'm not an expert but rather a Linux curious person.
When I go to the address bar what I get is a page to download GalliumOS.
Does this mean that the Gallium OS is going to download and to be installed on Chromebook, just like that? (i means as a dual boot)
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 3:11 pm
by MXRobo
@keos
No it won’t be installed “just like that”.
Find your model “Lenovo N22 Chromebook” under:
https://wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility
and refer to the chart and info; but I’m afraid you’ll have to be a little more linux curious to know what to do to accomplish this as you have to read and search what to do.
This can all be found Googling, but CharlesV’s link and my links should more than get you started.
The suggestions and references were just a place to start to find whether you needed a new BIOS and things like CharlesV’s link suggested with removing screws as you’ll likely have to modify the chromebook to install linux on it.
My main point was, once you get to the step where you can install GalliumOS on it, you could probably install most linux distros on it, or GalliumOS.
I don't necessarily recommend nor really discourage GalliumOS for chromebooks.
Good luck
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 3:19 pm
by keos
Well, now I think I understand ... no, that is not for me, I would not know how to continue, I do not know even the operating system ... it's definitely impossible for me, I lost my money with this google garbage.
Any way, thank to all of you.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:32 am
by keos
After all this mess with the other chomebook/google notebook i got from Amazon ...
And, in case anyone is interested to know:
The eBay seller, 'mountainlocals' was agreed to install MX-21 with Xfce4 for me!!.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:34 pm
by rokytnji.1
Good to hear. You would not have been thrilled using Kali. I just broke my Kali install by deleting /swap partion and trying to grow my / partition while running kali.
Was real easy to make a antiX live usb and I used gparted to fix it. Did a file system check in gparted to fix it.
Thanks for getting back on this. Other members might wanna know. Me? I just hit the esc key. Picked usb boot. Booted my antiX 21 full iso on this Dell. No problemo.
Working desktop, wifi, and all. Only kept kali on here out of curiosity to see if my fix worked. Looks like it did.
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$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 385M 1.3M 384M 1% /run
/dev/mmcblk1p2 14G 7.2G 6.0G 55% /
tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
/dev/mmcblk1p1 511M 144K 511M 1% /boot/efi
tmpfs 385M 80K 385M 1% /run/user/1001
Notice /swap is gone.
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$ inxi -b
System:
Host: kali Kernel: 6.0.0-kali3-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce
v: 4.16.1 Distro: Kali GNU/Linux 2022.4 kali-rolling
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Candy v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: GOOGLE model: Candy v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: coreboot v: MrChromebox-4.18.1 date: 10/27/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.3/44.5 Wh (95.2%)
CPU:
Info: dual core Intel Celeron N2840 [MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 803
min/max: 500/2582
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display
driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.2.0 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (BYT)
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi
Device-2: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 44.65 GiB used: 7.15 GiB (16.0%)
Info:
Processes: 169 Uptime: 1h 27m Memory: 3.76 GiB used: 1.73 GiB (46.2%)
Shell: sh inxi: 3.3.23
So like I said earlier. The esc key and MX 21 live usb and you are in business with these netbooks from this seller. He has already hacked the bios.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:05 am
by keos
An unexpected incident occurred that I want to put on record here so that it does not happen to someone else.
The seller had already sent me the order, according to what he explained to me they (eBay) fine him if he takes too long to send .... and I was delayed the issue ... I had not put the note at the time of purchase, so I will receive now the system with Kali installed.
However he asked me something that although it sounds familiar I don't think I understand it very well: "Can i send you an install drive mx+xfce to you?" I answered yes ... I will see exactly what it is about.
Anyway if this thing already have kali installed ... no BIOS problems, I can install MX-21 from a pendrive, can't I?
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 3:21 pm
by rokytnji.1
Anyway if this thing already have kali installed ... no BIOS problems, I can install MX-21 from a pendrive, can't I?
That is right. Insert your MX 21 live usb in the usb slot. Open the netbook and hit the escape key. A bios screen will come up.
It will have a boot order line. Pick usb and boot. MX 21 will show on your screen instead of Kali.
I am hoping you are familiar enough with the installer to take it from there.
Might want to leave the 1 gig /swap partition alone also during the install process.
Might help if you use sleep alot.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:28 pm
by Buck Fankers
keos wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:05 am
The seller had already sent me the order, according to what he explained to me they (eBay) fine him if he takes too long to send .... and I was delayed the issue ... I had not put the note at the time of purchase, so I will receive now the system with Kali installed.
Can you do me a favour? Can you ask a seller for an email? I would like to arrange to get MX installed before I place an order. I think I will order two, this is great price!
Thanks
@rokytnji.1 for alerting me about this item.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:32 pm
by Buck Fankers
Partially off topic, @rokytnji.1 since you already got computer, is there any chance to upgrade internal SSD or whatever it is to bigger size? 32 would be perfect :-) It is probably non-replaceable, but asking just in case. Will order regardless, though.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:48 pm
by rokytnji.1
It appears both ram and ssd are of the soldered in variety on this model. You do have the option of adding SD card storage not sure what is the largest supported size for that media but shouldn’t be hard to look into online. I keep a 32 gig usb drive in mine.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:58 am
by keos
@Buck Fankers,
You can be able to communicate with the seller when you are placing the order through a messaging section on eBay, there you can ask Randi, the seller, to install MXLinux for you, but anyway i think, as rokytnji.1 said, it is not going to be difficult with kali already installed ...
I have not received mine yet, I will let you know ....
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 4:58 pm
by rokytnji.1
Not kali any more. Better read the thread in case you run into the same problems I had running MX 21.
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic ... -full-iso/
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harry@antix1:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.2.0 Distro: antiX-22_x64-full Grup Yorum 18
October 2022 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Candy v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: GOOGLE model: Candy v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: coreboot v: MrChromebox-4.18.1 date: 10/27/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.2/44.5 Wh (94.9%)
volts: 12.9 min: 11.4 model: Samsung DELL XK status: full
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Celeron N2840 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Silvermont rev: 8 cache: L1: 112 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2292 high: 2459 min/max: 500/2582 cores: 1: 2459 2: 2125
bogomips: 8666
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-3:4
Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: i965 gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (BYT)
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound API: ALSA v: k5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-4:6
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 44.65 GiB used: 20.7 GiB (46.4%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 vendor: Hynix model: HAG2e size: 14.68 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: PNY model: USB 2.0 FD size: 29.97 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 13.36 GiB used: 7.09 GiB (53.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 252 MiB used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 768 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/mmcblk1p3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 140 Uptime: 22m Memory: 3.75 GiB used: 1.17 GiB (31.3%)
Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1625 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.23
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:42 pm
by Buck Fankers
rokytnji.1 wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:48 pm
It appears both ram and ssd are of the soldered in variety on this model. You do have the option of adding SD card storage...
I assumed so much :-)
Still good deal, thanks
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:47 pm
by Buck Fankers
keos wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:58 am
You can be able to communicate with the seller when you are placing the order through a messaging section on eBay
That would be too late, sending msg when placing order.
Luckily, you can communicate with the seller (ask seller question) without placing order. I forgot you can, haven't used ebay for years. I send seller a msg, and asked to prepare two with MX for me. When they are ready, I will place an order. :-)
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:15 am
by keos
Well thank you, I'm new to eBay, I'm always used to buying from Amazon, that's why I made the mistake ... I still don't understand their site very well, I have to check much better to see how to contact them before placing orders.
Anyway, I am supposed to receive the laptop this Tuesday. As soon as I see the issue I'll leave a note here about how it went with the change of the kali>MX installation, in case anybody ...
Regards.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:34 pm
by keos
The Notebook arrived today, ahead of time!.
It was coming with Kali installed. I was considering not to install MX since Kali has Xfce4, but after an update and restart the system, kali broke down -- enough reason to me to start immediately the process to install MX-21 / Xfce4.
There was not much problem for me, except at the beginning ... i was going in circle trying to find the right way/option to boot with the USB into the BIOS... probably because i'm not fluent in english, till finally i found the 'how'.
The system is already installed and updated, it was all ... -- I'm writing now from the notebook!.
Good luck!!
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:36 pm
by Buck Fankers
keos wrote: Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:34 pm
The Notebook arrived today, ahead of time!.
The system is already installed and updated, it was all ... -- I'm writing now from the notebook!.
Good for you!
Update from my side. I asked seller, if he would install MX. He said he will. I ordered two in case one breaks soon, since they are old used devices.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:19 pm
by Buck Fankers
My update. I sent msg in advance asking, if I can get XM Xfce installed. I got both machines today with MX pre-installed, yay! These are old machines, I expected battery life to be near end. Well surprise, they are both in very good shape. For how old computers are, I though they would be slower. Well, MX sure helps here. Bottom line I'm glad I ordered two for this price.
Few years ago, I bought Samsung Chrome at Black Friday for 99$, converted it to MX. I tried many distros, and only 2-3 are working on it, most distros antiX included, don't properly work, can't get keyboard to work. MX works the best, but I could never get microphone to work, so I can't use it for keeping in touch with family by using Jitsi.met videoconferencing. And If watching YT video with any browser, browser will occasionally crash. Well more often than not. I understand, it is hardware designed for Chrome OS and some drivers in Linux kernel are just not the best fit.
Well I'm so happy, these two cheap former Chrome machines works so good! Thank you again @rokytnji.1 for mentioning this great deal!
Seller is super nice, super friendly and ships very fast.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2022 4:38 pm
by rokytnji.1
Well. Mine is a antiX chromebook now. I had to do some hoop jumping though.
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic ... -full-iso/
Don't know if any of findings are needed in MX though.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 5:02 am
by keos
Seller is super nice, super friendly and ships very fast.
I confirm it!
