UL30A-X5 with Linux How well does this laptop work with Linux?
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I agree and am looking for a new laptop, a new 13.3" thin model with good battery life for Ubuntu.Acer has one I am looking at too that has been said to work with Linux. I am using a older Acer now with Ubuntu 9.04, 9.10 releases on 29 OctoberAcer Aspire Timeline AS3810TZ-4925 13.3-Inch Aluminum Laptop - Over 8 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)I will post again if I find out anything about this ASUS
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My last update, but I figured anyone interested in Ubuntu on this would be excited with this news:I am currently booted up on the LIVE CD (well image) of 9.10 beta (releases tomorrow) and it appears that everything is supported natively. The wireless drivers (that were a pain) are good, card reader, wired, better battery (by a slight amount). Also - the hotkeys all work (FN + (key)).Other distros I am not sure what their newest native driver support is like, but it is clearly do-able and if you want it you can get it on here. I hope the release doesn't lose any of this stuff! My last update, but I figured anyone interested in Ubuntu on this would be excited with this news:I am currently booted up on the LIVE CD (well image) of 9.10 beta (releases tomorrow) and it appears that everything is supported natively. The wireless drivers (that were a pain) are good, card reader, wired, better battery (by a slight amount). Also - the hotkeys all work (FN + (key)).Other distros I am not sure what their newest native driver support is like, but it is clearly do-able and if you want it you can get it on here. I hope the release doesn't lose any of... » Read More My last update, but I figured anyone interested in Ubuntu on this would be excited with this news:I am currently booted up on the LIVE CD (well image) of 9.10 beta (releases tomorrow) and it appears that everything is supported natively. The wireless drivers (that were a pain) are good, card reader, wired, better battery (by a slight amount). Also - the hotkeys all work (FN + (key)).Other distros I am not sure what their newest native driver support is like, but it is clearly do-able and if you want it you can get it on here. I hope the release doesn't lose any of this stuff! « Show Less
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Just ordered this laptop, give me a few days and I will let you know how Ubuntu 9.10 works on it.
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I am on Jaunty right now, I am waiting to upgrade when the official release is out, if/when I do.I'm not sure what Karmic will offer much beyond Jaunty as I have it set up (on another computer).
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Update: This thread got me wired just now...Wireless is in the works. [ndiswrapper isn't so friendly to this one for some reason - perhaps I nabbed the wrong wireless driver..]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7409939
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I'm not a big fan of ndiswrapper. Hopefully there's a kernel module out there that works. Thanks for the post related to the Ethernet drivers.
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Has anyone tried Linux on this laptop?Looking at the specifications, it should be a pretty standard installation, except possibly for the Atheros wifi chip, which may require some fiddling.I haven't seen any news on any of the major Linux forums yet, but this laptop is still pretty new as I type this message.
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I haven't tried it with linux, but the windows driver will not work, you have to find one for linux
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Linux will run fine on this board. Ubuntu the same as long as you use the newest version and not LTS. I use steam daily and haven't had an issue at all. Feel free to ask anymore questions.
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I'm running Linux Fedora, and it works like a charm with no setup at all. just plug it in and go. I've never tried Ubuntu, but I assume it would be pretty much the same.
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Yes, except the touchpad it works great, I highly recommend it.You will need a recent kernel to get the touchpad to work (3.14 and up I believe), but even then it's not working that good at this point, and notably doesn't come back after a suspend/resume.I have been running Fedora 20 (3.15.x kernel) on it for more than a month and have not noticed any instability besides that.
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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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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.
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Well, it runs Windows 7 soo well that Ubuntu (Linux) should run very well. I have never used Linux, but Windows 7 is a much bigger OS and runs very well. Linux should be extremely fast because it is so small.
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Absolutely. I bought this item because it works great with both Windows and Linux. Well worth it. I need to buy another one because I gave this one away to one of my students.
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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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yes...this is an excellent computer. I went so far as to replace the OS with linux and downloaded a ton of music, videos, & apps & updated as required....just looked at the previous response, suggest installing Xubuntu instead of Ubuntu due to slim resources on this unit.
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Tested and working under many flavors of Linux. It uses the very common rtl8187 driver, so it'll work under just about anything.
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I wouldn't expect any problems. Proper Intel drivers must be included in the latest version of Ubuntu (and other Linux distributions), so there shouldn't be anything to worry about.
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I've had it working on Windows xp/Vista/7/8/8.1 so far. Unsure about Linux at this point.
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I bought mine used. It didn't come with an OS, I'm currently running Puppy Linux with an Alfa wireless adapter. Works great.
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Yeah it works on linux, all i had to do was plug the USB adapter in, turn on mouse and keyboard, and boom, 2 seconds later it all works. certain special buttons won't work, but all of the main keys work, i like it so far. i got my 7000 for free from live search club.
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Hello realmrealm,We do not recommend to use it with Linux. As the listing description shows, it supports Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 and only for stable performance.Anker Team1-800-988-7973 support@ianker.com Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm(pst)