<div dir="auto"><div>Yes that ain't ARM :-)</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">free/libre/open, software for the people by the people<br><a href="http://www.swlug.org" target="_blank">www.swlug.org</a> is a good place to go ;-)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 6 May 2025, 17:39 <a href="http://peredur.net">peredur.net</a> via Swlug, <<a href="mailto:swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk">swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Hmm. Good Point. I'm not sure how I'd find out.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I can tell that it's an AMD Ryzen 7 7730U processor and the System type is 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor. Does that answer the question?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Peter</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="m_211904678226719020composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#909090" dir="auto">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Morgan Green <<a href="mailto:MorganGreen0681@outlook.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">MorganGreen0681@outlook.com</a>> </div><div>Date: 06/05/2025 17:28 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: South Wales Linux User Group <<a href="mailto:swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> </div><div>Cc: Peter Bradley <<a href="mailto:peredur.net@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">peredur.net@gmail.com</a>> </div><div>Subject: Re: [Swlug] Install Linux on ASUS Vivobook </div><div><br></div></div>
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Hi Peter,</div>
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Can you please confirm if the Vivobook is a x86 or ARM device? Because I heard getting Linux working on ARM Laptops is trickier.</div>
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Kind regards,</div>
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Morgan Green</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 6, 2025 5:24:02 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Swlug] Install Linux on ASUS Vivobook</font>
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<div>I have a reasonably new ASUS Vivobook with Windows 11 installed. I would
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really like to get rid of Windows 11 and install a Linux distribution <br>
instead.<br>
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I've downloaded Ubuntu onto a memory stick, but can't get any further <br>
because I can't find any way to alter the boot order. The BIOS screen <br>
appears when I repeatedly hit Esc on startup, but as far as I can see <br>
there is no option to allow the machine to look for a USB stick before <br>
it boots from the hard drive. Searching the internet came up with any <br>
number of suggestions, but none of them works for me as the options they <br>
mention don't appear on my BIOS screen.<br>
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Does anyone know where I can find the option to boot from USB, or any <br>
other way of getting Linux installed on this machine?<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance<br>
<br>
Peter<br>
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