[Chester LUG] Asus X102BA Touchscreen Netbook on Linux and Windoze 7

[Roger Gibson]

No-one answered this.  Did it get through the system?  Any advice or 
warnings about multi-booting a Windows 8 Touch Screen notebook most 
gratefully received.  Ubuntu sounds OK, but I've seen warnings about 
Linux Mint.  A 10" machine with proper keyboard and 500GB HD plus all 
the trimmings weighing 1.1kg sounds pretty OK and portable, provided I 
can turn convert it to a decent fast OS.  Must come along one Thursday 
soon - Roger.

On 07/02/2014 17:41, Roger Gibson wrote:
> My Samsung NF 110 has intermittent problems sometimes when booting up 
> (screen scrambles).  PC World (Knowhow) have given up trying to fix it 
> and offering me choice of what is equivalent out there as Samsung is 
> now obsolete.  Attractive are the ASUS X102BA Touchscreen Netbook and 
> the HP Pavilion TouchSmart 10-e011sa.
>
> However when I ask about multibooting with Linux and Windoze 7, 
> neither PC World, nor ASUS/HP seem able to help.
>
> Looking through the blogs, I spotted 'Paul of Meols' who seems happy 
> with his ASUS X102BA now he has loaded Linux.  Is this our Paul Williams?
>
> I would be grateful for any comments anyone has about these or any 
> other 10.1" notebooks, (Chrome etc is no good as my Broadband is 
> pathetic when working, and prone to problems, and anyway, I don't 
> trust it!).
>
> I've never tried multibooting on EFI or fastboot.  Have any issues 
> been sorted now.  What about drivers?
>
> Any help or recommendations gratefully received.  Roger Gibson.
>
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