[Swlug] Install Linux on ASUS Vivobook

[peredur.net]

Hmm. Good Point. I'm not sure how I'd find out.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?PeterSent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Morgan Green <MorganGreen0681 at outlook.com> Date: 06/05/2025  17:28  (GMT+00:00) To: South Wales Linux User Group <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> Cc: Peter Bradley <peredur.net at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Swlug] Install Linux on ASUS Vivobook 

Hi Peter,

Can you please confirm if the Vivobook is a x86 or ARM device? Because I heard getting Linux working on ARM Laptops is trickier.




Kind regards,

Morgan Green



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Cc: Peter Bradley <peredur.net at gmail.com>
Subject: [Swlug] Install Linux on ASUS Vivobook
 


I have a reasonably new ASUS Vivobook with Windows 11 installed. I would

really like to get rid of Windows 11 and install a Linux distribution 
instead.

I've downloaded Ubuntu onto a memory stick, but can't get any further 
because I can't find any way to alter the boot order. The BIOS  screen 
appears when I repeatedly hit Esc on startup, but as far as I can see 
there is no option to allow the machine to look for a USB stick before 
it boots from the hard drive. Searching the internet came up with any 
number of suggestions, but none of them works for me as the options they 
mention don't appear on my BIOS screen.

Does anyone know where I can find the option to boot from USB, or any 
other way of getting Linux installed on  this machine?

Thanks in advance

Peter


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