Linux - Any TRC/RTTL Experts?

[Ant]

I've got a Linx 1010B tablet which is a bit old now. It came with Windows 10 on it, the 32 bit installation.

I'd like to get Linux onto it. Being a bit thick, I'm not sure of the best approach to this. I did try but I didn't get anywhere.

Can anyone here point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

[ogri]

If you are feeling techy, this link explains it:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1235739 ... uch-tablet

[Ant]

Thanks orgi, that looks a little different to the guide I tried maybe a year or two ago, so I'll give it a go! Cheers.

[KungFooBob]

What about ChromeOS Flex as an option?

[Ant]

What about ChromeOS Flex as an option?

Yes, open to that also, pretty much anything which gets this useable as something I can have in the garage whilst I potter about.

[Ant]

Ok, well I put Chrome OS Flex on it, seems to work, but I can't adjust the screen brightness at the moment and I don't know why, so it's on maximum brightness at the moment.

[KungFooBob]

The good thing about about ChromeOS Flex is that you can run it off the USB stick (albeit much slower than a proper install) to test that everything works, before a full install. I probably should have mentioned that.

[Mussels]

Ok, well I put Chrome OS Flex on it, seems to work, but I can't adjust the screen brightness at the moment and I don't know why, so it's on maximum brightness at the moment.

When I toyed with Linux years ago drivers were the awkward bit, it relies on someone techy having owned that kit and bothering to create them.

[Ant]

I've got an old laptop I'll put Linux on, but Chrome seems a good compromise with this old Linx thing. There may be a way to sort the brightness out at some point, it's got to be obvious, but at the moment I can move the slider in the Chrome settings, but it just has no effect.

[Count Steer]

Ok, well I put Chrome OS Flex on it, seems to work, but I can't adjust the screen brightness at the moment and I don't know why, so it's on maximum brightness at the moment.

When I toyed with Linux years ago drivers were the awkward bit, it relies on someone techy having owned that kit and bothering to create them.

Reminds me of when I had one of the early, funky iMacs. Every time you wanted to connect something that wasn't part of the original kit it was a technical safari. By then you might have thought 'Ah, USB. Get in!' It was more a case of plug and pray, then play 'hunt the driver'.

It was actually easier with an old Apple II...because you knew the only things you could connect was stuff like a Paper Tiger printer (although I did get an HP plotter connected).

[KungFooBob]

I remember having to download drivers (over 128k Kilostream) so that Windows 95 would read USB thumb drives.

Now you just plug them in and they work, back then you needed a different driver for each manufacturer!

[Felix]

Last time i dicked about with Linux it was mint. I remember Korky going on about it stating its stable and hardly needs any updating. Mine was forever needing an update and it could not find any drivers for my printer so that got binned for good old windows.
Out of curiosity how do you install Linux or even Chrome into a tablet? Bootable SD card or zip file and use the systems BIOS (If Called Thant) to read the zip update??

[Ant]

I'll have a go later, I've got an old i5 first generation laptop which runs windows 7 ok, but as I don't use it, I could use it as a platform for playing with Linux.

[Ditchfinder]

Running solus Linux on an ancient Asus laptop. No funky drivers needed, even Bluetooth worked straight off the bat. Webcam and mic all good too. Got a nifty software centre so no command line needed for software updates and install.

Budgie desktop manager is nice and light and everything is where you would expect it to be.

Running as fast as OsFlex did on it and I had Bluetooth and microphone issues with that.

[Ant]

Last night I put Linux Mint, Cinnamon on my old first generation i5 Laptop. Works good, looks good. Just playing with Wine now as there's the one Windows program I'd like to run on it, then it can sit in the garage and be the garage laptop.

[Rockburner]

Last night I put Linux Mint, Cinnamon on my old first generation i5 Laptop. Works good, looks good. Just playing with Wine now as there's the one Windows program I'd like to run on it, then it can sit in the garage and be the garage laptop.

If you struggle with WINE, try running VirtualBox and a Windows VM. Depending on the memory in the machine it can work fine as a slightly more involved alternative to WINE.

[Ant]

Last night I put Linux Mint, Cinnamon on my old first generation i5 Laptop. Works good, looks good. Just playing with Wine now as there's the one Windows program I'd like to run on it, then it can sit in the garage and be the garage laptop.

If you struggle with WINE, try running VirtualBox and a Windows VM. Depending on the memory in the machine it can work fine as a slightly more involved alternative to WINE.

Thanks. So I'm guessing that on top of the VirtualBox that I'd have to get hold of a windows ISO to run within it? It's probably more likely to work with most programs then in that case I suppose.

[Rockburner]

Last night I put Linux Mint, Cinnamon on my old first generation i5 Laptop. Works good, looks good. Just playing with Wine now as there's the one Windows program I'd like to run on it, then it can sit in the garage and be the garage laptop.

If you struggle with WINE, try running VirtualBox and a Windows VM. Depending on the memory in the machine it can work fine as a slightly more involved alternative to WINE.

Thanks. So I'm guessing that on top of the VirtualBox that I'd have to get hold of a windows ISO to run within it? It's probably more likely to work with most programs then in that case I suppose.

Exactly, you're essentially installing an os into a virtual computer. I think you can get older versions of windows for free, do a bit of searching on the Microsoft sites.

[Mussels]

You can dual boot with Windows/linux. It's a long time since I did it but istr needing to install Windows first as it didn't like Linux formatting.

[mangocrazy]

You can dual boot with Windows/linux. It's a long time since I did it but istr needing to install Windows first as it didn't like Linux formatting.

I've never tried it on a tablet but certainly on a desktop/laptop you install Windows first then Linux after. There are complications with Windows needing a couple of special hidden partitions, but installing Linux is generally a breeze.