[wplug] Is anyone out there using Linux on a Lenovo IdeaPad 100S?

[Terence J. Golighlty]

Pat,

I found some links, but there will be some admin gymnastics involved 
with it:

Ask Ubuntu 
<https://askubuntu.com/questions/684041/ubuntu-debian-on-a-lenovo-ideapad-100s-linux-has-issues-with-this-laptop>

T



On 11/29/2015 08:16 PM, Pat Barron wrote:
> I'm considering picking one of these up on Cyber Monday sale.  It 
> ships with Windows.  Of course, if I were to get one, I'd want to 
> change that, if possible...  ;-)
>
> Can anyone share any experiences using any Linux distro on the IdeaPad 
> 100S?  I'm particularly interested in feedback on ease of use, ease of 
> installation (of Linux), and ability to easily go back to the 
> originally shipped Windows version of necessary (e.g., in case there's 
> some kind of BIOS/firmware update in the future that must be installed 
> from Windows).  I'm also wondering what the feasibility is of swapping 
> out the flash drive that is included (which is, as I understand it, 
> 32GB eMMC) with something larger.
>
> I'm not expecting to do any kind of serious development or anything on 
> such a machine.  I'm mainly interested in something like this for 
> situations where I would like something a bit more sophisticated than 
> a tablet, but don't want or need to lug a full-blown laptop around.  
> And of course, the price, size, and (especially) the very light weight 
> of this particular product make it very interesting for this kind of 
> purpose.
>
> So, if you have experience using Linux on this hardware - or, really, 
> any kind of cheap, lightweight, "just a bit more than a tablet" 
> computers that have an actual keyboard - I'd be very interested to 
> hear about it....
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