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

[Pat Barron]

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....