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Quote from: technomancer on May 08, 2016, 02:12:59 PMQuote from: TMG1961 on May 07, 2016, 03:11:00 PMQuote from: technomancer on May 07, 2016, 12:38:46 PMQuote from: TMG1961 on May 07, 2016, 05:57:18 AMOn my laptop i have been running LL for some time. But on my tablet i have windows 10. It came with the tablet. Been thinking of installing LL on tablet as well but no idea if thats even possible or that everything would work. For what i use the tablet for windows 10 works, so unless i find a 1000% fool proof and working method of getting linux on the tablet it has to do with windows 10Can you please post model and specs of the tablet. Usually tablets are ARM based cpu's , so Using a linux distro with ARM release my be possible.....Its a Teclast X98 ProSpecs:CPU – Quad Core 1.44GHz, up to 2.24GHz CPUChipset – Intel Atom X5-Z8500 (Cherry Trail T4 Z8500) processorCamera – 5 MP Rear Camera With LED Flash | 2 Megapixel Front CameraRAM – 4GB | ROM – 64GB and Supports MicroSD (TF) external storage up to 128GBDisplay – Screen size 9.7 inches HDBattery – 8000mAh Lithium-ion BatterySo seeing that it is an Intel CPU, it should be possible. However with a quick Google search of your tablet + ubuntu i came across this---> Teclast x98 air 3g with linuxThere is a known issue that you have to use 32bit UEFI with many of these Baytrail devices but all the 64bit Linux distro’s use 64bit UEFI. A special build of Ubuntu exists. You could try that, or use the same technique to get Mint working. Also, often to boot USB on some devices, at least with Mint, you have to turn “secure boot” off in the bios settings.http://techtablets.com/forum/topic/teclast-x98-air-3g-with-linux/ANDThis post shows all the hoops you must jump through to get Mint installed from USB with an Atom device’ 32bit UEFI. Keep in mind even after this you may need to, depending on your device, upgrade the Kernel and other drivers to get things working like audio and wifi. The post also goes through his shrinking the Windows partition to make room for Linux Mint.http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=204961&p=1065977#p1065977You could try those methods with LinuxLite, maybe let us know if you were successful. If you have a spare HDD/Flash swap out and run some testes maybe ....? Depends on how much work you are willing to put into it. It does not look easy though.Here is another link-- http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-mobile-81/any-teclast-x98-users-out-there-4175542356/A simple Google search and 15 minutes of time, i came up with alot of info.... Thanks for the info. Will have a look into things later next week, got some other things going first.
Quote from: TMG1961 on May 07, 2016, 03:11:00 PMQuote from: technomancer on May 07, 2016, 12:38:46 PMQuote from: TMG1961 on May 07, 2016, 05:57:18 AMOn my laptop i have been running LL for some time. But on my tablet i have windows 10. It came with the tablet. Been thinking of installing LL on tablet as well but no idea if thats even possible or that everything would work. For what i use the tablet for windows 10 works, so unless i find a 1000% fool proof and working method of getting linux on the tablet it has to do with windows 10Can you please post model and specs of the tablet. Usually tablets are ARM based cpu's , so Using a linux distro with ARM release my be possible.....Its a Teclast X98 ProSpecs:CPU – Quad Core 1.44GHz, up to 2.24GHz CPUChipset – Intel Atom X5-Z8500 (Cherry Trail T4 Z8500) processorCamera – 5 MP Rear Camera With LED Flash | 2 Megapixel Front CameraRAM – 4GB | ROM – 64GB and Supports MicroSD (TF) external storage up to 128GBDisplay – Screen size 9.7 inches HDBattery – 8000mAh Lithium-ion BatterySo seeing that it is an Intel CPU, it should be possible. However with a quick Google search of your tablet + ubuntu i came across this---> Teclast x98 air 3g with linuxThere is a known issue that you have to use 32bit UEFI with many of these Baytrail devices but all the 64bit Linux distro’s use 64bit UEFI. A special build of Ubuntu exists. You could try that, or use the same technique to get Mint working. Also, often to boot USB on some devices, at least with Mint, you have to turn “secure boot” off in the bios settings.http://techtablets.com/forum/topic/teclast-x98-air-3g-with-linux/ANDThis post shows all the hoops you must jump through to get Mint installed from USB with an Atom device’ 32bit UEFI. Keep in mind even after this you may need to, depending on your device, upgrade the Kernel and other drivers to get things working like audio and wifi. The post also goes through his shrinking the Windows partition to make room for Linux Mint.http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=204961&p=1065977#p1065977You could try those methods with LinuxLite, maybe let us know if you were successful. If you have a spare HDD/Flash swap out and run some testes maybe ....? Depends on how much work you are willing to put into it. It does not look easy though.Here is another link-- http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-mobile-81/any-teclast-x98-users-out-there-4175542356/A simple Google search and 15 minutes of time, i came up with alot of info....
Quote from: technomancer on May 07, 2016, 12:38:46 PMQuote from: TMG1961 on May 07, 2016, 05:57:18 AMOn my laptop i have been running LL for some time. But on my tablet i have windows 10. It came with the tablet. Been thinking of installing LL on tablet as well but no idea if thats even possible or that everything would work. For what i use the tablet for windows 10 works, so unless i find a 1000% fool proof and working method of getting linux on the tablet it has to do with windows 10Can you please post model and specs of the tablet. Usually tablets are ARM based cpu's , so Using a linux distro with ARM release my be possible.....Its a Teclast X98 ProSpecs:CPU – Quad Core 1.44GHz, up to 2.24GHz CPUChipset – Intel Atom X5-Z8500 (Cherry Trail T4 Z8500) processorCamera – 5 MP Rear Camera With LED Flash | 2 Megapixel Front CameraRAM – 4GB | ROM – 64GB and Supports MicroSD (TF) external storage up to 128GBDisplay – Screen size 9.7 inches HDBattery – 8000mAh Lithium-ion Battery
Quote from: TMG1961 on May 07, 2016, 05:57:18 AMOn my laptop i have been running LL for some time. But on my tablet i have windows 10. It came with the tablet. Been thinking of installing LL on tablet as well but no idea if thats even possible or that everything would work. For what i use the tablet for windows 10 works, so unless i find a 1000% fool proof and working method of getting linux on the tablet it has to do with windows 10Can you please post model and specs of the tablet. Usually tablets are ARM based cpu's , so Using a linux distro with ARM release my be possible.....
On my laptop i have been running LL for some time. But on my tablet i have windows 10. It came with the tablet. Been thinking of installing LL on tablet as well but no idea if thats even possible or that everything would work. For what i use the tablet for windows 10 works, so unless i find a 1000% fool proof and working method of getting linux on the tablet it has to do with windows 10