Has anyone been successful in getting linux running on one of these?
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I got a debian 7.4 live image to boot, but I haven't (yet) installed Linux on the system. There were some minor problems with it, such as a warning message that gnome didn't come up, but it did have a working UI. This version of Linux does not have a working touchscreen driver that runs while the keyboard is connected. Perhaps the hardware would switch over when the tablet is removed. I didn't test that. Or other versions of Linux may have a working driver. The USB ports are both on the keyboard, so when the tablet is removed, it isn't possible to have a USB keyboard. And I couldn't connect a BT keyboard. So if the touchscreen doesn't switch over in hardware, then you won't be able to use the system as a tablet. The HP site does say that this unit has BT, but this version of Debian did not recognize it. If you can get BT working, then that would provide a way to get a keyboard and mouse while it's disconnected from the keyboard. But requiring those external devices might not be suitable for many people while using it in a tablet format. When I've had more time to work with it, I'll update my review.
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The drivers are very difficult to deal with. You can look up a few tutorials online about how to build a custom Debian build with the drivers working but it requires a bit of time. If you like things like that I would recommend if not I would stay away. Hope this helps.
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Installed and works well on the windows based platform. Never installed it on linux, however it was basically plug play , so it should.
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Works fine for me but I would recommend using a lightweight distro. What are you planning on using it for?
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Yup, running pfsense on it for my router. I didn't see any oddball hardware in it, so Linux should run fine as well.
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I dont think thats a good idea. Processor isnt that much. But i read some forums that they got it working with esxi. Running 2 instances of linux.
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Doesn't seem like it. I tried to search for drivers but can't find any for Linux. I had to return the item. I use Ubuntu 14.04.
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Yes, if there is an an empty PCI slot in the computer, it will work with a Linux build.
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Yes, and it works very well. One caveat, it requires making changes and configurations. There is a link which provides, Google Phil's Project Blog. His information is the best that I came across. Read the blog and decide if you are up to this. My recommendation is that it is worthwhile and will give you a better understanding on Linux configuration.
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I'm running it with a 4 TB drive right now. Works great. I'm running Linux. It all just worked "out of the box" without needing drivers, Disk Manager, patches, or anything like that. You just have to remember to format your drive with "gpt" partition table, because the default ("msdos") partition table maxed out at 2 TB and will no longer work.
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It appears to on at least Debian-based systems. I have not tried personally, but googling "h530 linux" gives some forum posts that suggests it works.
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I believe it will work with Linux. I do have a fair return policy if it doesn't work.
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Running freenas (freeBSD) on it without problems. Don't see why Linux would be any problem.
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Have had no driver issues in any version of linux I've used on this. That includes Ubuntu, Mint and Centos 7 so far. I suspect it will work with any recent version of linux.
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It works on Linux Mint 16 (thus Ubuntu), openSUSE, and Debian out of the box. I haven't tested others.
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It didn't work when I tried it with Linux Mint 16. No assistance on Asus website. Didn't pursue the matter further.
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Yes, except the touchpad it works great, I highly recommend it.You will need a recent kernel to get the touchpad to work (3.14 and up I believe), but even then it's not working that good at this point, and notably doesn't come back after a suspend/resume.I have been running Fedora 20 (3.15.x kernel) on it for more than a month and have not noticed any instability besides that.