Installing linux on a windows tablet!

[AndreiArgeanu]

Hi. I have a Windows 2 in 1 with 2gb of lpddr3 ram and an Intel Atom x5-Z8300 and I am looking into installing a Linux distribution on it but I have issues doing it. The tablet is running windows 10 at the moment and I have an issue entering the bios. The only way I found that I would be,  able to get to the bios is to go in setting to recovery and click advanced start up. After that when the advanced start up launches I have to go to Troubleshoot -----> Advanced options ------> UEFI Firmware Settings which then gets me in to the bios. There is a photo here with what the bios looks like. The idea is that I do not have an idea of how to get into the bios without having to go into the windows recovery settings and also the tablet is a Linx 1020. So how do i enter the BIOS without the recovery settings? Is it fine if I boot Linux of an SD Card? And will there be great performance difference between windows and Linux in tasks like browsing/light gaming/office tasks?

[Radium_Angel]

7 minutes ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

Linx 1020

https://cd-rw.org/t/running-ubuntu-linux-on-intel-baytrail-windows-tablets-linx-lamina-and-others/458

 

[Catsrules]

12 minutes ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

 Is it fine if I boot Linux of an SD Card? And will there be great performance difference between windows and Linux in tasks like browsing/light gaming/office tasks?

 

Yeah you can boot it off an SD card but it will be very slow, SD cards have terrible latency, and it may shorten the life of the SD card considerably. 

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I believe there is likely a way you can get directly into the BIOS without going through the windows options, but you will have to figure out what that is for your specific device.  Once you have that, that should remove any fears about never being able to get into the BIOS again once on Linux.

 

As for any changes you'll see, I expect the RAM usage to become less of a problem, I would expect to have a few driver related issues, certainly on first boot, but potentially forever as this thing probably uses very non-standard, uncommon hardware, and unless you choose a distro optimized for low spec machines that does not have compositing, you're going to notice the interface not being very responsive.  YouTube will be an interesting test as well.  On my machine which is similar, Edge can playback 4K60 youtube in VP9 with no issues at all, but other browsers, and thus other OSes struggle to even do 1080p30, so keep that in mind.  Screen rotation, while most likely possible, may be a pain, and finally I would recommend not booting from the SD card as a permanent solution.  It would work, but it's just going to add to the performance issues.  Probably not nearly as much as it would running Windows in the same way, but still.

[Radium_Angel]

1 hour ago, James Evens said:

@Radium_Angel does the graphics run smoothly? the last time i tried android x86 it was to slow

Nope. Way too many hurdles to solve on that front.

I was mainly posting the thread about custom Ubuntu isos for his tablet

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On 5/9/2018 at 7:30 PM, AndreiArgeanu said:

Hi. I have a Windows 2 in 1 with 2gb of lpddr3 ram and an Intel Atom x5-Z8300 and I am looking into installing a Linux distribution on it but I have issues doing it. The tablet is running windows 10 at the moment and I have an issue entering the bios. The only way I found that I would be,  able to get to the bios is to go in setting to recovery and click advanced start up. After that when the advanced start up launches I have to go to Troubleshoot -----> Advanced options ------> UEFI Firmware Settings which then gets me in to the bios. There is a photo here with what the bios looks like. The idea is that I do not have an idea of how to get into the bios without having to go into the windows recovery settings and also the tablet is a Linx 1020. So how do i enter the BIOS without the recovery settings? Is it fine if I boot Linux of an SD Card? And will there be great performance difference between windows and Linux in tasks like browsing/light gaming/office tasks?

I've got a Chinese brand tablet I tried to use it with Linux, and trust me... Entering the BIOS is the last of your problems. You will probably have to find the touchscreen drivers, wifi, Bluetooth and firmware.

Anyway, you could try to start your tablet with a keyboard plugged in using an OTG cable, and pressing the esc button while turning it on 

[AndreiArgeanu]

On ‎08‎/‎09‎/‎2018 at 10:23 PM, Lukyp said:

I've got a Chinese brand tablet I tried to use it with Linux, and trust me... Entering the BIOS is the last of your problems. You will probably have to find the touchscreen drivers, wifi, Bluetooth and firmware.

Anyway, you could try to start your tablet with a keyboard plugged in using an OTG cable, and pressing the esc button while turning it on 

I have one of those 2 in 1 tablets so it has a keyboard. But entering the bios pressing esc works. Thank you very much for helping me out. Cheers