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    Nextbook 11a

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by TANWare, Aug 17, 2016.

  1. TANWare

    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    Well my first real attempt; . Still a ways to go.......
     
    TANWare, Aug 17, 2016
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    Supposedly the 64bit Linux is ok with the 32bit EFI but the same issue of no hardware support. No mouse, touch screen, speakers or wifi. The keyboard works fine. It is a shame there is not more support for these Bay Trail devices, they seem perfectly suited for Linux.
     
    TANWare, Aug 18, 2016
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    Mind posting the output of lspci, lsusb, and aplay -L
     
    ALLurGroceries, Aug 18, 2016
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    Still playing with different distributions etc. trying to get a full boot. so far this is very preliminary but it is further than I have seen most others get with Bay Trail and the 32bit UEFI..
     
    TANWare, Aug 18, 2016
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    fwiw, PCLinuxOS has always had very good hardware support.
     
    Primes, Aug 19, 2016
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    thanks, there is a kde and full monty so will try both. Only 64 bit versions though it seems.
     
    TANWare, Aug 19, 2016
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    I wouldn't do the full monty, it's like a super bloat version. Even the standard editions come with more than enough software. They used to have mini editions that were just base software installed.
     
    Primes, Aug 19, 2016
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    Problem with both is it just goes to the command line in grub not to a menu. So I will play with them later.
     
    TANWare, Aug 20, 2016
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    Distro support of 32-bit UEFI on 64 bit hardware is pretty lacking. When I had those machines to tinker with I just built Grub from source and kept the binaries on a thumb drive. Even with it fully installed, half the EFI implementations are broken and require renaming the .efi to something M$ hard-coded.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Aug 22, 2016
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