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    Linux on ASUS Laptops

    Has anyone successfully run live UBUNTU or Mint distros from a mem stick on ASUS laptops? Would be interested in hearing how easy/hard is was and on what model. All comments greatly appreciated!!! B
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    Can this be done?

    OK, here's the backstory. I had fought with Win Malware for decades it seems. Most were just headaches getting things cleaned up and never got a ransomware or disk destroyer problem, but one day I get this call from my bank an they asked "is this wire transfer for sending the balance of your...
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    Can this be done?

    I have a RaspPi Debian (Raspian) that I experimented with for a bit. Ran quite well for a disk-less SD nano-surfer system, but I failed miserably over about 4 sessions simply trying to get a Brother laser net printer driver loaded. There have been very few times I have been whipped by computer...
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    Can this be done?

    No worries Stan. The learning curve is worth it. I need to get up to speed on secure boot and find the distros that support it. Great! Thanks for the help!!! :cool:
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    Can this be done?

    KG: Based on your comments, you are saying ASUS laptops do not routinely block customers from disabling UEFI. Risk of buying a locked out machine is near zero. Is that a reasonable statement then? STAN: The idea of creating a private certificate is interesting from the perspective of blocking...
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    Can this be done?

    A 17" like this AMD system would be easy on my poor eyesight and in my price range, but I have read a rumor that ASUS has a way to lock Win10 in as the OS ... I have an AMD system with Radeon graphics and it performs well. Not sure if there are Linux drivers though. Have to start digging...
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    Can this be done?

    Good info. I will check them out as well! One last question you might know. Do you have any experience with vendors that cater to the Linux notebook market? Most of my old vendors are force feeding Win10 and more hardware than I need. Thank you! B
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    Can this be done?

    Stan, MOST EXCELLENT!!! The "TORAM" function is exactly what I need. Been surfing and trying to learn a way for a couple days and came up with nada. I had not run across Slax yet. That looks like it would do this fine and not need a big buck machine. The Porteus idea might work too, but I...
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    Can this be done?

    Windows Expat/Linux Convert in Training here. I want to buy/build a real simple, entry level Midori/Opera web surfing Linux laptop that boots from a write protected SD card and runs 100% in ram without a solid state or regular hard drive. GUI based would help my command line ignorance/time...
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