<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I did some quick research and found this page:<div class=""><a href="http://www.driversfree.org/en/drivers-catalog/drivers-for-notebooks/asus/ultrabook-asus-eeebook-e402sa-download-drivers-for-windows-10-64-bit" class="">http://www.driversfree.org/en/drivers-catalog/drivers-for-notebooks/asus/ultrabook-asus-eeebook-e402sa-download-drivers-for-windows-10-64-bit</a></div><div class="">which says, in part "<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Asus EeeBook E402SA is fully compatible with the operating system Linux.</span>”</div><div class="">So I took a chance and ordered one. I plan to install Ubuntu.</div><div class="">Fingers crossed!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for this tip!</div><div class="">IB</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><div class="">On 28-Nov-16, at 18:22, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" class="">talk@gtalug.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><<a href="https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_CA/pdp/ASUS-EeeBook-E402SA-UB03-BL-Signature-Edition-Laptop/productID.5083331100" class="">https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_CA/pdp/ASUS-EeeBook-E402SA-UB03-BL-Signature-Edition-Laptop/productID.5083331100</a>><br class=""><br class="">Typical netbook, with twists<br class=""><br class="">Points of interest:<br class=""><br class="">++ FullHD resolution (1920x1080). I don't know any other notebook<br class=""> with this kind of resolution under about $500.<br class=""><br class="">+ $249.00 today (list price is $399.00)<br class=""><br class="">+ if you collect AirMiles, and you go through the AirMiles site, you can <br class=""> get about $25 worth of AirMiles back<br class=""><br class="">+ 4G RAM (2G seems standard in netbooks so this is very good)<br class=""><br class="">- 14", so larger and heavier than I'd like. But you might like the size.<br class=""><br class="">- 32 eMMC "disk". Small, but enough for a full Linux distro. Normal for <br class=""> netbooks due to Microsoft's licensing model.<br class=""><br class="">- slow but useable: "Intel Celeron N3060 1.60 GHz with Intel Burst <br class=""> Technology up to 2.48 GHz"<br class=""><br class=""> Might have problems with the Linux/Atom bug I keep pointing at.<br class=""><br class="">+ free delivery (and return). MicrosoftStore's policies are pretty good<br class=""><br class="">+ comes with 64-bit Windows 10 so it must have 64-bit UEFI firmware.<br class=""> Makes Linux installation a lot easier.<br class=""><br class="">I bet that this can run Linux well, but I haven't tried it. Nor have I <br class="">googled to find other's experiences.<br class=""><br class="">---<br class="">Talk Mailing List<br class=""><a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" class="">talk@gtalug.org</a><br class="">https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk<br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="">
Irwin Barrer<br class=""><a href="mailto:irwin@irwinb.com" class="">irwin@irwinb.com</a><br class=""><br class="">
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