Re: LUG: Has anyone had success with Linux on an Ultrabook? - Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:24:17 -0500

While I can't say anything specifically about current ultrabooks, depending on your needs, a Transformer Prime may actually be something to look into. It runs Android, but apparently its fairly easy to setup an Ubuntu chroot and use one of the numerous terminal apps for development (given your editor of choice works on the command line of course).

Another alternative that I believe CarsonLynn has gotten working is a CR-48 with Ubuntu installed ( link ). That seems like a fairly good option (and perhaps the new chromebooks are even better for this, but I don't know).

Anyways, hopefully somebody else has some experience with ultra books, but if not, maybe one of those two solutions is a reasonable alternative.

Hi! I really really want to buy one of those new ultrabooks - those computers which are super-thin, don't have optical drives, have SSDs, and generally compete with the Macbook Air in terms of form factor.

Being that they are so new, there isn't much of a track record of people successfully installing linux on these things. For example, I haven't been able to get a good install on a new (Late 2011) Macbook Pro, and according to the internet, the Asus Zenbook X31 is also a no-go. [1, 2].

Does anyone have any experience with the newer laptops and linux? Models to avoid? Models which work particularly well?

No clean linux installation on these:

[1] http://dentifrice.poivron.org/laptops/macbookpro8,2/

[2] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11397808

Thanks!

Jay