Friends should I go for this Laptop??? Opinion required
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Good to know & which method you followed,might be useful for some here in future.
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kg11sgbg
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Good to know & which method you followed,might be useful for some here in future.
Well,previously I had to create an ext4 partition and a swap partition ,by reclaiming disk space from 1TB HDD,which consist Windows-8.1.
I had defragmented Windows-8.1 clearly using Auslogscs Disk Defragmenter tool.
You have to hit F2 key immediately to enter into BIOS or F12 key immediately for change in boot sequence,AS SOON AS THE MACHINE STARTS UP(Cold Start or BOOT UP).
Then I followed the steps which I had written on #44 comment under this thread.
Meanwhile, I had downloaded 4.3GB of openSUSE-13.2(64-bit) on Monday 03-11-2014 the day it was released. I used Ktorrent, BELIEVE ME IT TOOK 2HRS. 26MIN. ONLY FOR THE COMPLETE DOWNLOAD.
Hat's OFF to BSNL,KUDOS to BSNL...never any networking/downloading issues. GOD's Blessings and Good Faith from you well wishers.
I burned the entire iso image in a Sandisk 8GB usb Thumb Drive,using the tool "SUSE Studio Image Writer". It has became a bootable USB openSUSE distro pendrive also.
Subsequently, I plugged in the Sandisk 8GB drive and booted up the Ultrabook,with immediate pressing of F12 key.
There I chose the USB pendrive(Sandisk 8GB : Bootable openSUSE Distro.)as the 1st device to boot in,and after that following the steps as it happens on a normal Desktop-PC.
Of course during the installation stages I chose custom partitioning, as the default file system in this distro of openSUSE-13.2being the Btrfs,but I am at ease with ext4.
That's it Friends.
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As of using within Windows-8.1(those of us who are using the Desktop mode) it is working like a charm. No difference from Windows-7.
But some issues are cropping up in openSUSE :--->
1). While no issue/problem as I use an external usb mouse(Circle USB mouse in the photos.)in Windows-8.1,the same is getting non-functional in openSUSE.
I mean, the mouse pointer is freezing in openSUSE,BUT NO PROBLEM IN USING THE DEFAULT TOUCHPAD OF THIS ULTRABOOK in openSUSE.
Is this a driver problem? I have to click every now and then to make the mouse functional in openSUSE.
Any solution to this problem @friends ???
2). Truly,the networking issues are completely gone and now fully operational/functional in Windows-8.1, BUT THE PROBLEM OF DISCONNECTION AND NOT ACCESSING THE INTERNET HAS SPRUNG UP IN openSUSE. Even though the wireless icon and settings are shown fully O.K. in openSUSE.
Requesting Friend, @whitestar_999 (our expert friend in networking) to solve this problem.
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I think touchpad issues are known with linux,as for networking issues run command similar to ipconfig /all in suse & compare data like ip,gateway etc with windows 8.1 result to check for any differences.
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kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
No my Friend, touchpad is working brilliantly in openSUSE.
Issue is with the usb mouse.Suppose I am typing as in this part of the comment,the mouse light goes off. The mouse pointer freezes on the screen. I have to click the left button once~twice to make the mouse functional/active again.
Otherwise I have to run the mouse continuously along any surface,ie. the mouse pointer must be in constant moving motion by the user to render it functional.
This is an issue with openSUSE ONLY,never with MINT,UBUNTU,FEDORA,MANDRIVA,etc. with any other linux distro.
I had faced the same problem in my Desktop-PC also.
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Alakh Niranjan
Congrats! i will try that once i buy a laptop (soon)
@whitestar_999 , @$hadow, @sling-shot and all other @TDF Friends...
Successfully installed openSUSE-13.2(64-bit) onto my DELL Ultrabook besides Windows-8.1
Successful Dual Booting System with UEFI BIOS accomplished.
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kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
I had to re-install openSUSE-13.2
I didn't install the virtualization kernels + environments.The Xen kernel boot
Networking issues seems to be fixed.
Mouse pointer behaves erratic as described above in previous comment,when Ultrabook is in battery mode.
But as soon as I plug in charger MOUSE BEHAVES FULLY NORMAL...NO PROBLEMS,NO ISSUES.
Touchpad is always functional + normal in both battery and charging modes.
I didn't install the virtualization kernels + environments.The Xen kernel boot
Networking issues seems to be fixed.
Mouse pointer behaves erratic as described above in previous comment,when Ultrabook is in battery mode.
But as soon as I plug in charger MOUSE BEHAVES FULLY NORMAL...NO PROBLEMS,NO ISSUES.
Touchpad is always functional + normal in both battery and charging modes.