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I would like to ask if i could run the normal pc ubuntu version on one of the new windows 8.1 tablets with the intel atom z3770 or z3740?

It is possible?

Would be nice, because the hardware and the price sounds great but windows 8 isn't it for me because i'm a open-source and diy guy.

Or

Are they cheapie convertible? I searched the web but didn't found a list with products working with ubuntu.

Avinash Raj
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In window 8.1 you can go at PC setting and make the tablet boot from USB then you need a mini USB to USB female adapter plug it in with a USB stick with buntu with a ueif boat able. I plan to do same I have a proscan model it only has 1gb of ram so think to dual boot lubuntu on it on a 64 GB SD card half for Ubuntu and half for windows only questions I have is boatloader will grub work

Kristopher Ives
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Daniel
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If you have 8.1 there could be hope in my experience. I was able to boot into Grub with a 32 bit Bootia file set into /BOOT/EFI inside an USB drive.

I didn't have knwoledge about how to boot manually so no Ubuntu for me in that Tablet.

You will need to put the file found below into your EFI/Boot directory: https://github.com/jfwells/linux-asus-t100ta/raw/master/boot/bootia32.efi

Then boot manually from the Grub command prompt.

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