[plug] Installfest/Linux on Windows 10 Lenovo Yoga 310

[Richard Jones]

I've been looking out for a (used) replacement laptop and 
found that while Lenovo is mostly fine for linux, the Yoga 
ones are often badly nobbled, so I don't even consider them 
even though there may be exceptions.

Obviously that doesn't help but I _think_ that I remember 
being surprised at someone (here?) mentioning installing 
without major trouble on a Yoga. Hopefully someone here can 
come to your rescue.

Richard

On 8/1/19 12:20 pm, Didi Mudigdo wrote:
> Hi there, and Happy New Year!
> 
> I was wondering if PLUG has an upcoming 'installfest' event?
> 
> I have installed and used various Linux flavours on various 
> Windows 7/Chromebook machines (Joli, Puppy, Lubuntu, Bodhi, 
> Ubuntu, Gallium), but installing Linux on my 
> recently-acquired Windows 10 laptop (Lenovo Yoga 310 
> <https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/yoga/yoga-300-series/Lenovo-YOGA-310-11IAP/p/88YG3000736>) 
> has got me stumped.
> 
> I have followed instructions from various forums off the 
> 'net, but none of the procedures seem to work (when I boot 
> off a Linux boot USB, the laptop just freezes to a prompt 
> and nothing happens).
> 
> I think it would be best if someone more experienced was 
> watching over me while I did it, to see what I'm doing wrong.
> 
> Thanks in advance and best regards,
> 
> Didi Mudigdo
> github.com/dmudigdo <http://github.com/dmudigdo>
> 
> 
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