Learn How To Use Linux, Linux Mint Cinnamon 19 Bootable 8GB USB Flash Drive - Includes Boot Repair and Install Guide

I used this on a older HP lap top. Install went ok but additional programs would crash or lock up on loading. This is a 64 bit system that loaded 64 bit programs. So I trashed the install and found a 32 bit Linux Mint install and that fixed my issues. I replaced a older windows XP SP3 install I can't say that it was worth the effort. Does not seem to run with any less over head and boot time is about the same. Time will tell

Purchased more for curiosity. In doing so, was surprised it actually worked quite well. Definitely much faster than XP on my older laptop. Would recommend it more for surfing the web. A bit more involved if you wanted to use with basic "in house" programs that you may need to address additional download data. You could download different versions of Linux for free, but this was not that expensive to give it a try on it's own.

Ok, so two parts to this review: 1. Linux Mint with Cinnamon Desktop and 2: The USB distribution sold here.1. Linux Mint with Cinnamon Desktop is easy to download and flash to any USB media or burnable optical media. It's super easy to install and much less resource demanding than Windows 10. I used it to refurbish an HP with a fixed 32 GB integrated solid state storage device that was out of space with Windows 10, no apps, no docs, no pix, no videos... just the OS that could no longer be upgraded. That same 32 GB SSD has a complete Linux OS with Cinnamon Desktop with 20 GB of free space for apps, docs, pix, and videos. Linux loads and runs faster and with a number of MS Office compatible packages available (one of which installs with Linux Mint) and GNU software that is compatible with and replaces everything made by Adobe and other big expensive software labels this is a perfect solution for the "out of date, too small for Windows" laptop to surf the net and check email.2. This USB distribution: The first one received didn't work. I returned it and while waiting for the replacement USB I discovered Linux Mint online with easy to follow instructions to download and flash the ISO to a 4GB USB drive which installed fast and easy and you can buy 8 GB USB drives in 5 packs for less than the cost of this particular item. Go to linuxmint.com and use that 4 GB USB drive in your junk drawer now.

The media could not be loaded.  Okay, now before you click away from this I'm NOT saying it's a scam. I just couldn't get it to work with my laptop. And the cause? I believe my laptop's USB ports are messed up. I'm sure if you were to try it yourself it would work. So, I just need to replace my laptop since it's USB ports aren't working. (And it doesn't have DVD/CD ROM Drives). The flash drive DOES contain necessary files (from my initial inspection with my desktop PC). And the USB even comes with instructions if I remember correctly. So, give it a try.

I bought this to convert my wife's old 2015 ASUS Zenbook (UX305) from Windows 10 to Linux Mint 19 after replacing the Zenbook with a later model (UX331F, running Windows 10 required for her work). She's very happy with her new Zenbook. Everything went very smoothly because I had already learned after much frustration what I needed to do to get this USB to boot on my own former Zenbook. I had earlier converted that laptop to Linux Mint 18 and wanted to upgrade to Mint 19 by way of testing this product before subjecting my wife's old laptop to it.No matter how many times I went into the AMI (64) system setup utility and fiddled with the boot sequence, it would not boot from the USB until I finally found on ASUS.com that I needed to change two other parameters: first disable Secure Boot Control, then enable Launch CSM (Compatibility Support Module, perhaps labeled Legacy in other utility screens). The Launch CSM parameter cannot be enabled until Secure Boot Control is disabled.The next time I booted from the USB, its menu loaded and smoothly guided me through the reformatting and installation of the Ubuntu and Mint upgrade and updates. Then there was one last wrinkle. When I restarted the new system, I just got the GRUB command-line prompt until I fiddled with the boot sequence to choose the bare drive name rather than "Ubuntu (the drive name)." Now it boots directly into Mint 19, with its set of 3rd-party software that includes LibreOffice. But now I get reminders to upgrade to newly released Mint 20.

1. No response to my email requesting assistance. Will return. Seller needs to be more specific which computers it will run on. Better instructions are needed.2. The internal WiFi device was not found and does not work. I was able to use a Ethernet dongle and also a small wifi dongle to connect to the internet. I did some Googling and it sounds like some people have been able to get some versions of the ASUS T100CHI working. The problem is there are different versions with different hardware and people have different experiences. Some people had to patch and recompile their Linux kernel to get it working, some people had to compile and install very special drivers via complex Linux command line incantations. Some people never got it working. It may be possible to get the internal wifi working, but I would have to become a Linux expert and it would take many hours of research. Since an external dongle just works that may be a good option.3. The Bluetooth keyboard connects and works fine... Until the computer is turned off and on again. The keyboard is still listed as a paired Bluetooth device, but shows as disconnected even when I can see that it clearly on and the blue light blinks. I have to used an external USB keyboard to login, disconnect the keyboard, and reconnect the keyboard. This can be worked around so long as you have a spare wired keyboard around and don't turn the computer off very often. This is a stupid problem and I don't know how to fix it. There may be Linux incantations to fix it, but that is not clear to me. Once again this would require me to become a Linux expert and hours of research.

Its nice little items. Haven't tried it yet