Laptops/CPUs on which it's impossible/unfeasible to install Linux OSs; room for a thread?
by doctorfever from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5RBW3)
A few weeks ago I bought a laptop from Amazon with Win10, intending to install a Linux OS instead of Win10. I got to the bios/uefa easy enough, but couldn't change boot order to allow installation via USB. Asus customer service told me that the CPU on Vivobook S513EA wouldn't allow installation of any another OS; the CPU is Coffee Lake (Intel). Of course I sent the vivobook straight back for a refund. But I'd like to suggest a new thread where experiences like this would warn anyone about to buy a new machine which ones it'd be impossible to install a Linux OS on. The customer service worker who answered me added that Asus doesn't support installation of other OSs. Not sure what that means; possibly just that they don't make machines with no OS installed? I installed Zorin on my battered old HP a few months ago when Windows just blacked out and would've needed reinstallation. I changed bios boot order then installed fom usb in just a few minutes. Maybe a thread devoted to listing problematic laptop models/CPUs would be useful?
