Installing Ubuntu 1. CHUWI Lap. Book 1. Apollo Lake Laptop. Home. Hardware, Intel Celeron, Linux, Testing, Ubuntu. Installing Ubuntu 1. CHUWI Lap. Book 1. Apollo Lake Laptop. Since Ive completed the review of CHUWI Lap. Book 1. 4. 1 with Windows 1. Ive decided to give it a try with a Linux distribution, and I chose to go with a daily build of Ubuntu 1. Linux. For linux, we have gathered everything you need in one place. Clone the repository git clone httpsgithub. Apollo Lake platforms need a recent Linux kernel. While Ubuntu 1. 7. The Fedora Media Writer application is the quickest and easiest way to create a Fedora USB stick. Download Fedora, and write it to a USB. Manjaro Linux 17. An excellent time to give it a spin. Official versions with Xfce and KDE desktop, and Community versions with Gnome, Cinnamon, LXQt. Fedora f d r. formerly Fedora Core is a Unixlike operating system based on the Linux kernel and GNU programs a Linux distribution, developed by. April 2. 01. 7, likely with Linux 4. Linux 4. 9. I had already quickly booted Ubuntu 1. Laptop from a USB drive flashed using Rufus right after the review, but today Ive just decided to wipe out Windows 1. Xrdp is an Open Source Remote desktop Protocol server, which allows you to RDP to your Linux server from Windows machine. News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions. Pick a flavor of Fedora streamlined for your needs, and get to work right away. Install Xfce Desktop in Fedora 2224. If you have an existing Fedora distribution and wanted to install xfce desktop, you can use yum or dnf to install it as shown. Linux distributions and check what works, what does not. Click to Enlarge. The first thing youll have to do is to press Esc while starting the laptop to enter the BIOS UEFI Aptio Setup Utility, go to the Boot menu, and change from Windows to Linux for OS Slelect sic. Click to Enlarge. If you dont do that, youll only have a cursor on the top left of the display when you boot Linux from the USB flash drive. Save to apply the options, and at next boot your bootable USB flash drive should boot into Ubuntu. If not, press F7 at boot time to access the boot menu shown below. In my case the flash drive was the first boot device so it started automatically, and after a few seconds, youll be asked to try or install Ubuntu. Id recommend to just try the first time, and if you can login and connect to Wi. Fi, you can do the actual installation, which I did, and after a few second I got to the graphical installation program asking me to select the language. So I carried on, connecting to my wireless access point in the process, and selecting US keyboard. I also checked Download updates while installing Ubuntu and Install third party softwareClick to Enlarge. I was stuck in the installation in the next screen Installation Type, after after selecting Erase disk and install Ubuntu, the Install Now button was grayed out. I tried to select other option, but no luck the button was still unusable. Click to Enlarge. C Program For Convolutional Code. I went back a few times, and I tried again, and after several attempt, I could finally click on Install Now. Click to Enlarge. At this stage it warns me it will destroy all data on selected partitions, meaning here that it will completely wipe out Windows 1. I have not yet a recovery method. I have asked CHUWI for a recovery firmware image or Windows 1. I have yet to get an answer. Nevertheless I clicked on Continue, and the installation proceeded. Then remove the USB flash drive, rebooted the laptop, and within half a minute or so, I could browse the web and watching You. Tube videos in Ubuntu immediately. Click to Enlarge. Details app still shows Ubuntu 1. Ubuntu 1. 7. 0. 4. CHUWI LAPBOOK CNX uname a. Linux CHUWI LAPBOOK CNX 4. Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 2. UTC 2. 01. 7 x. 866. GNULinux. cnxsoftCHUWI LAPBOOK CNX cat etclsb release. DISTRIBIDUbuntu. DISTRIBRELEASE1. DISTRIBCODENAMEzesty. DISTRIBDESCRIPTIONUbuntu Zesty Zapus development branch. CHUWI LAPBOOK CNX df h. Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use Mounted on. G     0  1. 9. G   0 dev. M  6. 5. M  3. 72. M   2 run. devmmcblk. G  7. 3. G   4. 7G  1. G   1. 2K  1. 9. G   1 devshm. M  4. 0. K  5. 0. M   1 runlock. G     0  1. G   0 sysfscgroup. M  3. 5. M  5. 08. M   1 bootefi. M  1. K  3. 79. M   1 runuser1. G  1. 8. G  1. 3. G  5. 9 mediacnxsoftrootfs. CHUWI LAPBOOK CNX free h. Mem           3. G        1. G        3. M        3. M        2. G        1. G. Swap          2. G         1. 2K        2. G. cnxsoftCHUWI LAPBOOK CNX head proccpuinfo. Genuine. Intel. cpu family     6. IntelR CeleronR CPU N3. GHz. stepping     9. MHz         1. 06. Roisin Murphy Simulation Ep. KB. physical id     0. CHUWI LAPBOOK CNX uname a. Linux CHUWI LAPBOOK CNX4. Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 2. UTC 2. 01. 7 x. 866. GNULinuxcnxsoftCHUWI LAPBOOK CNX catetclsb release DISTRIBIDUbuntu. DISTRIBRELEASE1. DISTRIBCODENAMEzesty. DISTRIBDESCRIPTIONUbuntu Zesty Zapus development branchcnxsoftCHUWI LAPBOOK CNX df h. Filesystem     Size Used Avail UseMounted onudev           1. G    0 1. 9. G  0devtmpfs          3. M 6. 5. M 3. 72. M  2rundevmmcblk. G 7. 3. G  4. 7G 1. G  1. 2K 1. 9. G  1devshmtmpfs          5. M 4. 0. K 5. 0. M  1runlocktmpfs          1. G    0 1. 9. G  0sysfscgroupdevmmcblk. M 3. 5. M 5. 08. M  1bootefitmpfs          3. M 1. 72. K 3. 79. M  1runuser1. G 1. G 1. 3. G 5. CHUWI LAPBOOK CNX free h             total       used       free     shared buffcache  available. Mem          3. 7. G       1. 1. G       3. M       3. 90. M       2. G       1. 9. GSwap         2. G        1. 2K       2. GcnxsoftCHUWI LAPBOOK CNX headproccpuinfoprocessor    0vendorid    Genuine. Intelcpu family    6model       9. IntelRCeleronRCPU N3. GHzstepping    9microcode    0x. MHz       1. 06. KBphysical id    0. All specifications are correctly detected with an Intel Celeron N3. GB RAM, 6. 4GB e. MMC flash. I also tested all hardware ports and features to check which drivers may be missing. Features. Results. Display. OKKeyboard. OKMousepad. OKWi. Fi. OKBluetooth. Pairing with phone OK, file transfer failed. USB 2. 0 port. OKUSB 3. OKmicro SD slot. OKHeadphone jack. OKSpeakers. OKMicrophone. OKWebcam. OKmini HDMIOKSo everything works, except Bluetooth which can pair with my phone, but I could not transfer files in any direction. So the driver might be OK, with some other issues in Ubuntu If youve read the Windows 1. I had three USB flash drive, and only one would work in both USB 2. In Ubuntu, I still have one that is not recognized at all and nothing in dmesg, so I guess it might be a contact issue, but the other two work with both USB ports. When I connected the mini HDMI port to my TV, the laptop switches automatically to extended desktop mode. There may be some issues that I missed, but so far CHUWI Lap. Book 1. 4. 1 looks like a perfectly usable 2. Ubuntu laptop if you use a distribution with a recent Linux kernel. If you are interested you can pre order it on Gear. Best or Banggood.