Thread: I have decided to dual boot XP tablet edition and Ubuntu of Linux.

Hello friends, as I am fresh to this forum I don’t recognize much more about it. Really I desire to ask you few quarry. I have cleared my entrance exam for engineering, and I have also got the admission in as well, so I was planning to purchase IBM X61 tablet PC, since I will mostly utilize it note making & homework and in free time I will utilize it for net browsing & gaming. So for this cause I have design to dual boot XP tablet version and Ubuntu of Linux.

Hello welcome to this forum, I just required to say that there are number of better support out there now. Ubuntu and many other fro Linux entire are get shipped on few laptops from OEM nowadays. But there also few smaller distribution which will operate for you are distros, PCLOS, eLive. As per my idea you must go with this Linux dual booting, but earlier performing it you must confirm will entire the characteristics of that tablet are supporting or not.

Hey I am altogether agreed with this and I also required to say something. I have faced with vendor of tablet and he has confirmed me that it is potential to do dual booting in IBM and entire the characteristics of Linux will affirm in it as it supports in computer. It will be better choice for you to utilize this since it will be assist for you to do high computation as you entire do in engineering, and Linux does this type of calculeting in better manner. So go with it and enjoy the technology.

Hello, I also need to share one of my experience with you entire. I was also utilize dual booting with fedora 10 with XP tablet on HP. I first set up XP tablet and then set up fedora, it was operating fine. But I was obtaining few troubles in Wi-Fi and webcam, fedora was not operating right with it, after that I transferd on to Linux. From the time I have set up Linux dual boot with XP tablet, I have not yet trouble with anything.

Hello friends, I knew that I will get the right solution on this web link. After reading the first post, I ordered for the IBM with tablet XP. As I will get it, I will do dual booting with Ubuntu Linux running system. Also I will hold in mind that, I will have to beware about the wireless and webcam matter. I have as soon as begins to find about the fresh firmware and set up file of it.