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    Linux on Asus G50vt

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Innova, Dec 5, 2008.

  1. Innova

    Innova Notebook Geek

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    Anyone tried this? What works and what doesn't work? Anything to watch out for?

    I am close to buying a G50vt-a1, and would want to run Ubuntu, with Vista in VMWare.
     
    Innova, Dec 5, 2008
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  2. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    Well not the Vt but I have debian on my G50V-A2 with RAID 0.

    I dual boot windows XP and debian sid (unstable).

    If you go raid 0 just make sure to get a recent build of the installer and add dmraid=true to the arguments at the boot screen before install.

    I am linking below a good reference, but they are totally wrong about enhanced mode and RAID. You can use enhanced mode with dmraid=true and use software raid with the intel ICH controller with no problems. This is my setup.

    http://monalisa.cern.ch/blog/2008/09/16/ubuntu-on-asus-g50v/
     
    ALLurGroceries, Dec 5, 2008
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  3. Bungalo Bill

    Bungalo Bill Notebook Deity

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    Why would one ever VMware an OS....slow slow slow slow slowwwwww
     
    Bungalo Bill, Dec 5, 2008
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  4. areet

    areet Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can Wine most windows programs in linux. Even works for games (somewhat). I can get 40-50fps in northrend (WoW) playing it through wine on Ubuntu. This is on my desktop, but most laptops now days have much better specs.

    I'm picking up a g50vt-a2 and I plan on it being a dedicated linux box for sure.
     
    areet, Dec 5, 2008
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