I started a couple of Threads with problems I had trying to get my new ACER Cloudbook to work with Tahrpup.
The first problem was that it would not boot from the Solid State Drive, only from a USB stick
The second problem was some difficulty with X which cause it to freeze if I selected Exit to Prompt and (presumably the same problem) if I double-clicked VLC to watch a video full screen.
First impressions are that all of these work perfectly with Quirky 8.
This may help someone else.
...R
ACER Cloudbook seems to work fine with Quirky 8
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gcmartin
My Cloudbook
My cloudbook bios is very finicky in booting some distributions.
The quirky xerus on an f2fs stick runs perfect. (2) Win32 diskimager was used to "write it to a boot stick".
Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit boots and runs great, is f2fs aware,
Mint 32 bit runs very good on the cloudbook, but lacks f2fs awarness.
Debiandog boots and runs but only in legacy mode. Its Grub4dos installer deletes GPT Partitiion Tables apparently.
Note that on my cloudbook, Windows 10 was erased and not reinstalled.
The quirky xerus on an f2fs stick runs perfect. (2) Win32 diskimager was used to "write it to a boot stick".
Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit boots and runs great, is f2fs aware,
Mint 32 bit runs very good on the cloudbook, but lacks f2fs awarness.
Debiandog boots and runs but only in legacy mode. Its Grub4dos installer deletes GPT Partitiion Tables apparently.
Note that on my cloudbook, Windows 10 was erased and not reinstalled.
Quirky Quirks on the Cloudbook Stick
(1) quriky runs and boots fast and well on its stick now. (2) I'm now running Quirky on USB ext4 partition with journaling off of course. (3) Ubuntu partition on MMC was abruptly overwritten during Quirky 8 installation.
Mint 7.3 32 bit runs very well on the acer cloudbook, including suspend. Its Grub booter was not UEFI compatible but was fixed by Grub Repair Disk, and/or the Ubuntu 16.04 installs.
Debian Dog runs well on the Acer Cloudbook, but only in legacy mode.
Mint 7.3 32 bit runs very well on the acer cloudbook, including suspend. Its Grub booter was not UEFI compatible but was fixed by Grub Repair Disk, and/or the Ubuntu 16.04 installs.
Debian Dog runs well on the Acer Cloudbook, but only in legacy mode.
acer cloudbook
@mpanek60, I'm not sure I understand your (2) and (3)
Does your (2) mean that you have the USB stick formatted as Ext4?
Does your (3) mean that Quirky over-wrote the Ubuntu partition against your wishes?
...R [
(2) yes, done by Quirky's "install to drive"
(3) yes, Using Quirky's "install to partition"
ps: if a GPT drive gets deleted, it may be recoverable with Gdisk etc.
Regards, Mitch
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Pelo
To run all puppy applications in the Cloud
Cloudbook ? would it be possible to run all puppy applications in the Cloud ? Like Google Drive ? You will then run Puppy from Windows ( Some kicks in the ass will be my future 
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It's already made available (By Amazon).
)It's already made available (By Amazon).
Re: To run all puppy applications in the Cloud
Even if it were possible I will not be doing it.Pelo wrote:Cloudbook ? would it be possible to run all puppy applications in the Cloud
I like to have all my data on the table right beside me where only I can see it. Who knows whether some criminal enterprise "owns" the cloud.
...R
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Pelo
and if fire burns your papers at home ?
and if fire burns your papers at home ? bad joke, sorry. What is an acer Cloudbook ? Model please. I am interested because my laptop will die, and Acer is a good trade mark.-
gcmartin
Data
I have worked with couple Chromebox's and have found them fast and reliable. Much of what I do now is in the cloud, no matter if I create it locally or on the cloud's services. Further, data can exist encrypted in the cloud.
This is a user choice for where you want your data to exist. And, hopefully, most knowledgible users are aware of maintaining their data separate and apart from their OS(s). Today, we have choices that was not attainable in our past.
One option I have used, also, is running a local remote-desktop client where all OS services comes from a cloud/remote system. In this case there is no need to even maintain a local OS system; excepting something that provides a remote-desktop client.
Boxes/Books
Over the past year, I have tested implementations with several "tiny" box solutions. And, I am impressed to the point that I expect to reduce my energy demand tremendously over the next year for home "compute" needs by donating all of my 32bit PCs left and becoming an exclusive user of tiny solutions. I think energy will offset in the winter as the "hot" boxes will be gone because of hot box removals, but will help in summer with a cooler house.
Final
The Cloudbook is not a Chromebook. These are different OSes.
Edited: Clarify remote-desktop with adding to last sentence and better explaining energy savings.
I have worked with couple Chromebox's and have found them fast and reliable. Much of what I do now is in the cloud, no matter if I create it locally or on the cloud's services. Further, data can exist encrypted in the cloud.
This is a user choice for where you want your data to exist. And, hopefully, most knowledgible users are aware of maintaining their data separate and apart from their OS(s). Today, we have choices that was not attainable in our past.
One option I have used, also, is running a local remote-desktop client where all OS services comes from a cloud/remote system. In this case there is no need to even maintain a local OS system; excepting something that provides a remote-desktop client.
Boxes/Books
Over the past year, I have tested implementations with several "tiny" box solutions. And, I am impressed to the point that I expect to reduce my energy demand tremendously over the next year for home "compute" needs by donating all of my 32bit PCs left and becoming an exclusive user of tiny solutions. I think energy will offset in the winter as the "hot" boxes will be gone because of hot box removals, but will help in summer with a cooler house.
Final
The Cloudbook is not a Chromebook. These are different OSes.
Edited: Clarify remote-desktop with adding to last sentence and better explaining energy savings.
Last edited by gcmartin on Wed 18 May 2016, 06:15, edited 2 times in total.
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Pelo
Puppy on the Cloud..
wel well gcmartin, well noticed... so we shall forget Puppy on the Cloud..
Virtual machine Amazone (non free)
Virtual machine Amazone (non free)
Re: and if fire burns your papers at home ?
Google knows. Mine has a 14"screen so I think that is why it is called a Cloudbook 14. There is also a number A01-431-C2Q8Pelo wrote:What is an acer Cloudbook ? Model please.
...R
