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What OS would you pop onto a ASUS Transformer Book T100TA?

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What OS would you pop onto an ASUS Transformer Book T100TA?
 
AtlasOS?
atlasos.net

An optimized modification of Windows, designed for enthusiasts.

We designed Atlas for enthusiasts & gamers, improving privacy, usability, and performance. Have the best experience compared to stock, slow Windows.
atlasos.net atlasos.net
It's Windows 10, without the bloat.

IMO you wouldn't be asking if you were a huge linux fan, because there's any number of decent distros that would run, based on your preferences. My guess is that you're asking because it's struggling with full-fat windows.
 
I was asking because f**k Windows 8.
 
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Chrispy_ said:
AtlasOS?
atlasos.net

An optimized modification of Windows, designed for enthusiasts.

We designed Atlas for enthusiasts & gamers, improving privacy, usability, and performance. Have the best experience compared to stock, slow Windows.
atlasos.net atlasos.net
It's Windows 10, without the bloat.

IMO you wouldn't be asking if you were a huge linux fan, because there's any number of decent distros that would run, based on your preferences. My guess is that you're asking because it's struggling with full-fat windows.
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That is a wonderful windows distro for sure. But how does Microsoft allow that kind of copyright infringement on their software??
 
RDNAuser said:
I was asking because f**k Windows 8.
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I cannot possibly disagree with you on that.

mclaren85 said:
That is a wonderful windows distro for sure. But how does Microsoft allow that kind of copyright infringement on their software??
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It's not a copyright infrigement. You install bone-stock windows as Microsoft intended. Then, you customise it like anyone is free to do.

It's no different to a third-party start menu - it's just a more complete OS customisation that does A LOT more, and by that I mean it uninstalls, disables, and deletes a bunch of irrelevant nonsense.
 
And don't forget the chrome os!

Chrispy_ said:
I cannot possibly disagree with you on that.


It's not a copyright infrigement. You install bone-stock windows as Microsoft intended. Then, you customise it like anyone is free to do.

It's no different to a third-party start menu - it's just a more complete OS customisation that does A LOT more.
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Will definitely try. It looks it has the features that I need after the poor performance from ltsc.
Thanks for sharing!
 
mclaren85 said:
And don't forget the chrome os!


Will definitely try. It looks it has the features that I need after the poor performance from ltsc.
Thanks for sharing!
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It's the spiritual successor to 95Lite etc.
Microsoft may yet release something official in this vein in due course, as a result of the rise in popularity of x86 gaming handhelds like the Ayaneo series, the SteamDeck, the Ally etc.
 
Chrispy_ said:
It's the spiritual successor to 95Lite etc.
Microsoft may yet release something official in this vein in due course, as a result of the rise in popularity of x86 gaming handhelds like the Ayaneo series, the SteamDeck, the Ally etc.
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Windows handheld mode is on the way, according to rumours on Twitter:)
 
W7 or linux
 
eidairaman1 said:
W7
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Not if it's being connected to the internet; There are three and half years of known security vulnerabilities that have remained unpatched on W7. Nearly 100% of all BYOD devices that registered as compromised on our zero-trust guest network in the last 12 months have been W7.

For an offline machine, maybe - but W7 is still extremely internet-enabled and feels kinda broken when it's offline, unless you do a whole bunch of tinkering with it, in which case just get a pre-tinkered OS.
 
Shrek said:
How much RAM has it got?
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IIRC they're all Atoms with 2GB soldered and the models were just different colours and storage options
 
I'd say 4GB was the absolute minimum for Windows 10 (despite what Microsoft might say)
 
Chrispy_ said:
AtlasOS?
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Hell no. It's an older Atom with barely any resources.
RDNAuser said:
What OS would you pop onto an ASUS Transformer Book T100TA?
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Debian or anything debian-based. I have a similar 7" asus tablet(Atom Z3745, 1GB RAM), runs stock debian, all hardware is supported, wifi is working, and even touch screen and on-screen keyboard work better than in windows.
 
a very light linux distro.
 
silentbogo said:
Hell no. It's an older Atom with barely any resources.
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AtlasOS is considerably lighter on resources than the current Windows 8. And by considerably, I mean around 70%
Check my sig, Bragging Rights runs Atlas a lot better than anything else I've tried with driver support for the rest of the platform.

Debian will obviously run, and it's not like I'm being sponsored by AtlasOS.org, but it's a windows device currently running Windows.
 
Chrispy_ said:
eAtlasOS is considerably lighter on resources than the current Windows 8.
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AtlasOS is still a 64-bit windows 10. You can't get around that. And I highly doubt you can debloat it to the point of being "lighter" than 32-bit windows 8(which is what this thing came with).
Last time windows 10 worked "fine" on 2GB RAM was back in 2015, and only on 32-bit [LTSB] distro.
Nowadays you either have to ditch AtlasOS since it does not support 32-bit and hope that your daily software won't drop 32-bit support in the next couple of years. Or go with 64-bit distro and "enjoy" comfortable experience of modern browsing on 500-700MB of available RAM(if even that), and completely forget about all benefits of Superfetch.
Another thing you seem to not understand, is the SoC in that thing. Z3745 is an abysmal chip. Windows tablets weren't ruined by Windows 8, they did not take off solely because of hardware and Intel Atom Zxxxx was a big part of it.
Even an infamous Z8300 was nearly twice as fast, and that thing was barely capable of running my small mail server(currently using J4205 board, which has higher TDP, but a ton more performance).

P.S. And now that I dusted off my tablet, I remembered another important thing why Atlas won't work - this tab only supports 32-bit UEFI bootloader, which means Atlas is off the table. There are workarounds for linux to run 32-bit bootloader and 64-bit OS, but windows 10 is no linux.
 
Chrispy_ said:
Not if it's being connected to the internet; There are three and half years of known security vulnerabilities that have remained unpatched on W7
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Do you know that atlasOS disables literally all windows security features and disables windows updates ? That's the "bloat" it removes, that's where its performance comes from. If you're concerned about connecting a windows 7 PC to the web you should definetly be concerned about connecting an atlasOS PC.

A linux distro would be my first choice, something like https://lubuntu.me/
Or a chromeos flex install if it is compatible with the hardware and you don't mind google.
 
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If you have 2GB of RAM then Windows 7 32-bit or Windows 10 32-bit.

You can go with Linux but not all the features will work and battery run time might be lower.

Linux distros with LXQt or Xfce work faster on these netbooks.

My vote goes for Windows 10 32-bit with some tweaking like turning off unnecessary services.
 
mclaren85 said:
That is a wonderful windows distro for sure. But how does Microsoft allow that kind of copyright infringement on their software??
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The answer is that they don't, and have DMCA'd/shutdown similar "lite"/tin foil hatter modification projects before.
 
If you have very little time to spare then I would choose mageia + XFCE or MX Linux + fluxbox / XFCE.
They are both very user-friendly and snappy on old hardware.

If you have more time to spare and good basic skills with Linux systems then I would choose one of the following options for this old netbook:
Devuan - Alpine Linux - FreeBSD - Void Linux
 
davy49 said:
Hi,
I'm so glad that I came across this particular post because I was really hoping that I would be able to install the atlas o.s. on my asus t100ta transformer book: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/Asus-Transformer-Book-T100TA_id8186 . Now after reading all of these comments it appears as though it's impossible to do.
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You'll need to check if you have 64-bit EFI support. Even though your CPU is 64-bit, Asus crippled some of their netbooks and tablets by putting outdated BIOSes with only 32-bit EFI support.

You'll have this issue with many Linux OSes too, so you can either try to get a 32-bit EFI file, or you need to stick to 32-bit distributions.
 
Linux Lite... LINK
 
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