********************************** 07/24/2021 **********************************being firmilier with windows seizing possession of computers overclocking chip-sets and burning them out first on my listidisabled secure boot and set the supervisor password in bios so windows andits automatic this and automatic that could not inflict further damage to thehardware without firstly obtaining my express permissionnot trusting windows and its most advanced network hacking teqnikesi then proceeded to install my 9 GB linux clone in 10 minutes flathowever i needed windows to register this new computer sos i started windowsafter setup finished without a internet connection it said theres nointernet conection try this troubleshooterwhich arived at the decision that i needed to reset the router (NOT TRUE)  duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhbut why win 10 was updating at chip sizlun full throttle thats the true reason  out of pure curiosity i let this rogue os update it took a full day and a halfbefore i could use edge browser to register in my asusand by the way my last laptop used to do the same thing everytime itupdated until i**************************************************************** disabled the automatic updates  ** by setting the ipv4 gateway address to a bad address ** and unchecking ipv6 protocal  ** in the network configuration dialogue  ****************************************************************2 words braught the micysoft madness to a sqeeky halt********  GRUB-INSTALL *********the wifi chip is a realtekRTL8821CE---the cpu temp is a cool 100 degree farenhite after waking from a nap---and under your control linux will run your chipset at 108 degrees farenheightat idle with bluetooth radio on---in linuxvbox windows 98 running the yamaha SYXG50 soft synthysizer which by the wayrenders the dsp effects in software on 12 miditracks laden with yamaha sysex register 20% cpu utilizationand 117 degree farenheit cpu temp and play hifi music without hickupthis vm cuts the battery life to about 9 hours---also the battery has about 19 hours of secure browsing in it using 2048 bitencryption over bluetooth connect---intense usage such as simultaniuos remote desktop and ssl secure browsing bringtemp to even 120 degree and battery life is 1 hour per 10 percent battery capacity---running linux headless and radio off give you > 40 hours of batteryapache2 server + file sharing + encrypted ssh is on---in linuxthe 14 inch keyboard is backlighted up for your pleasure and for due reasonit is almost impossible to see your key in anything but direct sunlighthowever this is a much needed feature regaurdless  A very usefull feature on the extended keyboard is the well placed home and end keyit follows the standard template for laptops except there is one more row on the far rightwhich has the following keyspower buttonhomepage uppage downendFN*******************************************************************************linux xcfe desktop uses about 1.1 gig of memory out of the installed 4 Gigwith 6 virtual desktops and 5 different apps running*******************************************************************************the charging cord is 6 foot loong and she charges up from 50% to 99% in < a hour*******************************************************************************the integrated video tops out at 1920x1080 and bottoms out at 320x180and refresh rates vary from 60 hz to 120 hzthe battery life sinks exponentialy with increased resolution and refresh rates************** update 12/1/2021 *****************windows died with a fit so I deleted it and everything associated with it i might add alsothat apearantly windows was keeping its own copy of disk partition bounderies andwasnt adhering to the gpt guid settings set by linux a very frightening prospectwindows also kept flipping the nvram boot variables so as to bypass the grub boot manager************** update 9/11/2022 *****************Itsa miracle that nota one flash card has been destroyed like what windows doesand im big on flash it sure takes a licken and keeps on ticken in linuxbattery hasnt degraded eitherlinux takes up 11 giger bytes ona 16 GB partition and the rest of my ss hardisk is empty (37 GB free)