In my previous blog post about how great the Acer Aspire One Cloudbook works as a thin client I need to add a few words about it’s operating system. The machine comes with Windows 10 Home 64 bit, version 1511. Problem with Windows 10 is that it auto updates, and there is no space left on the 32GB drive to update to version 1607 (the anniversary update). In my case it did try anyways, offcourse without any notice other than “install updates and shut down”. Next morning when I was going to use the machine it went ahead trying to update and was busy with this for a few hours. Problem is that when I want to use my machine, it cannot be busy with updating windows. Anyway, when done, it all crashed (I suspect due to hdd space), and after one more hour it had restored to the previous version 1511.
After this I realized how not in controlled I was with using this machine with Win10. I therefore went ahead installing Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon 64 bit. If you are doing this, remember to go into BIOS and turn boot from UEFI to Legacy mode. Also to get the touchpad working, set it from Advanced to Simple mode.
Now the machine is running Linux flawlessly and with less system resources. I can still use RDP and Teamviewer to reach my main machine, and the best is that I’m in total control over my Aspire One. It updates only when I tell it to.
Thanks Linux, you saved me once again…