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I have a laptop which came with pre-installed Windows 10. It has 32 GB eMMC storage, 2GB RAM and the processor is a Celeron Dual Core. Constant Windows updates have made it impossible to use. I wanted to install Ubuntu onto it so that it's at least usable.

I created a bootable USB drive, but the boot menu or BIOS did not recognize it. I used Rufus and balenaEtcher to make the device bootable, but none of them worked. I then tried installing Windows 8.1 (using balenaEtcher to make the bootable device) on the system and it got installed just fine. The name of my device is Asus EBOOK 203MA. I want to use Linux on the system as I think I will have a lot more control over my system.

Is it even possible to install Ubuntu or any Linux OS onto this system? If it is possible, please help me out.

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Shanks
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  • Hey Shanks! Since your device has low-end specifications, I suggest you to install Lubuntu instead of Ubuntu. Lubuntu is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, using the LXQt desktop environment in place of Ubuntu's GNOME desktop. Getting back to your question, please let us know the steps you followed to make the bootable USB drive. Also, did you verify the ISO? When you reply to my comment, please tag me like this (such that I'll be notified): @RandomPerson – Random Person Dec 26 '20 at 13:20
  • @RandomPerson Sir I am so incredibly sorry and embarrassed. I don't even know how to reply to you as I think I have lost all my credibility. I am incredibly sorry for this late reply. To Answer your query, I used Rufus and Balena etcher to make to bootable device but none of that worked. But then I tried installing Windows 8.1 (using Balena to make the bootable device) on the System and it got installed just fine. The name of my device is Asus EBOOK 203MA. I want to use Linux on the System as then I think I will have a lot more control over my system. And Sir once again I am really Sorry – Shanks May 22 '21 at 08:29
  • Please don't be sorry. It's OK to reply late. BTW, did you verify the ISO and which version of Ubuntu did you use to make bootable USB drive? Don't forget to tag me if you reply to my comment. – Random Person May 24 '21 at 11:31
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    @RandomPerson I did not verify the ISO per se, but I tried using the same bootable drive on another machine(HCL Me Laptop from 2010, 2GB RAM,320 GB HDD) and that worked. – Shanks Jun 05 '21 at 05:38

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