(Solved) Upgrade tablet from Windows to Linux Mint 20.1

[lewtwo]

I have an old HP HP Elite x2 1012 G1 tablet running windows with a Intel Core M3-6Y30 CPU, 4 GBytes of Ram, Samsung 128 GByte Solid State Drive and a new battery. It is also equipped with the stock HP Pen and rather good Bang and Olufsen sound system. It is currently running Windows 10 Pro and I mostly use it as a Kindle E-reader, Browsing the web (Google Chrome) and sometime On-line Gmail. I also occasional run No-Machine to manipulate remote Linux machines. It works fine for all except now it keeps complaining that I need to upgrade Windows 10 and replace explorer with edge ..... every damned time I turn it on and when it has been running for an hour or so a notification pops-up with similar complaints. On previous versions of Windows I would just disable updates and continue on.

If I have to upgrade the OS then I will target Linux Mint 20.1 with the Mate interface. I plan to fully charge the battery, attach a key board to one USB port and boot from a live USB stick in the other USB port. Target apps will be:
1) Google Chrome Web Browser
2) Kindle for Linux
3) Pinta
4) NoMachine Client
5) Reader for Acrobat
6) LibreOffice
7) VLC

So here is my Question(s):
1) Has anyone tried this on a HP X2 Tablet?
2) Any hints or suggestions ?
3) Am I about brick this thing and send it back to HP to recycle as planned obsolete scrap.
(HP provides no support for anything other than Microshit Windows 10)


M3-6Y30 == Intel® CoreTM M3-6Y30 with Intel HD Graphics 515, (0.9 GHz, up to 1.5 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology**, 4 MB cache, 2 cores)

[gittiest personITW]

I would see if you can boot Live Mint on it at all.
If you can't then that would be that.
If you can, then it might be worth researching further?

[lewtwo]

Getting the Bios Boot to recognize a USB keyboard seems to be problematic (works fine after the OS is loaded).
I ordered a used HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Travel Keyboard keyboard that plugs into a proprietary connector in the bottom of the tablet.
I hope that I am not throwing good money down a bad hole.

[lewtwo]

OK this is resolved .... sort of.
I first tried booting from the Linux Mint Live CD and installing Linux mint along side Windows 10.
That failed.
Then a spent several hours trying to Repair the Windows 10 installation.
That failed.
So I decided, "Screw it. There is not data on this tablet. I am going to do a complete re-install. Might was well start with Linux."

All went well (Having the proprietary HP keyboard helped a lot).
So it is up and running and everything works.

One very NASTY Problem: I keep getting alerts saying the battery is low, but I will start another thread for that.

[gittiest personITW]

Next step is follow number 5 in the following link as that might give a clue as to help solve the problem.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=83444

[lewtwo]

Next step is follow number 5 in the following link as that might give a clue as to help solve the problem.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=83444

did that ...
viewtopic.php?f=46&t=351083

[lewtwo]

t is NOT the laptop Battery that is low ...
it is the tiny "AAAA" battery in the HP/Watcom pen


SOLVED ... or will be when I can get a new "AAAA" battery.