Cassian<p>hello esteemed fediverse, please welcome the dell venue 8 pro.</p><p>this distinguished <del>e-waste</del> functional tablet originally shipped with a 32bit version of windows 8, alongside a whopping gig of RAM.</p><p>because windows 8 is so out of date i wasn't even able to install firefox for some light web browsing, i opted to try and find a linux distro to install. </p><p>after two days of trial and error running through every distro <a href="https://github.com/24bisquitz/dv8p3845" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this incredibly helpful guide</a> recommended, i finally ended up with zorin os 15 lite. i tried various other distros, including ubuntu mate, lubuntu, and elementary os, but zorin was the only one that managed to install correctly - in spite of having its boot usb forcefully removed near the end of installation. go figure.</p><p>at this point, it seems to be mostly functional. the battery indicator and rotation aren't working (yet), and more pressingly the virtual keyboard isn't working either. still, it's been a fun thing to experiment with.</p>