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Note: The tutorial uses 64G EMMC to install dual systems as an example. If you install Linux Ubuntu separately, please refer to the video tutorial as follows:
T5 / T6 / T8 / T11 Ubuntu 16.04 Download: https://mega.nz/#!Jw4wFKZS!3zm7sOprWfgT ... AXaBSa01VQ
Installation video tutorial: https://mega.nz/#!Y0Z1SK7Q!dQ5pxBRBwn9W ... AwyJ3jfRzQ
Download for AK1 / GK1 / CK2 / T13 series Ubuntu 16.04:https://mega.nz/#!owxXUKKQ!9kS3k-njgNfx ... LQYvhjMi5I
Installation video tutorial:https://mega.nz/#!tgYRgICB!CP9ECrJ-36Ls ... 0_8_nHfe9M

 Preparation tools: Ubuntu 16.04 image, U disk (equal to or greater than 4G), LinuxLive USB Creator 2.9.4
A. Make an Ubuntu boot disk
  LinuxLive USB Creator download: https://mega.nz/#!ggpCyIab!_afwIbIh_T_- ... xqMbY3RQeU
 Install LinuxLive USB Creator, Next-Install-Next-Finish   Insert the USB disk into the USB interface of the device and burn the ubuntu system
  Ubuntu 16.04 download: https://mega.nz/#!Jw4wFKZS!3zm7sOprWfgT ... AXaBSa01VQ (AK1 / GK1 / CK2 / T13 series, all provide this image)
  Ubuntu 16.04 download: https://mega.nz/#!owxXUKKQ!9kS3k-njgNfx ... LQYvhjMi5I (This image is provided on Z8350 platform, T5 / T6 / T8 / T11) Tip: You LinuxLive key is now up and ready! It means the burning is completed.

  B. Disk partitioning
Open Disk Manager  Compact disk  Allocate disk capacity    C. start installing Ubuntu
 Press the F7 key at boot and choose to boot from a USB flash drive Choose a language   The choice is to install the decoder Other options Select 30923MB free area, click + sign, add / partition, select 8192MB, primary partition, empty EXT4 journal file system, mount point /, and then OK, as shown in the figure: Continue to click the + sign, add swap partition, select 4096MB, logical partition, swap, and then OK, as shown in the figure: Continue to click the + sign to add the boot partition, select the size of 200MB, logical partition, Ext4 log file system, mount point boot, and then click OK, as shown in the figure: Continue to click the + sign to add the BIOS GRUB partition, select 4MB, the primary partition for the BIOS boot area, and then click OK, as shown in the figure: Finally click the + sign, leaving all the remaining space for the home partition, logical partition, mount point home, and then click OK, as shown in the figure: In this way, all partitions have been completed, but at this time, do not worry about clicking Next, because here is an important step: install the boot boot device to select the boot partition, as shown in the figure: After confirming that the partition is correct, click Continue Installation Set time zone Set username and password, click to continue installation Installation is complete, restart the PC When booting, you can choose Ubuntu system or Windows system
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Thank you very much for taking time and helping Linux users with in detail instructions.

Highly appreciated Ace PC efforts.
I will try to get some more tutorials to help Ace PC forum users

Please allow me two questions:

1.- Which of the two Ubuntu images is the correct one for z8350 platform: either ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64 .iso, or CYX_Ubuntu16.04_181217 .iso? (I ask because the two links -one for each platform- at the very beginning of the post take to the opposite download with respect to the same two links a few lines below. Two of those links must be incorrect; please fix that).

2.- Is this a customized/optimized Ubuntu version for your product? Particularly I'd like to know whether the bluetooth+wifi combo chip will work flawlessly under this Ubuntu. (I'm asking because I've already tried several Ubuntu distros, but bluetooth doesn't work fine while the PC stick is connected to the wifi; plus bluetooth audio stream is broken.)

Thank you in advance.

Just install the CYX-ubuntu16.04_181217.img that we provide, wifi and Bluetooth drivers are included.

admin wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 2:46 am Just install the CYX-ubuntu16.04_181217.img that we provide, wifi and Bluetooth drivers are included.

Thank you for quick reply! Unfortunately mega.nz downloads don't work for me with any of my browsers.

Anyway, my present Ubuntu install already has a working bluetooth and wifi (I installed manually the nvram firmware for the chip): I can use bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and also wifi. The problem is: when I'm connected to wifi and browsing the web, my bluetooth keyboard misbehaves (repeats every keystroke one hundred times) and my bluetooth mouse has big latency (even at less than 1 m from the mini PC), whereas under Windows 10 everything works fine.

So, could you please be so kind as to tell if the bluetooth+wifi drivers and firmware in CYX-ubuntu16.04_181217.iso are specially developed and patched by AcePC for working flawlessly? If yes, I can try to download CYX from mega.nz in some other computer or browser. If not, you can save me the trouble. Thanks in advance.

It is specially developed by CYX.

admin wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 6:00 am It is specially developed by CYX.

I finally managed to download CYX from mega.nz, and to install Ubuntu in my system (despite the created USB not booting nicely: I had to use a trick). Bluetooth keyboard and mouse work fine, but bluetooth sound streaming doesn't work at all. Please improve the CYX BT+wifi drivers. Thank you for supporting Linux!

We will work harder on the LINUX system.

Kindly provide me the BT+WIFI Chip information, So I can look for the respected driver firmware.

Thanks.

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