Zoostorm Laptop with no Operating System

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Just bought a laptop that has no operating system. It’s a Zoostorm http://www.ebuyer.com/398944-zoostorm-laptop-7873-9040

You put your own on. This means it is cheaper as you do not have to pay for Windows and it gets around the Win 8 boot issues. The laptop has a good spec’ with a sharp screen and effortlessly runs Linux. I have installed and uninstalled Mint 15 due to issues that could be down to a corrupt iso, I don’t know. I have now installed Peppermint 4 and it is really quick.

Here are the Cons:

DVD drive is flimsy, if you write and read a lot of DVD’s then this may not be for you. The Caps lock button is close to ‘A’ and can easily be knocked. Some of the the buttons are a little too recessed.

The review site Revoo shows that many have bought this machine and successfully Mint 15 and Peppermint 4. For £260 it is hard to complain for a machine of this spec.

Note. Not a negative as such but the bios may seem odd to some. If you want to boot from usb then you must press F7 EVERY TIME and select usb or CD.

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Can’t speak for the other desktops - but, both KDE and Mate have options whereby the CapsLock can be ‘permanently’ disabled.
On KDE its under System Tools > Input Options > Advanced.
If I remember correctly, on Mate it’s Preferences/Options > Keyboard > Advanced.

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Thanks salparadise. :slight_smile:

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If you want to disable the CapsLock in ANY distro:

setxkbmap -option caps:none

To re-enable it:

setxkbmap -option

Would be easy enough to create launchers for those, and/or add the first one to autostart.