32 or 64 bit advice

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Stream11 & LL 2.8 64 bit

After lot's of googling and making notes.

First, If you have been using the Stream and have docs/files on it, Back those up.
You will need to remove Win10,
So use the Win8/10 "create recovery disk" to create a bootable USB recovery stick(16GB).
That way you can always get back to a "Out Of The Box"(OOB) clean new install.
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You will need:
- A bootable LL 2.8 64 bit install USB stick.
- A USB WiFi stick, the inbuilt Broadcom device does not work at first. (I had this one, seems to work O.K)
- or a USB Ethernet adapter and cable to plug on you modem/router. (I do not have one, but should work)

Then:
- Plug in install USB stick in left side(USB2) and WiFi/Ethernet Adapter in the right side, connect network cable if using one to your modem/router. (I read using right(USB3) for install can fail)
- Switch on Stream 11 and keep tapping the Esc key till a mini menu appears.
- Press F10 , Then using right arrow key move to "System Configuration".
- Use down arrow to go to "Boot Options" and hit "Enter"
- Use down arrow to go to "Legacy Support" and hit enter, select "Enable" enter,
- Use down arrow to go to "Secure Boot" and and hit enter, select "Disable" enter,
- Use down arrow to go to "Legacy Boot Order"
  >>> Then use up/down & F5/F6 to make "USB Diskette / USB Hard Drive" First , and "Notebook Harddisk" Second , then press Esc
- Using right arrow key move to "Exit" , Use down arrow to go to "Exit Saving Changes" , Press "Enter" and confirm "Yes" to Save
- PC will re-start, LL should now start to load.
  >>> You may get white lines/and some garbage, but it should eventually get to the Desktop.
- If you used a WiFi adapter, connect to your network and enter your key, if Ethernet it should connect automatically.

Then:
- Menu, start typing gpart and select Partition Drives.
- Using gparted remove "all" the partitions on the drive [/dev/mmcblk0 29.12GB]. (The drive is eMMC , it actually presents like a SD Card.?) exit gparted.
  (I partitioned the drive, but given it's size, it up to you.? a 10GB / a 10GB /home and a 4GB swap )
- Now install LL either with, use all disk or Other, if you want to, and select the partitions previously created.
- When the install is complete, Use the continue using option, but then immediately Shut Down.
- Unplug the install stick, but leave in the WiFi or Ethernet adapter.
- Then switch it back on, If all went well, it should now re-boot into LL.

Now some setup/config:
The LL Driver search did not find anything for the Broadcom devices, so this worked for WiFi, not Bluetooth though.

Code:

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

reboot, then:

Code:

sudo modprobe wl

You should now be able to connect to your WiFi.

The hard keys for Volume & Brightness worked in jumpy steps, so based on a previous experience with another HP, I did.

Code:

gksu leafpad /etc/default/grub

Then edited the line:

Code:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

To:

Code:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=linux acpi_backlight=vendor"

then saved it, and a:

Code:

sudo update-grub

Controls are more granular, BUT brightness is at MAX. That can be fixed with xbacklight at some stage.

Installed SKYPE, webcam & Audio working.
Installed Chrome, that's working, occasional jump on some screen changes, it's the same with kernel 4.5.0

But for a day to day little device it seems to work 10X's better than Win10

Forgot, Boot Time:
Power On to grub @ 2~3 secs, and from grub to Desktop @ 12~13 secs.