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Last Updated 28/01/2017 at 11:18am EST (UCT +05:00)

2017/04/11: Will be updating this weekend for upcoming changes with Bug Tracking/organizaiton (see post 54 below; any recommendations will be much appreciated!), as well as with tester statuses

Some members of the Community have expressed interest in running another OS on the V (specifically Linux), and so this thread is meant to serve as a reference of current progress to that end. Will update as more information and feedback come in.

Current status:

Major Pre-update: Canonical has responded to Eve about cooperating on the V’s Linux support; more details to follow!

On another topic Finally, a response from Canonical. Eve supplied me with the picture, publishing censored & with permission So what do you think?Basically, I’d say it’s all but confirmed that the Eve V will have a version running Ubuntu. Whether we can have that version at a lower cost(without the Windows license), I know not.

Community Members have volunteered to test Linux support once devices are received

Current Volunteers (and distro/configuration)

@iKirin, @volnyvtak, @pauliunas, and @amibert have volunteered to test under Ubuntu

@jono and @tmaone have volunteered to test under Fedora (With XNU/Darwin Kernel as applicable)

@jtflynnz, @Tirigon, @MarcOwn, @Lagger_Gandalf, @Chiesel, and @eric_launay have volunteered to test under Arch (Vanilla & ApricityOS as applicable)

Chiesel and amibert have volunteered to test under Kali Linux.

jtflynnz has volunteered to test under Solus

@Neti has volunteered for general install testing and assistance.

@smurf and eric_launay have volunteered to assist with kernel troubleshooting

If you would like to volunteer, please post below or send me a message and I will update accordingly!

FAQ (to be expanded):

Q: Will it run Linux?

A: Community members will try to sort out hardware support, but Eve as a company does not have the personnel to dedicate a team to official Linux support at launch (in any of the various forms/degrees/flavors). They will not lock down the device, from it, but understand that getting hardware support may be challenging.

From Mike on the team, describing that it won’t be officially supported at launch, but reiterating community support and possible support in the future:

http://eve.community/t/what-if-ran-ubuntu-eve-partners-with-name-goes-here/708/148

And from Peter, the community manager:

Hi @C4Rd0! As @pauliunas mentioned we can’t officially support it (due to the various distros and our comparatively small team size) however many people from the community have shown interest in making Linux work and I’ll support them as well as I can (both officially & personally)