"Remember back in the early 2000s when the netbook took the world by storm? I certainly do, and I remember being seriously underwhelmed. Not only were the devices underpowered, but they were so small that using them was a chore. Those keyboards were impossible unless you had tiny hands. So when X-Plus reached out to me to review the , I begrudgingly accepted, assuming this would be yet another tiny laptop that was impossible to use with any efficiency."
"I received the laptop and saw that it shipped with Windows 11, which meant it would take a good hour until I could actually log in and start testing. Because of that, I often install Linux over Windows 11. I know Linux better, and I know that it takes roughly 5 minutes to install the operating system and log in for the first time."
"The first thing that caught my attention was that everything worked with Linux: the display, networking, sound, trackpad, Bluetooth, you name itit worked. The only hiccup I had was deleting the encrypted partition, but that was solved with the help of the KDE Plasma partition manager. Once that was taken care of, the installation went off without a hitch."
The X-Plus Storm 10 shipped with Windows 11 and initially performed sluggishly, with setup taking about an hour. A switch to Ultramarine Linux and KDE Plasma completed in roughly five minutes and restored responsiveness. Hardware support under Linux proved complete: display, networking, sound, trackpad, and Bluetooth all worked. A single issue with an encrypted partition required the KDE Plasma partition manager to delete it, after which the installation finished smoothly. The Linux configuration delivered a more efficient and user-friendly experience compared with the out-of-the-box Windows 11 performance.
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