{"id":8514,"date":"2026-03-19T10:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/?p=8514"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:13:56","slug":"installing-fedora-on-old-2-in-1-touchscreen-laptop-acer-switchalpha12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2026\/03\/19\/installing-fedora-on-old-2-in-1-touchscreen-laptop-acer-switchalpha12\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Fedora on old 2 in 1 touchscreen laptop (Acer SwitchAlpha12)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My laptop is from 2015, I do have Win 11 on it, but I don’t like it for this device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We shall see how it works out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My laptop is from 2015, I do have Win 11 on it, but I don’t like it for this device. We shall see how it works out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,1014],"tags":[1115,239,1935],"class_list":["post-8514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","category-devices","tag-acer-switch-alpha-12","tag-fedora","tag-fedora-43"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4674,"url":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2021\/06\/26\/windows-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":8514,"position":0},"title":"Windows 11","author":"Maisy","date":"Saturday, June 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"My main pc, built Dec 2019, is Win 11 Eligible. 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