Meegopad T02 Ubuntu 14.10 Linux Version,Pocket Intel Compute Stick, Intel Z3735F Atom Quad Core 64bit CPU, 2gb Ram, 32gb Storage, HDMI Port, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, Mini PC(Black)

I had high hopes for these compute sticks. Meego was the only company that was putting the Ubuntu on the 2GB RAM/32 GB HD sticks and at a great price.Meego was very easy to communicate with and tried to help as best they could but I ultimately had to return my stick and Meego refunded the purchase.So you know what you are getting: First the stick does not load into Ubuntu automatically. You must go into the BIOS every time you boot it up. Then exit, and only then will it boot up into Ubuntu. Once you are into Ubuntu, you cannot preform updates or simple apt-get's to install other software.I started searching online and found that if you want a functioning install of Ubuntu you have to reinstall it, which is not for the faint at heart. Seriously, the guy who did the foot work leaves a lot of little things out that would make your life easier, and I have written some pretty complicated technical documentation in my life time. What makes this hard is the fact that it runs a 32 bit BIOS on a 64 bit chipset, so you have to run a 32 bit boot efi from the EFI to run the install. Results were mixed on the success and I unfortunately was not on the successful side or I would have kept the stick. I am switching to the name brand sticks that have a lot better success rate on installing Ubuntu.I give Meego an A for effort and a D- for execution. Not a F because Ubuntu does technically load and does technically run, but not within a functional way that I would hand the stick off to nontechnical people to use.

The linux ubuntu version seems generally ok with the exception that on my wi-fi it has been too too brutally slow for big downloads.... however when I used a wired direct connection to internet via a miniature usb-to-ethernet converter it worked very well and was very much faster in downloading ubuntu software and updates. I do not know if the slowness was due to my wi-fi setup or not