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Goojodoq M06 Dual Wireless (2.4GHz + Bluetooth 5) Mouse Review -
Affordable but not Cheap

Goojodoq M06 Dual Wireless (2.4GHz + Bluetooth 5) Mouse Review - Affordable but not Cheap

In my quest to find an affordable and reliable mouse for daily use, I stumbled upon the Goojodoq M06. This mouse certainly caught my eye with its compact size and sleek design. And let me tell you, after a month of use, this mouse has exceeded my expectations.

Licosha — Looking for a cheap and good Bluetooth mouse? No? Oh, it was me 😅. When I surfed an online marketplace (country Indonesia), my eyes shocked to saw a Bluetooth mouse priced with Rp. 45000 or around US $3 called Goojodoq M06.

I even more surprised that features of this mouse has. Not only Bluetooth connection, it also has wireless 2.4GHz with USB receiver. Curious what’s this Goojodoq M06 mouse has to offers? Check more below…

Goojodoq M06 dual wireless mouse info

Goojodoq M06 mouse top front view
brand / model Goojodoq M06
price Rp. 45000 (Approx. US $3) at online shop, country Indonesia.
material Plastic with a smooth thin-rubberized top
connection mode Wireless 2.4GHz with receiver + Bluetooth 5
dimensions ± 6cm × 11.5cm
DPI Up to 1600, switchable using a button.
battery 600mAh, 3.7V, USB-C charging. Can be used while charging.

What’s in the box

Goojodoq M06 mouse box

When I unboxed the Goojodoq M06, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it came with everything I needed to get started, including the mouse itself, a manual paper in English, a USB-C cable for charging (without adaptor), and a USB Wireless receiver placed on the bottom of the mouse.

The packaging itself was surprisingly good for such an affordable product I think. Inside the box, the mouse had already put into thin styrofoam-made wrapper. The box itself was good, like how a branded product should be and and it contains all the mouse functions and specifications written all over it.

Goojodoq M06 wireless dual mode mouse quick review

Material

Goojodoq M06 mouse material itself is made of plastic, with the top covered in something like rubber that’s smoother than the bottom which is plain plastic. I don’t know if it’s rubber, but yeah it feels like the top part is coated with thin rubber, making the grip of our fingers firmer when using it.

Connection and features

One of the features that sets the Goojodoq M06 apart from other mice is its connection mode. The mouse comes equipped with both a 2.4GHz wireless with USB receiver and Bluetooth 5 for maximum versatility.

The ability to switch between these two modes on the bottom of the mouse is a game-changer, allowing you to connect with any device of your choosing without needing to pair and unpair constantly.

Although mostly I used the Bluetooth mode since I mostly using it on my Android devices. I have tested the Bluetooth connection on Android 8.1 and 10 of my device, and it have no problem, so far so good.

Another impressive feature is the DPI setting of this mouse, which can be switched using the button below the scroll wheel with up to 1600 DPI. This is a huge improvement over other mice I’ve used previously, allowing for much more precise movements and control. And let me tell you, this mouse is smooth as butter.

Flashing LED

Goojodoq M06 mouse LED red
Goojodoq M06 mouse LED green
Goojodoq M06 mouse LED blue

The Goojodoq M06 I bought has single LED mode that’s constantly change colors over seconds from red, blue, green upon in active mode or the cursor is active in use. But when I saw it on the online store, there were also other variant with RGB LED.

Battery and power

Goojodoq M06 mouse top back view

But what really sets the Goojodoq M06 apart is its battery life. With a 600mAh battery, maximum charge while being off took 30 minutes or so. The blue LED will stays on while charging and off if the battery is full. It uses USB-C output with USB input cable (provided in the box) to charge with the port located on the front of the mouse.

Heck we even can use it while charging, though it will lose its purpose as a wireless mouse, being space savvy and all, so buying two wouldn’t hurt so much remembering how affordable this Goojodoq M06 mouse is, we can use one while the other one as backup and switch accordingly between charging cycles.

With one full cycle of charging, from my daily usage with active usage of 3 to 4 hours a day on my Android device using the bluetooth connection, it can last one week with the mouse always stays in standby mode (I never turned off the switch).

Battery saving mode and easy reconnection

When in active mode, minutes it was active from user interaction, the Goojodoq M06 mouse LED will flashing. But after some minutes the LED with turned off as it entered passive mode (not official name, just me being creative 😁). It only need a single movement for the mouse to enter active mode (the LED flashing) again.

If another minutes passed in passive mode, the mouse will enter standby mode. In standby mode, it need a click on the mouse for it to automatically reconnect to the last paired device and it will entered active mode again.


In conclusion, the Goojodoq M06 is an impressive mouse that’s compact, portable, and battery optimized. Its versatile connection mode, adjustable DPI, and outstanding battery life make it an excellent choice for anyone looking for a reliable mouse for daily use.

Installing Linux Mint 21 (Clean Upgrade from Linux Mint 20) - Dual Boot
with Windows on Toshiba Dynabook R734/K

Installing Linux Mint 21 (Clean Upgrade from Linux Mint 20) - Dual Boot with Windows on Toshiba Dynabook R734/K

Linux Mint is one of most popular Linux distribution (also known as ‘distro’) known for its user and beginner friendly user interface, a good starting point from people new to GNU/Linux. On this post I am clean upgrading to Linux Mint 21 from v. 20, while also keeping the dual boot with Windows intact on my Dynabook R734/K laptop.


Licosha — Oh wow, Linux Mint 21 was finally coming! Linux Mint loved by its easy to install, easy to use Linux distro or operating system. In fact, Linux Mint was my first ever Linux distro, it means thanks to Linux Mint I am now a fan of Linux distro or operating system.

Several things changed in Linux Mint 21, mostly on system related so casual Linux user won’t have to deal it directly like upgraded PHP version, windows compositor, etc.

But there are also several changes in Linux Mint 21 on the user interface, most noticably is the redesign of built-in folder icons. Were you love the changes or not? Honestly, I kind of loved it, it looks refreshing 😁.

My environment:

  • Linux Mint version: 21.
  • Installed OS: Windows 8.1 and Linux Mint 20.3
  • Media booting method: Ventoy.
  • Device: Toshiba Dynabook R734/KUEFI boot.

Steps installing Linux Mint 21, clean upgrade from v. 20 – dual boot with Windows (example on Dynabook R734/K laptop)

Booting Linux Mint 21 installation media

  1. Head to the official download page for Linux Mint at linuxmint.com/download.php and obtain the OS image (ISO).
  2. Prepare the installation media for Linux Mint to create a bootable setup using the downloaded ISO image. (I am using Ventoy; you can find more details on the provided link above.)
  3. Note: If you are performing a clean upgrade, you can skip step 3, as you’ll be using the existing partition where the older version of Linux Mint (in my case v. 20) is installed. [Recommended] Create a new empty partition on your laptop’s hard drive dedicated to Linux Mint installation. Use Windows’ “Disk Info” tool for easy partitioning, aiming for around ±40 GB or more, and label it as “Linux Mint” for easy identification.
  4. Before starting the installation, disconnect all external devices, especially storage devices, to avoid potential formatting or erasing errors.
  5. Access the Boot Menu (BIOS menu) on Dynabook R734/K by restarting the laptop and repeatedly pressing F12 until the boot menu/BIOS menu appears.
  6. If the Linux Mint installation/bootable media (e.g., USB storage stick) is not plugged in, do so now to make it appears in the BIOS Boot Menu.
  7. In the Boot Menu, select the installation/bootable media (e.g. USB drive) to boot into it directly. Alternatively, adjust the boot order to prioritize the installation/bootable media for automatic booting. Follow these steps:
    1. Choose Enter Setup from the Boot Menu main menu.
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    2. In the side menu, select Advanced, scroll down, and choose Change Boot Order.
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    3. Set the USB drive (or your relevant storage) where the boot media of our Linux Mint image is located to the top of the Boot Priority Options and click OK.
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    4. Select ExitExit Saving Changes from the side menu.
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  8. In the Ventoy boot main menu, consider switching to GRUB2 Mode for increased compatibility in booting Linux images by pressing Ctrl+R. Then, select the Linux Mint ISO image and press Enter to initiate the Linux Mint OS live media boot process.

Installing to the disk

Note: Make sure to backup our data and files since clean upgrading will erase all applications and files on our old installation of Linux Mint.

Steps:

  1. Now we are in Linux Mint 21 live image desktop environment, click Install Linux Mint on the desktop shortcut to start the installation wizard.
  2. Select language and keyboard layout, click Continue button on bottom right to confirm.
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  3. Next whether to connect to network or not, I choose no (I dont' want to connect...) as we can update our Linux Mint and drivers later after installation. Click Continue to proceed.
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  4. After that, whether to install multimedia codecs. Since or purpose is a desktop use and multimedia is important, so tick the Install multimedia codecs... checkbox. Hit Proceed button on bottom right to continue.
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  5. On the Installation type window, it will detect old Linux Mint installation. Since I want to clean upgrade to Linux Mint 21, so tick the choice of Erase Linux Mint.... Click Install now on bottom right to begin the installation of Linux Mint 21 which will erase and rewrite old Linux Mint installation.
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  6. Choose time zone.
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  7. Fill our login credentials for the desktop, especially username and password. Click Continue on bottom right to proceed.
  8. Done! Wait until the installing process done, and click Restart now to restart our PC/laptop and boot to Linux Mint GRUB menu, then select Linux Mint 21... to boot the Linux Mint desktop.
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If you want to know how I freshly installed Linux Mint (not clean upgrading like this) and also dual boot it with Windows, you can check on my older post here: Dual Booting Windows 10 & Linux Mint 20.x on Toshiba Dynabook R734/K. Although it’s Linux Mint version 20, the installer UI is still the same so it’s still relevant to this Linux Mint 21.

Linux Mint 21 GRUB menu
Linux Mint 21 fresh install setup wizard

Installing Linux Mint 21 (Clean Upgrade from 20 ) – Dual Boot with Windows on Dynabook R734 video on Youtube
Installing Fedora Workstation - Dual Boot with Windows on Dynabook
R734/K

Installing Fedora Workstation - Dual Boot with Windows on Dynabook R734/K

Fedora is a Linux distribution known for its security. It is well-known for servers, but it is also available for desktops and laptops through its ‘Fedora Workstation’. In this post, I’ll share how to install Fedora Workstation and dual-boot it with Windows (example on Dynabook R734/K laptop).


Licosha — Welcome to yet another post of me installing another Linux distro (distribution) on my Dynabook R734/K laptop 😋. And yep, still dual-booting it with the installed Windows.

From many Linux distros, Fedora is one of the most popular. If you are reading this on a browser app on my blog, it’s because this blog is hosted on a server, and Fedora is known for servers due to its security.

But not just servers; in this post, I’m actually talking about Fedora Workstation. Fedora Workstation is, of course, a Fedora distro, but with a shipped desktop environment, just like other Linux distros such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc. (you can also read some dual-boot articles for those distros on this blog).

Fedora uses the Gnome desktop environment for it’s default, which is one of, if not the most popular desktop environments now, known for its modern and slick design with high customizability.

My environment:

Steps installing Fedora Workstation – dual boot with Windows (example on Dynabook R734/K laptop)

Booting Fedora Workstation installation media

  1. Visit the official download page for Fedora Workstation at fedoraproject.org/workstation/download and acquire the OS image (iso).
  2. Prepare the Fedora installation media using Ventoy to create a bootable setup from the downloaded iso image.
  3. [Recommended] Create a new empty partition on your laptop’s hard drive dedicated to Fedora installation. Utilize Windows’ “Disk Info” tool for easy partitioning, aiming for around ±40 GB or more with a labeled partition like “Fedora.”
  4. Before installation, disconnect all external devices, especially storage devices, to prevent potential formatting or erasing errors.
  5. Access the “Boot Menu” (BIOS menu) on Dynabook R734/K by restarting the laptop and repeatedly pressing F12 until the boot menu/BIOS menu appears.
  6. If the Fedora installation media (e.g., USB storage stick) is not plugged in, do so at this point in the BIOS Boot Menu.
  7. In the Boot Menu, select the installation media to boot into it directly, or adjust the boot order to prioritize the installation media for automatic booting. Follow these steps:
    1. Choose “Enter Setup” from the Boot Menu main menu.

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    2. In the side menu, choose “Advanced,” scroll down, and select “Change Boot Order.”

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    3. Set the USB Memory (or your relevant storage) where the boot media of our Fedora image is placed / installed, to the top of the Boot Priority Options and click “OK.”

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    4. Select “Exit” → “Exit Saving Changes” from the side menu.

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  8. In the Ventoy boot menu, consider switching to “GRUB2 Mode” for increased compatibility in booting Linux images by pressing Ctrl+R. Then, select the Fedora iso image and hit Enter to initiate the Fedora OS live media boot process.
  9. We will be booted into Fedora live image GRUB menu, choose “Test this media & start Fedora…” to check for error on the installation media / image first. After the checking was done, we will be taken directly into the Fedora live image desktop environment.

Installing Fedora Workstation to our PC / laptop’s disk

  1. On the freshly booted Fedora Workstation live image desktop, choose “Install to Hard Drive” to begin our installation process.

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  2. First thing first, we can choose the language. After done, click the “Continue” button on the bottom right.

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  3. Next on the “Installation summary” window, choose “Installation Destination” to configure the location of where Fedora will be installed on our PC disk.

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  4. On the “Device Selection” section, click the disk will be used. Since I want to install it on my laptop’s main disk, obviously it is the first disk a.k.a the one labelled “sda” under it here.
  5. Then on the “Storage Configuration” section below it, we can configure the partition we want to use on the disk and more, choose “Advanced Custom…” to manually configure the partition. Click “Done” button on top left to proceed.

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  6. Next after it, we will be redirected to the GUI partitioning window. Remember that I have prepared the partition for where Fedora will be installed beforehand, so I just need to click on that partition here. Right click on that partition and choose “Edit” → “Format”.

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  7. Now the format window will appear. On the “Select new format”, choose ext4. Also give the partition label to easily distinguish it from the rest of the partitions. On the “Enter new mountpoint”, fill it with / to use the partition as the root of our Fedora OS. Then click the “Format” button below to finaly format the partition.

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  8. Next choose the EFI partition, where the Fedora boot entry will be added to. Usually it is the first partition of our PC main disk, right click on it and select “Edit” → “Set mountpoint”, the fill it with /boot/efi. Click “Set mountpoint” to apply the change.

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  9. We’re done with the required partition configuration here, click “Done” button on the top left of the window. You can view the summary the partitions that will be changed, then click “Accept Changes”button on bottom right to finalize it.
  10. We will be taken back to the “Installation Summary” window, all required configurations have been done here for me, so click “Begin Installation” button on the bottom right to start installing Fedora to our PC.
  11. Done! After the installation was finish (showing “Complete”), click the “Finish Installation” button on bottom right to close the installation window, then restart our PC. The next time we boot we will be presented with Fedora GRUB boot menu, of course choose the first “Fedora Linux…” to boot into the installed Fedora Workstation desktop environment.

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Fedora Workstation fresh install welcome screen
Installing Dual Boot Fedora (36) and Windows on Dynabook R734/K video on Youtube.

Fixing Reboot Loop on Fedora

If you experienced reboot loop after restarting your PC after installed Fedora (Of course I experienced it on my Dynabook R734/K), follow these steps below. The bugs caused by Shim’s bugs:

  1. Reboot again into Fedora live image environment (Booting fedora section above). But this time on the welcome wizard, we just close it or click Try Fedora.
  2. Mount the EFI partition. We can do this easily by using Disks app: Click on the disk where our EFI partition located, mostly will be the the first partition on the first disk on the disks list, click the triangle icon below it to mount it (Requires su access, make sure to authenticate it).
  3. Copy the location of the mounted EFI partition.

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  4. Open Terminal and cd (change directory) to the mounted EFI location (On my case it’s mounted to /run/media/liveuser/SYSTEM).
  5. Remove the bugged EFI entry, type this on terminal: rm EFI/Boot/fbx64.efi
  6. Copy the Fedora grub to the boot entry: cp EFI/fedora/grubx64.efi EFI/Boot

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  7. Done! Power off PC, unplug the Fedora live media device and restart our PC, the Fedora GRUB menu should appears now.
Fix Fedora 36 Reboot Loop After Install on Dynabook R734/K video on Youtube.
RiceDroid Android 12L Generic System Image (GSI) - Download + Install
on ASUS ZenFone Live L2

RiceDroid Android 12L Generic System Image (GSI) - Download + Install on ASUS ZenFone Live L2

RiceDroid is a ROM project based on AOSP and LineageOS. On this post, I will share how to install RiceDroid for any Treble supported Android device by installling the Generic System Image (GSI).


Licosha — Another Android GSI here, and now it’s RiceDroid Android 12L. I try this GSI first in hand on my ASUS ZenFone Live L2 Android phone. My first impression wow, so awesome (running the Android 12 on the phone itself is already awesome in its own way remembering the device specifications 😆).

The first impression I got on the RiceDroid 12L was it’s highly customizable and has beautiful UI out of the box. But I read some of the review also said RiceDroid as ‘gaming rom’.

RiceDroid Android 12L GSI homescreen
RiceDroid Android 12L GSI quick settings icons
RiceDroid Android 12L GSI quick settings notifications
RiceDroid Android 12L GSI recent apps
RiceDroid Android 12L GSI customizations home
RiceDroid Android 12L GSI settings about menu

RiceDroid Android 12L GSI info

GSI maintainer ats17@Sourceforge
android version Android 12L
partition style AB
architecture ARM64
tested devices ASUS ZenFone Live L2 – using Android 9.0 VNDK Lite vendor

How to install RiceDroid Android 12L Generic System Image (GSI)

Requirements

  • Project Treble supported Android device.
  • Backups! your Android device data and internal storage, better safe than sorry.
  • Either a custom recovery (TWRP recommended) or a PC with fastboot command.

Installing

Various Android devices may have distinct procedures for correctly installing RiceDroid Android 12L GSI. However, the general steps include:

  1. Opt for the stock ROM and/or kernel, avoiding the use of custom alternatives when flashing an Android GSI, in line with phhusson’s recommendations.
  2. Verify your device’s Project Treble compatibility and download the corresponding RiceDroid Android 12L GSI image tailored to your device’s hardware architecture and system. For guidance on this process, refer to: Finding the right GSI image for your Android device using the Treble Info app.
  3. Flash the RiceDroid Android 12L GSI image onto your device’s system partition. Ensure the GSI file has a .img extension; if not, remember to extract or decompress it first (it might be a zip or img.xz).
  4. After flashing the RiceDroid Android 12L GSI, initiate a “Reboot to recovery” to restore normal functioning to the system partition. In the recovery menu, perform a Resize system to refresh the partition size information, resolving potential errors like insufficient space when installing or flashing to the system partition.
  5. [Optional] If you’ve flashed a vanilla Android GSI build, consider installing Google Apps (GAPPS).
  6. Apply any device-specific additional patches, if available.
  7. Your setup is complete! Reboot your Android device to experience the RiceDroid Android 12L GSI.

For ASUS ZenFone Live L2 users, a detailed step-by-step tutorial on effortlessly installing any Android GSI, including RiceDroid Android 12L via custom recovery, is available here: How to install Android GSI on ASUS Zenfone Live L2.

RiceDroid Android 12L GSI quick tour video on Youtube.

Bugs on RiceDroid Android 12L I found

  • (Version: 2022/10 or v. 5.0 ) [Asus ZenFone Live L2] Stuck when boot into recovery mode.
RiceDroid Android 12L GSI.img.xz
All Builds: Sourceforge
FydeOS Installation Multiboot with Linux (Ubuntu) & Windows on Dynabook
R734/K Laptop

FydeOS Installation Multiboot with Linux (Ubuntu) & Windows on Dynabook R734/K Laptop

FydeOS is an operating system that is based on the most spoken lighweight, modern, and cloud-first ChromeOS. Thinking how ChromeOS advertised as being lighweight yet modern, is a no brainer for me to try FydeOS by multibooting it with the installed Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows on my old Dynabook R734/K laptop.


Licosha — Debian-based, Ubuntu-based, next maybe Android-x86-based, my journey on distro-hopping on the GNU Not Unix/Linux operating system world. But for today is special, because it’s my new experience when trying a ChromeOS-based OS on my Dynabook R734/K laptop, that is FydeOS.

Just like most of OS-mania know, that ChromeOS baked up by the search engine giant Google, branded as a lightweight, modern, cloud-first operating system. But what holds me so long in trying ChromeOS is actually the “cloud-first” part, I thought ChromeOS was really just “browser-as-OS” that it doesn’t have interesting features besides of that (example why Windows win because it’s massive games & apps, or how Linux distros win because of customizability and effectiveness).

But from FydeOS I learnt that ChromeOS-based OS could be as rich as a Linux distro, as fun as an Android-x86, and it’s productivities could be as great as Windows.

Steps Installing FydeOS – multiboot with Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows

File manager FydeOS Dynabook R734/K
Settings menu network FydeOS Dynabook R734/K

My environment & tools:

FydeOS version: FydeOS for PC v. 15.0.
installed OS: Ubuntu 22 and Windows 11.
media booting method: Ventoy.
device: Toshiba Dynabook R734/K.

Installing FydeOS to our PC

  1. Download the appropriate FydeOS OS image file from it’s official link: fydeos.io/download/. For Dynabook R734/K, it would be “FydeOS fo PC” with the first choice: “PC with legacy (circa 2010 – 2017) Intel Core (3rd Gen – 7th Gen),…”. Don’t forget to extract the archive to get the OS .img image file.
  2. Prepare the FydeOS installation media. Here I am using Ventoy to make the FydeOS OS image file bootable.
  3. [Recommended] Prepare new empty partition on our laptop’s hard drive where the FydeOS will be installed. For example we can use built-in tool on Windows “Disk Info” to easily split and make a new partiton on our hard drive. Usually the partition for a Linux distro should have a size around ±40 GB or more recommended. Give the new partition a proper label like “FydeOS” or something like that so we can easily distinguish it.
  4. It’s a good idea to disconnect all external devices especially storage devices before hand to ease the installation process (avoiding formatting/erasing mistakes).
  5. Enter Dynabook R734/K “Boot Menu” (BIOS menu): Restart laptop, then when the power LED turned on (but the screen not turned on yet), repeatedly press the F12 key until it entered the boot menu/BIOS menu.
  6. Now we are in the BIOS Boot Menu. If we haven’t plugged in the FydeOS installation/bootable media (e.g. USB storage stick), now is the time.
  7. The installation/bootable media drive should be detected in the Boot Menu list, we can just select it to directly boot into it (In my case here, to the Ventoy boot menu). It the media is not detected, try to restart the laptop to BIOS boot menu again, sometimes it needs a few restarts to BIOS boot menu until an installation/bootable media can be deteced (maybe caused by slow media device, e.g. using a slow/cheap USB stick).
  8. Now in Ventoy boot menu, just choose/select the FydeOS image file to boot into the OS live media environment.
  9. On the FydeOS OS live media boot menu, select FydeOS Image A first to see if our PC can boot with it. Alternatively, select FydeOS Image B if the earlier didn’t work.
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  10. Now we are inside the FydeOS live image environment. First, follow the FydeOS setup wizard like choosing language & keyboard, connecting to network (necessary, we will need it later), etc.
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  11. Next on the account creation part of the setup wizard, we could just switch to “Use local account” first on the bottom menu because we are just still in the FydeOS live image environment (not the real FydeOS installed on our PC yet).
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  12. After the setup wizard has been finished, next we are about to install the FydeOS to our PC hard drive. Expand the FydeOS app drawer and launch the “Store” app.
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  13. Click the “Installer” app and click “Add to FydeOS” to install the FydeOS Installer app.
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  14. After it has been installed, open the “Installer” app. Because I want to multiboot FydeOS with another already installed OS on the hard drive, so choose “Multi-boot installation”.
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  15. On the “Select OS partition section”:
    • On the “Disk” input, select the hard drive we want to install the FydeOS to. I only have one hard drive on my PC (so it will be the first and main also), so it will be /dev/sda.
    • On the “Partition” input, select the partition on the hard drive where FydeOS will be installed to. Beforehand, I have prepared an empty partition with 32 GB size here, it is the 5th partiton on the hard drive which is /dev/sda5.
  16. On the “Select EFI partition” section, typically this should be the first partition of our PC main hard drive. So for me, just like the details I mentioned before about my PC hard drive, it should be /dev/sda on the “Disk” input and /dev/sda1 on the “Partition” input.
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  17. Next we will be presented how the FydeOS boot will be handled. Here I am choosed the recommended one, “Install and configure rEFInd for me”, to add and automatically configured rEFIind boot manager to our PC. Click “Install” button at the bottom to begin installing FydeOS to our PC hard drive.
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Adding FydeOS to GRUB bootloader menu

Apparently after FydeOS has been finished installed and I rebooted my PC, the rEFInd boot manager did not appear, but it is still using the GRUB bootloader of the installed Ubuntu. So, here I just tried to manually add the FydeOS entry to the GRUB bootloader instead:

My environment & tools:

os used: Ubuntu 22.
app used: Grub Customizer.

Steps:

  1. Open Grub Customizer app.
  2. Tap the “Paper plus” icon to add new entry.
    Grub Customizer add new FydeOS Dynabook R734/K
  3. On the “Name” text input, give it a proper name like “FydeOS”. On the “Type” select input, select “Other”.
  4. Next on the “Boot sequence” textarea input, here I copied the FydeOS GRUB configuration I got from the EFI partition located on /boot/efi/EFI/fydeos/grub.cfg, we may need root (su/sudo) access to read/browse to this file. Click “OK” button at the bottom to confirm it.
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  5. Click “Save” at the top menu to save the changed GRUB configuration.
  6. Next time we boot our PC, there should be FydeOS entry on the GRUB bootloader menu. Select the FydeOS entry, it will expand the FydeOS entry list. Just like before, try “FydeOS multi-boot A” first to see if it can boot our PC, either try “FydeOS multi-boot B” if the earlier is not work.
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FydeOS installation multiboot with Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows on my Dynabook R734/K laptop, video on Youtube.

FydeOS quick review on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop

Storage info FydeOS Dynabook R734/K
App store essentials FydeOS Dynabook R734/K
Android app FydeOS Dynabook R734/K
About info FydeOS Dynabook R734/K

My environment:

FydeOS version: FydeOS for PC v. 15.
device: Toshiba Dynabook R734/K.

Just like I said earlier how I was underestimated ChromeOS as just a “browser-as-os”, my judgement of ChromeOS changed 180° after I tried FydeOS, the ChromeOS-based OS on my Dynabook R734/K laptop.

Neat user interface / looks. The first imression of FydeOS is how its a lightweight, beautiful, and very practical operating system. Unlike Windows, I love how uncluttered the user Interface of FydeOS.

Chromium browser. Just like how a ChromeOS should be, the Chromium browser is obviously the main character here that will launch instantly without loading when we click the icon from the dock or app drawer, taking us to the familiar Chrome browser interface. Chromium browser is the power of FydeOS that is updated automatically in the background to make sure we always have the latest web technology.

Android subsystem. But this is the most exciting one of FydeOS, the Android subsystem. Android subsystem is the built-in feature in FydeOS that can be activated in mere few clicks, allowing us to install and run Android apps and games directly with native performance if our device hardware.

Also we don’t need to download the Android apps/games apk manually to install them on the FydeOS, as it is also has Open GAPPS enabler feature to install the Google Play Store in a few clicks. With Google Play Store natively installed, access to millions of Android apps/games are available to be installed directly to the FydeOS.

Linux subsystem. Other than installing and running Android apps & games, FydeOS also makes it easy for us to delve into a Linux subsystem with the built-in Linux subsystem which again, can be activated easily in matters of clicks.


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