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  1. for ASUS zen laptop model UX305F-ASM1, manual here: ASUS_manual.pdf
    1. stubbs serial number is F3N0CJ129513148
  2. download Mate with CODECs from http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
  3. follow instructions at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx to create bootable version on a stick:

    1. hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ./target.img linuxmint-17.1-mate-64bit.iso

    2. get listing of devices with 
      diskutil list

      plug in USB drive

      get new device name with 

      diskutil list
      diskutil unmountDisk /dev/() to unmount the USB device
      sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m
      diskutil eject /dev/diskN

  4. Boot the ASUS from the USB drive. 

     

  5. instructions for Ubuntu 14.04 installation is here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-desktop

  6.  

 

Info

If I was you I'd use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (long term support).  It's likely
to be a stable distribution for a long time, and any problems we might
have will have been answered on google.

However, there are desktop wars going on.  You do not want "Ubuntu"
because it uses the loathsome Unity desktop that auto-reports what you
are doing to Amazon and others.  You do want "Linux Mint" that uses
the Ubuntu Linux release but has several more benign desktops.  I
recommend MATE.  Note that Mint 17 = Ubuntu 14.04.

Therefore go to

 http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

and download MATE, 64bit (includes codecs).

I'm not sure how you can make a bootable USB stick or DVD with the iso
you download on your Mac - ask locally.  

I attach the installation instructions that go a fair distance in OS
installation before getting into UB specific stuff.  A lot of the stuff
at the beginning about making bootable memory sticks you should probably
ignore because it dates from the days I was trying to make a bootable
stick that also had all the SSA stuff on it.  I eventually gave up and
created two memory sticks (which were in my bag this last weekend to 
give you guys, oh well).

I'll make you guys a tarball of the SSA-specific stuff you need later
today.

- John

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