[arokh]

Just ordered an i3 model myself after the i5 sold out while in my basket Seems like many running into issues are running OE, is anyone running full Ubuntu? I generally compile most every on my boxes to keep up with new code, I'm hoping to have fewer issues and honestly I'm probably not as picky as some. I'll certainly be happy to test and report on how my install goes - probably Xubuntu or some flavor of Mint will be installed. Replacing ion1 hardware in my case...

PS where in the world did someone find this hardware for $230?!

I'm on Arch, see the software versions in my sig.

There's really only two "issues" everyone is having, first one is the IR controller and second is the colorspace (which is not a new issue, this has been going on forever with the Intel driver). I consider them minor and easy to fix if you know how to put commands in a startup script.

There do seem to be a few bugs with the BIOS though, as mentioned before mine is crashing if I try to change preferred video output. It also reboots instead of shutdown unless you enable S4/S5. Sound output dies for me after doing some DTS-HD/TrueHD passthrough, but comes back after a reboot. Not sure if it's an UEFI boot issue, kernel issue or AE issue. Was not present with the Ivy Bridge i5 at least.

Anyway, if you're not scared of a few quirks it's working great I've watched a ton of movies on it already. Using my Apple IR remote