@demokrit I will check out the link you posted, thank you!

Currently I have a Chromebook and the tablet/computer running Windows 10 which is the one that I'd like to use as the Linux/Ubuntu machine. I can possibly talk a friend into letting me use his computer to run a virtual Linux if need be, but I hope I can do it on my own so I learn how to do it, but I totally understand if it is not possible. lol Yes we have a saying beating the horse to death which is similar to bridling the horse . . . we just have a darker tone.

I didn't try opening the script, as I have learned it is better to read, re-read and then read the instructions again before attempting anything technical . . . as long as you don't want to cause yourself more trouble then when you started.

There was two downloads for the iso for two different CPUs, I downloaded the one for my machine.

Thank you again for all your help!

@demokrit I am hoping you can help me? I read over the post about the isorepshin.sh, I downloaded the appropriate files and can't open the sh. I am wondering if I need an Ubuntu OS to run it?

@demokrit Thank you for your reply! I did read the the two posts (understood some of it lol) and am currently downloading the Atom iso with the sh after. I am not worried about the touchscreen or any apps that might use it and the tablet/laptop has a keyboard and touch mouse (at least with Windows I used to know all the keyboard shortcuts). I am more interested in getting my hands on any Ubuntu flavor to start my learning curve with the terminal, shell, file management, etc and have a good idea for the hardware I'll need when I build my own computer next year.

I understand that UBTouch can only go on particular devices (because of hardware?) and I know my vitalASC isn't a common tablet-laptop, but was wishing on a little star that it might still work. I grew up on Windows (from the beginning if I am to show my age) and truly, passionately dislike Win10.

Since I've been waiting to find a device I wouldn't shed a tear over if it became a trouble machine so I could start the transition to Ubuntu, I thought this device would be perfect. The specs are as follows:

vitalASC JME-2IN1-X511AS
Processor: Intel Atom Z9300 1.8 GHz Processor (I read the newest release, 16.04.3 LTS, requires 2GHz Dual Core)
RAM: 4GB EMMC
Built-In-Storage (HD?): 32GB Nand(?) Flash

Thank you for any and all help!