[NBLUG/talk] Linux setup help

Michael Tucker mchltckr80 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 19 10:06:20 PDT 2013


Does your laptop use UEFI and are you working with Ubuntu 12.10 or later?
On Jun 19, 2013 10:00 AM, "Michael Tucker" <mchltckr80 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good morning Dan,
>
> As long as you don't want to dual boot, then I would recommend doing a
> live boot w/ your installation disc first, then when you are ready to
> install, make sure you have access to an Ethernet port on a router so you
> can make all necessary updates. What is the specific hardware and future
> Linux spec's at this time? Another option would be to install Oracle's VM
> and just build your Linux machine after booting to Windows.
>
> Thank you,
> Michael
> On Jun 19, 2013 9:55 AM, "Dan HODUL" <dhodul at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I bought a new laptop, a Lenovo with Windows 8, which I find very
>> frustrating to use.  I want to install a USB hard drive with Ubuntu, change
>> the boot sequence in Windows so it will boot Linux on startup, but I'm
>> worried about the winmodem.  I've been lurking on this site for years,
>> studied Unix and am familiar with the basic concepts of Linux and own an
>> Asus Linux netbook, but I'm wondering how much support I can count on for
>> this conversion and how easy it will be to get WiFi working....Thanks in
>> advance for your help.
>>
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