<div dir="ltr">If Ubuntu runs slow on your new laptop, it'll probably be caused by a bottleneck in hard drive resources. Another suggestion might be to buy a solid-state drive, since a virtual machine is going to be inconveniently slow if your laptop is running off a hard drive disk.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Michael Tucker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mchltckr80@gmail.com" target="_blank">mchltckr80@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Here's the link for VirtualBox:</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">If you don't want to partition your hard drive and run Grub 2 w/ UEFI, install Vbox and virtualize your Ubuntu install.</p><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 19, 2013 10:25 AM, "Dan HODUL" <<a href="mailto:dhodul@hotmail.com" target="_blank">dhodul@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">Thanks for the swift reply. I downloaded a Ubuntu live distro, but it won't boot. I don't like the idea of partitioning my C drive for a dual boot, so I'm out the door to go see my technologically advanced young friend in San Rafael to determine my options.<br>
<br><div><hr>Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:37 -0700<br>From: <a href="mailto:mchltckr80@gmail.com" target="_blank">mchltckr80@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:talk@nblug.org" target="_blank">talk@nblug.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Linux setup help<br>
<br><p dir="ltr">Good morning Dan,</p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you,<br>
Michael</p>
<div>On Jun 19, 2013 9:55 AM, "Dan HODUL" <<a href="mailto:dhodul@hotmail.com" target="_blank">dhodul@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">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. <br>
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