Dual boot Windows 8 with Linux
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1. alongside of it Inside of it is impossible because it needs Wubi which is unsupported Your system has UEFI activated And can not be disabled with Secure Boot You have already created a free space for Ubuntu from within Windows 8 with at least 8 GB I recommend to leave at least 20 GB or so so you can test the hell out of it You made sure that you actually have free space left on the drive to create the needed partitions and you also made sure that you did not have all primary partitions used In case of using an MS DOS Scheme because this will create a problem with the Ubuntu installer showing you only the Replace Windows option instead of the Alongside Windows option eYou know how to burn a LiveCD LiveDVD or LiveUSB from within Windows 8 If not look for Windows apps that can do that for you I do mine in another PC with Ubuntu eWindows 8 was not shutdown in either Hibernation mode or any other mode fast start up which is by default on Windows 8 that leaves it on a saved state Shutdown Windows 8 in the normal way with the shutdown option This will prevent other problems related to this from appearing Read the bottom TROUBLESHOOT of this answer for more information regarding this point eYou are installing on an MS DOS type disk scheme You can only have 4 primary partitions as opposed to GPT Scheme which has at least 1 Free Primary Partition Remember that if you are already using 4 Primary Partitions2. free 7 Deactivate Fast Startup this can be done in Windows 8 To deactivate the fast startup you should go the Control Panel and select the Energy Options On the left side select Choose what the power button does Then activate on the top the page Change settings that are currently unavailable At the bottom at the page at shutdown Settings deactivate the option Turn On Fast Startup And save the new settings To be able to boot to your Ubuntu USB drive you will need to turn off the fast boot option Press the super key Windows key and X key together When the Control Panel appears click on the System and Security heading in Windows 8 or just select Power Options in 8 1 Ya Control Panel All Control Panel Items v Search Control Panel A Adjust your computer s settings View by Small icons y Action Center amp Administrative Tools AutoPlay SX BitLocker Drive Encryption nH Colour Management g Credential Manager ff Date and Time E4 Default Programs Device Manager tig Devices and Printers Le Display Ease of Access Center 3 Family Safety le File History Flash Player 32 bit E Folder Options AQ Fonts ad HomeGroup amp Indexing Options Internet Options Java lt gt Keyboard Language 3 Location Settings 3 Mail 32 bit P Mouse amp Network and Sharing Center E Notification Area Icons amp Personalisation Phone and Modem WW Power Option
3. just a few cool new things to look out for gt installing system A progress bar will now show you how far through the installation you are You can also view a selection of messages telling you all about Ubuntu At this point you can take another comfort break and depending on your computer s speed you will either have time to boil an egg or wash your car At the end of the process you will be asked whether you want to reboot to start using Ubuntu or to continue using the live version When rebooted it went straight back into Windows and had to reboot back into the live session anyway So at this point you can either take my word for it and stay in the live session or you can reboot and see if the installation has worked without any further steps required Here is the system information for my linux install Here is the Ubuntu boot window on my Travelmate creer thread cag 4 gt nuire cree SuUa Results I found that I was able to use the F12 Boot manager to switch between an Ubuntu boot screen and a Windows boot screen Both showed Windows and Ubuntu options but I can only boot into Ubuntu from the Ubuntu Grub bootloader and Windows from the Windows Boot Manager I have set my Boot order to be the Ubuntu bootloader first and Windows second and I have also tested it in the reverse order So when I power on my Travelmate as it is at the moment the Ubuntu boot screen comes up and I just hav
4. operating systems can start up on your PC It works by reading a cryptographic signature embedded in the OS bootloader and verifying it against a databaser of authorised keys stored within the UEFI firmware When you buy a new Windows 8 PC laptop or tablet the relevant key is preinstalled by the manufacturer so you won t even know Secure Boot is active However if you try to start a different operating system the UEFI platform will refuse to boot This may not sound like a good thing Indeed when it was first announced that all new Windows 8 hardware would come with Secure Boot enabled there was uproar among the technorati Microsoft was accused of shutting out competing operating systems such as Ubuntu Linux and of limiting customers ability to run whatever software they wanted on their PCs However Secure Boot brings real benefits as we ll discuss below And on regular Windows 8 laptop or desktop systems it doesn t stop you from doing anything Although it s enabled on all new Windows 8 systems you can always go into the UEFI settings and turn it off with a click Once this is done you can boot whichever operating system you like If you re upgrading older hardware to Windows 8 then it s likely that Secure Boot won t even be an issue as it requires the latest version of UEFI to function You can also leave Secure Boot enabled and manually authorise other operating systems bootloaders in addition to the Windows 8 one For example y
5. prepared you are for installing Ubuntu As you can see I have 2 ticks because I have enough disk space and I am plugged into a power source I chose not to connect to a network as this stage hence the cross Click Continue Install Installation type This computer currently has no detected operating systems What would you like to do O Erase disk and install Ubuntu Warning This will delete any files on the disk Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security You will choose a security key in the next step Use LVM with the new Ubuntu installation This will set up Logical Volume Management It allows taking snapshots and easier partition resizing Something else You can create or resize partitions yourself or choose multiple partitions For Ubuntu Quit Back Install Now In the past there used to be an option on the Installation Type screen to install alongside Windows If you are installing alongside Windows 7 on a non EFT based system then you will still have that option Click on Something Else and click Next Install Installation type eR a lt lt lt lt bc ici cl Cl free space M sda1 fat32 M sda2 fat32 W sda3 ntfs E sda4 ntfs E sda5 ntfs Cl free space W sda ntfs Ll fre LO ME 524 3 MB 47 9 ME 134 2 MB 5138 ME 215 6 GB 456 7 kB 471 9 MB 710 Device Type Mountpoint Format Size Used System dev sda4 ntfs 513 MB 288 MB dev sdaS ntfs 275592 MB 40573 MB free space OMB dev sda
6. 500 MB 40 MB 490 MB 1256 67 GB NTFS 450 MB 661 38 GB 111 89 GB Online Healthy EFI Syster Healthy t Healthy Recovery Healthy Boot Page File Crash Dump PF Healthy Recovery Unallocated Healthy Recovery Partition La Disk 1 Basic UUI H 7 46 GB 7 45 GB FAT32 Online Healthy Active Primary Partition W Unallocated H Primary partition To shrink the drive right click on the OS C volume and select Shrink volume Total size before shrink in MB Size of available shrink space in MB Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB Total size after shrink in ME i You cannot shrink a volume beyond the point where any unmovable files are located See the defrag event in the Application log for detailed information about the operation when it has completed See Shrink a basic volume in Disk Management help for more information Cancel A screen will appear showing how much you can shrink the drive by You can of course choose to shrink the drive by less than offered but never go for any more than offered as you will break your Windows 8 1 operating system if you do Click Shrink to continue When you are finished you will see that there is a lot of unpartitioned space This is where Ubuntu will be installed Remember the size of that space as Ubuntu will just show the size of the spaces available and won t actually show which space has Windows installed and which is
7. 50000 select logical as the partition type select beginning of this space and choose EXT4 as the file system For the mount point choose this means root Click OK The disk layout screen should now show a new partition for Create partition Size 642000 MB Type for the new partition Primary Logical Location for the new partition Beginning of this space _ End of this space Use as Ext4journaling file system v Mount point home v Cancel OK Find the large section of free space again click on it and press the plus symbol again This time you want to set the size to be the rest of the free disk space minus 2x the amount of memory in your computer If you have 8 gigabytes RAM subtract 16 gigabytes Again choose Logical as the partition type beginning of this space for where to put the partition and EXT4 as the file system For the mount point choose home The issue of how much swap space to use is constantly up for debate Some people say you don t need any at all some go for 1 5 times the amount of RAM and some say 2x Unless disk space is at a premium would just go for the 2x and have done with it In theory if you are running lots of intensive processes such as video editing then the swap space is used to store memory that isn t currently being used swapped to disk This is disk intensive and slows down your computer but it will help to prevent a crash Swap space is also us
8. 6 ntfs 471 MB 293 MB free space 710155 MB dev sda7 ntfs 12768MB 12488 MB Free space 1MB change New Partition Table Revert Device For boot loader installation dev sda ATA WDC WD10JPVX 75J 1 0 TB Y Quit Back Install Now The next screen may look rather intimidating but it is just showing your current disk layout Be very careful with the next few steps If you haven t taken that Windows backup quit the installation reboot and follow step 1 of this tutorial again Look at the image above You will see a large portion of free space 710155 MB This is the free space you created when shrinking the volume and where to put Ubuntu The free space is going to be split into 3 The first partition is for Ubuntu and will be 50 Gigabytes in size The second partition is for your home partition and stores configuration files and your personal files such as music pictures etc The third partition is for swap space and is used for intensive operations and suspending the computer When you have found the partition with free space click on it and press the plus symbol under the disk layout 1 Create partition Size 50000 MB Type for the new partition Primary Logical Location for the new partition Beginning of this space End of this space Use as Ext4journaling file system y Mount point v Cancel OK In the size box enter
9. Installing Linux on a laptop with Windows 8 pre installed 1 Try and check whether your laptop supports Linux and you can get into the bios program Have you got a user manual with instructions for entering bios if not then google for it 2 Before doing anything see if you can backup your windows installation to a full system image Personally I don t have much confidence in the images Windows creates but my backup program couldn t handle the disk GPT partitions 3 Either buy a magazine disk or download a 64 bit version of your favourite Linux distro A magazine disk would normally already be bootable otherwise create a bootable usb drive or DVD either using the Linux utility or on Windows try pendrivelinux com or unetbootin sourceforge net 4 Preparation Notes The following is a small guide to install Ubuntu with a Pre Installed Windows 8 system The steps HAVE TO BE done in the precise order 1 mention them here to get everything started If a step is skipped or done before another you will most likely end up with some of the problems mentioned at the bottom of this guide For the time you need to do it via a LiveCD LiveDVD or LiveUSB assuming actually requiring you have the following points eYou are using a 64 bit version of at least Ubuntu 12 04 2 32 bit versions will not work Your system came with Windows 8 pre installed And you do not want to delete it eYou are not installing Ubuntu inside of Windows 8 but rather
10. ally need to change and also will be the only option you see related to UEFI because they will not offer the possibility to disable UEFI Set Supervisor Password En ter Enter DUAL BOOT ISSUES I would also like to mention an important note here If you happen to install Ubuntu in Legacy Mode No SecureBoot you might have problems booting both Windows and Ubuntu at the same time since they will both not appear on a Dual Boot Menu If you have Windows on UEFI for example and you install Ubuntu on Legacy Mode you will only be able to boot to Ubuntu on a Legacy Mode and Windows on an UEFI Mode So before proceeding make sure that you are installing Ubuntu with the same boot options as Windows This way you will be able to choose which one to boot from in the same boot menu and not worry if one will work or not From the Ubuntu UEFI Guide you can see that there is a section that teaches you how to know if you actually installed Ubuntu in the same Boot setup as Windows UEFI Mode An Ubuntu installed in EFI mode can be detected the following way its etc fstab file contains an EFI partition mount point boot efi it uses the grub efi bootloader not grub pc from the installed Ubuntu open a terminal Ctrl Alt T then type the following command d sys firmware efi 88 echo Installed in EFI mode echo Installed in Legacy mode 9 Set the bios to boot from usb or DVD as appropriate and shutdown Windows 8 fully it mus
11. e CD DVD drive SD card network boot and so on Tom off your PC 6 In Windows 8 go into Disk Management and select the option to Shrink Volume You don t have to accept the maximum shrinkage decide what is most practical for you Make a note of the size of the free space created Run compmgmt msc on Windows 8 From there on create a partition with enough size Note that I mention creating this FROM Windows 8 because I have had cases where doing the partition from the LiveUSB rendered Windows 8 unbootable even after doing a boot repair So to remove that problem or have a greater chance of removing it Or simply skipping the problem altogether and making sure both systems work partition your hard drive from within Windows 8 first Note ran Disk Management in Windows 8 1 by pressing the Windows key and X to bring up the menu which includes Control Panel and Disk Management This will bring up the Disk Management screen File Action View Help e T E ESS ak Volume Layout Type File System Status Capacity Free Spa Free 500 MB 500 MB Simple Basic Healthy E 100 Simple Basic Healthy 40MB 40 MB 100 Simple Basic Healthy R 490 MB 490 MB 100 Simple Basic Healthy R 450 MB 450 MB 100 Simple Basic Healthy R 11 89 GB 11 89GB 100 Simple Basic Healthy B 256 67 GB 218 87 GB 85 Simple Basic Healthy A 7 43 GB 6 49 GB 87 CaDisk 0 a fs SSS Basic OS C 931 39 GB
12. e to hit Return Enter for it to load Ubuntu If want to load Windows I press the F12 key during POST and wait for the Windows bootloader to appear There are articles about how to fix the bootloader so all options work from one and I did try installing a Ubuntu Boot Repair program but chose not to spend time on trying to fix something that worked for me and wasn t broke Having installed Ubuntu with Secure Boot disabled and tested it with it disabled subsequently re enabled Secure Boot and can report that Windows and Ubuntu are still working You may see some conflicting advice on whether or not you can install with Secure Boot enabled but I decided to play safe and follow the majority of the advice and disable it for the install Sources http www everydaylinuxuser com 2014 05 install ubuntu 1404 alongside windows html http askubuntu com questions 221835 installing ubuntu on a pre installed windows 8 64 bit system uefi supported https help ubuntu com community UEFI
13. ed for suspending your computer Create partition Size 18155 MB Type for the new partition Primary Logical Location for the new partition Beginning of this space gt End of this space Use as SWap area Cancel OK Now find the free disk space again click on it and press the plus symbol Leave the size as the rest of the free disk space choose logical as the file system and beginning of this space as the location Choose swap area as the mount point The final thing to concern yourself with when partitioning is where to install the boot loader By default it is set to dev SDA on the Installation Type screen This can be changed but unless you are using multiple disks you should leave this well alone Here are the partitions on my Travelmate dev sda KDE Partition Manager 1 0 3 a ATA ST32017012 9WS14 Idev sdal ni 400 00 MiB 255 19 MiB dev sda2 300 00 MiB 51 92 MiB Idev sda3 unli 128 00 MiB dev sda4 187 58 GiB 33 33 GiB Idev sda7 23 28 GiB 5 13 GiB Idev sda8 li 7 45 GiB E Idev sda9 66 93 GiB 324 72 MiB Idev sdas 450 00 MiB 309 37 MiB Idev sda6 Push 11 59 GiB 10 58 GiB Fr x F 23 15 Press Install Now to continue Install Where are you ha Se London Back Continue The installation has now begun but whilst it is taking place you are asked a few configuration type questions First of all choose your location by clicking on the map Pre
14. hutdown Settings An option should be available called Turn on fast startup recommended Uncheck this option Click Save Changes gt M WP gt Control Panel All Control Panel Items Power Options gt System Settings v Search Control Panel P Define power buttons and turn on password protection Choose the power settings that you want for your computer The changes that you make to the settings on this page apply to all of your power plans Change settings that are currently unavailable Power button settings When I press the power button Shut down v Password protection on wake up e Require a password recommended When your computer wakes from sleep no one can access your data without entering the correct password to unlock the computer Create or change your user account password Don t require a password When your computer wakes from sleep anyone can access your data because the computer isn t locked Shut down settings v Turn on fast start up recommended This helps start your PC faster after shut down Restart isn t affected Learn More v Sleep Show in Power menu _ Hibernate Show in Power menu Lock Show in account picture menu E Save changes 15 31 18 11 2014 us ia 8 Disable Secure Boot We first need to know with what type of motherboard options we are dealing with Open a terminal By going to the start menu and typing powershel
15. ility to work better with modern hard disks The original PC BIOS system was designed to work with the Master Boot Record MBR partitioning system which only supports disks of up to 2TB and no more than four partitions per disk This may have seemed like plenty of headroom back when the system was introduced in 1983 but today it feels restrictive UEFI brings full support for the newer GUID Partition Table GPT partitioning scheme This system can accommodate up to 128 partitions per disk with a total capacity of 8ZB equivalent to eight billion terabytes Some modern BIOS implementations can handle GPT disks but with limitations many are unable to boot from very large disks limiting the usefulness of the latest 3TB drives UEF also allows a generally closer degree of integration between the operating system and the pre boot environment something Windows 8 takes advantage of in its Advanced Startup Options If you re using a UEFI system you can select a device to boot from directly within the Windows 8 interface This option also appears if Windows 8 fails to start up properly and takes you to the Troubleshooting screen If you re using non UEFI hardware this option won t be available to boot from a device other than the default you ll have to jump in when the computer restarts and configure your BIOS directly Secure Boot The most significant UEFI feature related to Windows 8 is Secure Boot a system that ensures only authorised
16. l for example and run the terminal as an Administrator Right Click the app that will show in the start menu and select Run as Administrator Now type Confirm SecureBootUEFI This can give you 3 results True Means your system has Secure boot and is Enabled False Means your system has Secure boot and is Disabled Cmdlet not supported on this platform Means your system does not support Secure boot and most likely you do not need this guide You can install Ubuntu by simply inserting the LiveCD or LiveUSB and doing the installation procedure without any problems If you have it Enabled and have the necessary partitioning done then we can proceed with this guide After booting into Windows 8 we go to the power off options and while holding the SHIFT key click on Restart This is a really old trick on most Windows even since Windows 3 1 where you hold a key to do something special when rebooting Windows 8 will show you a totally different restart window Choose an option Continue E Turn off Exit and continue to Windows Developer fis Preview Use another operating system Continue with another installed version of Windows Troubleshoot Refresh or reset your PC or use advanced tools When you get the menu above select Troubleshoot You will then get the following options Advanced options ni 7 a Geer System Restore Sy Command Prompt Use a r store point recorded on pour 2 POS Use the Command Prompt to
17. ly because Windows XP the current version at that time has no ability to boot on an EFI system The situation was resolved only when Apple issued a firmware update allowing Mac hardware to emulate a traditional BIOS along with a driver pack enabling Apple s hardware to work in Windows This shows the power of UEFI s open ended design Windows Vista and 7 didn t fully support UEFI either but there were good reasons for this A 32 bit operating system can boot only from 32 bit UEFI firmware while a 64 bit OS requires 64 bit firmware When Microsoft introduced Windows Vista in both 32 and 64 bit flavours nobody wanted to tell users they d have to reprogram their motherboards to match their Windows edition and motherboard manufacturers didn t want to support two parallel versions of their UEFI firmware anyway So Microsoft settled on a compromise UEFI was supported natively by 64 bit editions of Vista and latterly Windows 7 while 32 bit editions continued to require a BIOS either real or emulated In Windows 8 the situation has changed and Microsoft has wholeheartedly embraced UEFI Its certification standards require that all new desktops laptops and tablets sold with Windows 8 and bearing the Windows 8 sticker must use a UEFI BIOS You can still upgrade an older non UEFI system to Windows 8 however you ll simply miss out on a handful of useful features However UEFI provides more far reaching benefits too A major one is the ab
18. no partitions will appear on the Ubuntu installer since there are no more Primary partitions left to use MS DOS type partitions are limited to 4 Primary ones GPT are limited to 128 This happens a lot on many laptops that come with 4 pre created primary partitions If you are installing on a GPT type partition and want it to boot you need to leave UEFI enabled PLEASE READ THE ABOVE POINTS SINCE MANY USERS JUMP THIS PART AND WHEN THEIR PROBLEMS ARE FOUND IT NORMALLY IS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT FOLLOW ONE OF THEM What is UEFT Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Extensible Firmware Interface Hardware Extensible Firmware Interface s position in the software stack In computing the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI pronounced as an initialism U E F I or like unify without the na is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware UEFI is meant to replace the Basic Input Output System BIOS firmware interface originally present in all IBM PC compatible personal computers 2 3 In practice most UEFI firmware images provide legacy support for BIOS services UEFI can support remote diagnostics and repair of computers even without another operating system 4 UEFI and Windows 8 Historically Windows hasn t got along well with UEFI hardware In fact back in 2006 when enthusiasts tried installing Windows XP on the first Intel based iMacs they were stymied precise
19. ou might add a key for Ubuntu to the Secure Boot database enabling both Windows 8 and Ubuntu to start while continuing to disallow other unknown operating systems The precise process for generating a Secure Boot key should be detailed in the manual for your motherboard or laptop or in the installation instructions for the operating system What s more Microsoft has agreed to allow other recognised operating system publishers to use the same bootloader key as Windows 8 for a fee Fedora Linux has already done this so you can install and boot Fedora on a Windows 8 system with no additional configuration required Read more UEFI BIOS explained Analysis Features PC Pro http www pcpro co uk features 381565 uefi bios explained 4 ixzz3liFlChs8 5 Before you go any further it may be an idea to try and run the Linux LiveCD to check it will run on your laptop and keyboard and screen display operate You may need to use a function key to get a boot menu or maybe even enter the bios to add usb to the boot order You will need to disable fast startup see later and you may also need to disable secure boot as well Boot From Removable Media To boot your computer from removable media for example to boot a Linux live USB drive you ll need to access the boot options screen Select the Boot Device option and choose the device you want to boot from Depending on the hardware your computer has you ll see a variety of options like USB driv
20. r FC to riore Window i advanced bhoubeihocimna ne System Image UEFI Firmware OS aa Recovery MAL o gt ettings Recover Windows using a specific Sal Y Change settings in your POS WER E Sy berm image fe frre s ro dur iay Automatic Repair Windows Startup Fin problemes that keep Windows from en Settings p gt l sips Change Windows startup behavior such OD as driver signature enforcement When you reboot a screen similar to the one above will appear The option you should choose is the UEFI Firmware Settings THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART The system will reboot and you will be allowed to go to the BIOS If not press the appropriate key some common are DEL F2 Or F10 In this part I can t help much since each BIOS is different for each Motherboard model There are 2 options you can take here both of which are optional since Ubuntu might install without any problems at all You can either look for an option to disable Secure Boot or an option to disable UEFI In some cases you will be able to find both it will show in the BIOS as an option called Secure Boot or Enable UEFI If you find this options then depending if you can not install Ubuntu with Secure Boot enable then disable Secure Boot Remember to report this as a bug using ubuntu bug shim to be able to still stay in UEFI mode and also be able to Boot with Ubuntu In some motherboards this will be the only option you actu
21. s l Programs and Features s Recovery amp Region M RemoteApp and Desktop Connections amp Sound Speech Recognition Storage Spaces Sync Center Wa System EL Taskbar and Navigation yl Troubleshooting 2 User Accounts 84 Windows Defender a Windows Firewall E Windows Update D Work Folders 15 29 18 11 2014 Now click on Power Options gt T 3 Control Panel All Control Panel Items Power Options v 0 Search Control Panel A Control Panel Home Choose or customise a power plan Require a password on power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings like display brightness sleep etc that wake up manages how your computer uses power Tell me more about power plans Choose what the power button Preferred plans does e Balanced recommended Change plan settings Automatically balances performance with energy consumption on capable hardware Create a power plan re Choose when to turn off the display High performance Change plan settings 9 Change when the computer Favours performance but may use more energy sleeps Hide additional plans A Power saver Change plan settings Saves energy by reducing your computer s performance where possible See also Personalisation User Accounts 15 30 18 11 2014 Click on Choose what the power button does A screen will appear with the heading Define power buttons and turn on password protection Scroll down until you see S
22. se Click Next to continue Install Wireless Connecting this computer to a wi fi network allows you to install third party software download updates automatically detect your timezone and install full support For your language don t want to connect to a wi fi network right now Connect to this network w Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter 3MobileWiFi a710 y BTHub4 HJCM BTWifi with FON Quit Back Continue The next screen lets you choose which internet connection to use whilst installing Ubuntu If you have a good broadband connection you may wish to connect to it now so that you download updates as you go This will slow down the initial install but will save time later on as you won t have to install lots of updates Install Preparing to install Ubuntu For best results please ensure that this computer Y has at least 6 4 GB available drive space ef is plugged in to a power source gt is connected to the Internet Ubuntu uses third party software to play Flash MP3 and other media and to work with some graphics and wi fi hardware Some of this software is proprietary The software is subject to license terms included with its documentation Install this third party software Fluendo MP3 plugin includes MPEG Layer 3 audio decoding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Technicolor SA Quit Back Continue When you click Next you will be shown a tick list highlighting how
23. ss Continue Install Keyboard layout Choose your keyboard layout Dzongkha English Cameroon English UK English UK Colemak English Ghana English UK English UK Dvorak with UK punctuation English Nigeria English UK English UK Dvorak English South Africa English UK English UK Macintosh international English US English UK English UK extended WinKeys Esperanto English UK English UK international with dead keys Estonian Faroese Filipino Type here to test your keyboard Detect Keyboard Layout Back Continue The next screen asks you to choose your keyboard layout Simply choose the correct one for you and press Continue Install Who are you Your name Gary Your computer s name gary Inspiron 3521 y The name it uses when it talks to other computers Pick a username gary Choose a password 0000000000 Fair password Confirm your password 0000000000 Y Login automatically O Require my password to login C Encrypt my home folder Back Continue You will now be required to create a default user Enter your name a name to identify your computer a username and a password You can also choose whether to log in automatically or require a password each time Install Welcome to Ubuntu 14 04 Fast and full of new features the latest version of Ubuntu makes computing easier than ever Here are
24. t not be in hibernate mode If using a DVD you may need to insert it before shutdown and leave it in the drive Note the screenshot below shows my UEFI boot order post my linux install Disabled AHCI Hodel Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled 203 Boot Mode UEF 1 1 10 Connect or insert your bootable usb drive or DVD and watch it boot into linux from it If despite your selections in the BIOS it didn t boot into your linux live CD or USB then hold down the shift key whilst rebooting the computer One of the options that appeared let me boot from the USB drive into Ubuntu 14 04 live and you should have a similar option available to you Ubuntu Desktop Examples Install Ubuntu 14 04 D 5 a rs When you first boot into the live version of Ubuntu you will be presented with a screen similar to the one above The only difference is that I have closed the window that shows all the keyboard shortcuts to make it easier to highlight the Install Ubuntu 14 04 LTS icon To begin the installation double click on the Install Ubuntu 14 04 LTS icon Install Welcome Cestina Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Eesti Espa ol Esperanto Euskara Fran ais Quit Back Continue The first thing you need to do is decide which language you would like to use Unless you feel like the challenge isn t great enough I would choose the language that you would normally u
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