Eric, Greatly appreciate it !
I will refer to the guide once will have some time to go through the process. Best regards, Ivan On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:39 PM Eric Luther <luthe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I found this comprehensive and up to date walkthrough of the steps needed > which includes pictures. > > https://askubuntu.com/a/1031994 > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:34 PM Ivan Klimov <iklimo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Eric and Greg, >> >> Many thanks for your reply. >> >> I went to Microcenter and grabbed $1000 machine with 6 cores (12 threads) >> 16 Gb RAM SSD -- awesome specs for the money. >> If someone shops for a laptop, it is good time now. >> >> Now, I need to install Linux. The machine has 1 TB + 256 SSD (with Win10). >> Any recommendations on how to prepare for Ubuntu install ? How to divide >> HD/SSD, etc.? I would like to make it dual-boot. >> >> FYI. >> I clarified with my colleague and compatibility problem was with the >> motherboard - not the chip itself. Let's hope that this machine will not >> have the same issue. >> >> Best, >> Ivan >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 8:47 AM Greg Rundlett (freephile) < >> g...@freephile.com> wrote: >> >> > On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 9:58 PM Ivan Klimov <iklimo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Dear Linux Group, >> >> >> >> Background: >> >> Friend of mine upgraded PC with new motherboard and RAM some time ago >> and >> >> could not install Ubuntu due to some conflicts with hardware. >> >> >> >> I am just about to buy a laptop with the following spec. Do you see any >> >> problems/conflicts installing Ubuntu on this machine as dual boot ? >> > >> > >> > >> > You could compare details of your hardware with the official "certified" >> > hardware for Ubuntu desktops listed at >> > https://certification.ubuntu.com/certification/ >> > >> > >> >> Is >> >> there a way to check it beforehand ? >> >> >> > >> > If you can put a LIVE CD into the product, you can boot it without >> > installing Ubuntu. However, I'll assume you don't have physical access >> to >> > the machine (ie. buying online). >> > >> > HTH. Some others on the list have more experience with installations, so >> > perhaps they'll offer advice too. >> > >> > Greg Rundlett >> > https://eQuality-Tech.com <https://equality-tech.com/> >> > https://freephile.org >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss