Hi all,
I am new to the forums but, I'm not really new to Ubuntu or other Linux-based systems.
For over a year I've been installing Linux Mint variations and Ubuntu on my old single core Compaq CQ56 laptop that had Windows 7 preinstalled.
My new laptop as in the title bought February/March this year, however, came with Windows 8 preinstalled and after some Googling have learned that not all machines are going to have the exact same methods that I know have prevented Linux distos from being installed or dual booted.
I had tried Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Ubuntu 12.10 on this HP Pavilion G6 and although eventually it had worked, when shutting down and starting up the laptop I would either receive an error at boot and the laptop shut down or an error would appear so fast it couldn't be read and continue to start up.
This laptop is 8GB RAM dual core with 4GB GPU but, running an installed Ubuntu on this was like trying to run Vista on 0.5GB RAM and it felt the system had not been utilizing or had been blocked from using the full power and was running from SWAP.
Also the machine's wireless was not working and the Card Reader didn't seem to exist at all.
This is what I bought:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptop....html#longDesc
I really don't want to turn my new laptop that's meant to be a better Work Machine for me into an expensive shiny brick and hope someone can help me successfully get rid of Windows 8 and overcome the issues I've had the first time I tried so I can get back to using Linux for my daily and work needs.
Thank you in advance and I apologize if I've posted this in the wrong place!
I am new to the forums but, I'm not really new to Ubuntu or other Linux-based systems.
For over a year I've been installing Linux Mint variations and Ubuntu on my old single core Compaq CQ56 laptop that had Windows 7 preinstalled.
My new laptop as in the title bought February/March this year, however, came with Windows 8 preinstalled and after some Googling have learned that not all machines are going to have the exact same methods that I know have prevented Linux distos from being installed or dual booted.
I had tried Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Ubuntu 12.10 on this HP Pavilion G6 and although eventually it had worked, when shutting down and starting up the laptop I would either receive an error at boot and the laptop shut down or an error would appear so fast it couldn't be read and continue to start up.
This laptop is 8GB RAM dual core with 4GB GPU but, running an installed Ubuntu on this was like trying to run Vista on 0.5GB RAM and it felt the system had not been utilizing or had been blocked from using the full power and was running from SWAP.
Also the machine's wireless was not working and the Card Reader didn't seem to exist at all.
This is what I bought:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptop....html#longDesc
I really don't want to turn my new laptop that's meant to be a better Work Machine for me into an expensive shiny brick and hope someone can help me successfully get rid of Windows 8 and overcome the issues I've had the first time I tried so I can get back to using Linux for my daily and work needs.
Thank you in advance and I apologize if I've posted this in the wrong place!