A list of tips and tricks to install linux on windows pc laptops
Try with a usb mouse plugged directly to the laptop
- Disable Fast Boot
- Disable Hibernate todo(dbosch) => Add tutorial links
- Disable Secure Boot
- Enable CSM todo(dbosch) => Add tutorial links
- Boot loader on main hard drive (same as Windows Boot partition). Be careful to launch UEFI Ubuntu (you can choose when you choose the USB partition to install the distro:
Ubuntu...orUEFI:Ubuntu) - Swap: 1x to 1.5x RAM size
/root partition should be ext4
You can also have a separate /home partition to isolate data from the core OS. But it's a more advanced concept. Not useful/needed for students on day 1.
Highlight the Ubuntu entry in the GRUB boot menu and press the E key. Add nouveau.modeset=0 to the end of the linux line - press F10 to boot.
nouveau.modeset=0prevent using the intel graphic card to use only the nvidia. Useful if laptop have both. Then you only use the nvidia one.- Might need to install last drivers:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current