Installing Ubuntu is Still a Pain
Yesterday I spend the entire afternoon installing Ubuntu Linux on a new laptop, it didn't work out too great at the start. My original idea was to install Ubuntu alongside the existing Windows OS that was pre-installed on the laptop. I ended up formatting the entire partition and just installed Ubuntu as the main OS.
What happened?
I was planning to just quickly install Ubuntu next to Windows and add a bootloader onto a separate partition. The last time I've installed Linux must have been at least two years ago, I was under the assumption that the whole install process would be pretty easy by now. Not in this case...
To install Ubuntu next to the existing Windows OS, first I had to manually turn off UEFI secure boot. Fine, this is pretty easy and after I've done that I should be able to install it without problems. Or so I thought...
Long story short, I ended up partitioning my SSD multiple times, following many different official guides and some user-created tutorials, all to no avail. This whole thing was taking up way too much of my time, so I opted for a clean format, removing Windows altogether and installing Ubuntu as the only OS.
I figure that it will be much easier to just add Windows again at a later date...
ah yes, i have a love-hate relationship with Ubuntu. i remember years ago 2 days of trying to install eventually worked out it was to do with the live cd burn id made. had to be burnt at the lowest speed possible to be clean. then another time, using a pen drive ubuntu just decided to be a dick for no apparent reason.
its got loads of postives over windows and mac but boy does it like to play games with you!
Ja, Linux op een laptop kan soms een beetje lastig zijn. Op PC loopt het meestal wel goed.
Gelukkig is het een nieuwe laptop, anders had je gegarandeerd een aantal foto's, doc's of andere leuke dingen kwijt geweest.
Zelf durf ik op de laptop waar ik nu op werk geen linux zetten. Maar ik heb hier nog een gekregen, vrij recente, PC staan, die ik aan het opknappen ben. En daar gaat gegarandeerd een Linux distro op.
Ben er nog niet helemaal uit welke, maar ubuntu staat zeker tussen de keuzelijst.
Het was me waarschijnlijk wel gelukt hoor, maar dan had ik nog enkele uren zitten sukkelen :P Inderdaad aangezien het een nieuwe laptop was, heb ik 'em maar gelijk geformateerd.
I set up a dual boot of windows 7 and Ubuntu 12 like four years ago. I didn't have much issues. I just set the partitions for 50/50 and it has been running since....not running well since I have been physically clumsy with it, it got me though half of college though. So, meh.
I never goes as planned! LOL. About a month ago I changed from Windows to Linux Mint. I honestly haven't looked back. Thanks for sharing your experience.
It used to be easy. UEFI and newer versions of Windows have made it not so.
Ugh yeah, UEFI was definitely the main reason why it was such a pain!
Given the size of M.2 drives, I wish they would just make a slot on laptops (something like PCMCIA only smaller) where you could just plug in whatever hard drive you want. Then you could just have pluggable linux and windows drives if you wanted.
altijd geklooi met linux wil nooit even normaal werken
Here is a very old tutorial that I used last time I installed Windows and Linux alongside each other on a laptop. This guide also shows how to encrypt the linux partitions:
https://github.com/kurtcoke/yoirtuts-wiki/blob/master/linux_mentor_tutorials/Windows_7_Ubuntu_Dual_Boot_and_Encrypted_Ubuntu.txt