installing ubuntu dual boot windows 10

seems like a nice video for following; also following random page

PC on time starts at 16;58 rea; time!

how to di install a pre-installed windows with wifi ask ubuntu page!

Secure boot UeFI Fast boot; current system runs on UEFI mode–> MSinfo32 on run gives the info….

Space > 20 gb

Windows ont shutdown in ‘fast-startupmode’ (basically hibernation!)

Dont understand “if installing on gpt type partition and you need to leave UEFI enabled”?

–> powershell–> Confirm-SecureBootUEFI

true imples secure boot is there and enabled!

current boot mode is UEFI, need to boot ubuntu in UEFI, and only disable secure boot….. boot mode should match

secure boot is avoid malware to use the boot loader

UEFI is an alternative to BIOS that can support larger systems and is hence somehow prefered by microsoft

Suggestions based on uefi ubuntu page and ask ubuntu page

Keep secure boot on UEFI on fast boot swtiched off and try ubuntu first, if good, then install, if still not good, then try boot repair

We might need to create some space for EFI’’’’’ might!

Getting grub and repairing the boot will be seen later or dealt with later!

now to tht real installation?

Partitioning

for now i allowcate 150gb, if needed later, i will refer to this and follow the instructions to increase the size of the partition as and when required.

disable fast startup

control panel–> power options–>choose what buttons do–> change unavilable settings–> turn off fast boot–> save changes

disable secure boot?

F2 set password in bios to change secure boot now disable boot

Try ubuntu

unable to diable intel srt tech, as it is not there –> suggested by uefi page

Based on the video check disck for errors defects

one error found! no help online,, might be due to graphics drivers! might be realted to squashfs (previously seen as a problem with secure boot)

moving further anyway then

first try –> didn’t work; black screen

second try based on updating to nomodeset

e to edit grub
replace `quiet splash` by `nomodeset`

This is done as some hardware might have issues.

ubuntu looks good so far!

Checked if partition was GPT or mBr, looks like uefi and gpt go hand in hand, but i checked it using the link shown

The 4-partition limit no longer exists with disks that use the GUID Partition Table (GPT). GPT supports up to 128 partitions by default and does not include the concepts of primary, extended, or logical partitions (although many tools refer to all GPT partitions as “primary partitions,” simply because those tools were written with the older MBR system in mind). -askubuntu

  • partitions of the free space
    • swap 2x ram 16gb (swap)
    • root 25gb ext4 journouling system (/)
    • home 120gb ext4 journouling system /(home)

Installation complete

restart now hangs – could be the graphics? lets wait and see

hard reset

Grub not showing

changed somehting in the bootorder to windows boot manager and it went stright to grub.. need to check if I can make this better

ubuntu booting

hangs with quiet splash

takes way too long with nomodeset, don’t know why?

it boots into ubuntu,

takes so much time before

Nvidia stuff

Possible Nvidia support for system with dual boot, suggesting removal of secure boot

Latest Long Lived Branch version for Linux x86_64/AMD64/EM64T, to be used!

installation guide 1

sudo apt-get install nvidia-390

cehecked 390 support for 1050 and moving on. restart

testing if system works without nomodeset System works,seems to take less time than before

login screen -33s from selection screen- 47 mozilla - 61s

Much better than old systems i have used, but still! the fact the windows boots to login in <10s is painful.

Possible Nvidia support says to try

nvidia-settings

to open the settings menu as a check as well

different display settings open up finally to allow to use the different resolutions!

this askubuntu post covers basics of graphics and not particulars, refer to the above for details succh as which and what!

boot time slow

No problem with UUID UUID check with /etc/fstab

checking out DE, Xorg to see if it might have anything to do with it followed by system-analyze-blame

removed network waiting (14s)

login screen -33s from selection screen- 43 chrome - 61s ———————————————————

aspci vishnu said something

and also sleep is taking a long time, check it with using the nvidia swtichoffer!

Installing Ubuntu overwriting windows 10

Install ubuntu using this link for instructions

The whole installation overwrote a Windows 10 pro edition, which was slow AF for doing normal actions.

A message inbetween pointed out that the installation would happen with UEFI. Basic search pointed out there might not be any difference on whethere it is UEFI or Bios installation.

Upon completion, it restarted to give me SquashF errors, just like I have always observed some errors in my old PC. I didn’t take any picture. Switching off secure boot seems to have done the trick.

Secure boot on

As we are Linux users we cannot really have completely “signed” drivers for many of our hardware. This being the case, I guess (from my reading online) that we should turn off secure boot.

Use F12 to go to menu upon reboot adn find your way to switch off secure boot.

Installing 3rd party softwares as necessary by UBUNTU

During installation I had selected “install all 3rd party software” Because of this secure boot switched on, I am not convinced it all happened smoothly.

So I did this,

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Emacs installation

Look at this post by me for more info on emacs and setting it up, but primarily:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelleyk/emacs
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install emacs25

Chrome

Get chrome here (mainly due to legacy use and page translate). Reproduced for convinience:

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -

echo 'deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

Drive on laptop

Followed instructions as per how to geek:

  1. Install Gnome-control-centre

    sudo apt install gnome-control-center gnome-online-accounts

  2. Settings-> online accounts -> Add Account-> Files (should be on for google)

One needs Gnome-control-centre; install it and manipulate it and see how that goes!

Internet speed on panel

Based on Stack,

sudo -i
add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
apt update && apt install indicator-netspeed

Run

indicator-netspeed &

After this you never need to run it on a terminal, it will be on for the rest of the time. One needs to jsut check out the options on the panel bar before one sees the actual numbers.

Chrome with Emacs shorcuts?

Based on answer here and if you have gtk3:

Switching on as follows,

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Emacs"

Switching off as follows,

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Default"

For convinience, paste this in your .bashrc_aliases file:

alias on-chrome-emacs-binding='gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Emacs"'
alias off-chrome-emacs-binding='gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Default"'

Make sure the following is present in the .bashrc file (stack):

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
. ~/.bash_aliases
fi

Not all keybindings work, only cut and copy works, not so good!

Problems with the new/old Dell Latitude E 5430

Mouse pad seems to be less sensitive and there are regions where the mousepad barely works.

Sleep time seems to be taking up a lot of battery. My hp g6 pavillion can last a few days without turn off, but not this one. It doesn’t seem to last even a day.

Boot time

may6 2018- Dell Latitude E5430- 39 seconds until login screen- 74 s until terminal opens - 94 s until chrome opens - 1-2 s for gedit

may 10 2018 - HP Pavillion G6- 54 s - 86s terminal - 106s until chrome - 4s for gedit

Performace

Performance wise it is ok for sure. Things are fast enough.