⌂| Antarctica| Climbing| Hack| Humor| Photo Freeware: Source code: Lab Windows/ CV ource Code Search engine analysis Casio FX-8000 G & Oric 1 Navigation: < Previous Next > $upport my site This is mostly just a bunch of links and personal notes. From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent. — HP ( Oops, that was Lovecraft, not Hewlett Packard. But still). On this page: Ubuntu install I installed Kubuntu 13.04 on it without ever booting the Win8 that came with it. Not that HP will pay me back for the unused licence, though. The only important thing is to disable the secure UEFI boot. In order to enter the BIOS setup, keep your finger on [ Esc] immediately after turning the PC on as it boots very fast and without message. The important BIOS options are in [ System Configuration]: Boot options / Legacy support: Enabled Intel rapid start: Disabled (more info about that beast here) Virtualization tech: Enabled BIOS options are minimal. If you exclude UEFI and drive boot order, there's basically nothing else. I wish there was for instance the possibility to encrypt the disk at the BIOS level. Fortunately Ubuntu can do this easily, but it's a small performance drop. Since there's no CD/ DVD player on this machine, I used an external USB DVD player in order to boot the KUbuntu install DVD. A properly configured USB key would have worked too. It installed in less than 10 minutes. As for the hardware: EVERYTHING worked out of the box: wifi, bluetooth, ethernet, webcam, sleep mode. Kudo to Linux for that. With Kubuntu 13.04, it takes 6 seconds to go from pressing the ON button to the encrypted disk prompt, 6 more seconds to get to the KDE user login and 6 more to get an empty standard session ready to roll. The only problem indirectly related to Ubuntu is that if you need to update the Insyde BIOS, update the m Sata SSD drive firmware or update the UEFI loader, all of which.
Installing Windows 10 might bring unexpected issues with the touchpad on a laptop. Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/ CNET I've been using Windows 10 on my desktops for a while, but I only recently installed the new operating system on my Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro. The installation went smoothly, but I immediately faced a problem I hadn't seen on my desktops - the touchpad wasn't working properly. Luckily for me the touchscreen still worked fine, so I was able to navigate through my touchpad troubles with relative ease. But those of you who don't have touchscreen laptops will need to plug in an external mouse before you work through this guide. I can't fix all touchpad issues in one guide, but if you're having problems here are a few things to try before you revert back to Windows 8.1. Make sure your touchpad is enabled Check in the Mouse & touchpad settings to make sure the touchpad is enabled. Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/ CNET Open the Settings menu ( Start > Settings) and go to Devices > Mouse & touchpad. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click Additional mouse options. The Mouse properties window. Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/ CNET The Mouse Properties window will open. Click the tab furthest to the right (it may be called ELAN or Device Settings). Under Devices check to see that your touchpad is not disabled. If it is disabled, click the touchpad to select it and then click Enable. One other thing to try is to see if your laptop has a function key that enables/disables the touchpad. It should look like a tiny touchpad with a diagonal line through it (on my laptop it's F6, on other laptops it may be Fn + F5, Fn + F6 or something else entirely). Try toggling this key if you have it before you freak out about possible touchpad woes. Update your drivers Windows 10 has been out for a few months now, and most touchpad makers have updated their drivers accordingly. But you may need to manually.
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