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Episode: 2305
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Title: HPR2305: Configuring an HP Laptop for Dual Boot Linux and Windows 10
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Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr2305/hpr2305.mp3
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Transcribed: 2025-10-19 01:03:51
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---
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This is HBR episode 2,305 entitled,
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configuring an HP laptop for dual boot Linux and Windows 10.
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It is hosted by first time,
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postmongo and is about 11 minutes long
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and carrying a clean flag.
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The summer is installing Linux Ubuntu
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known to dual boot with Windows 10 on an HP laptop.
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Hello, this is Mongo.
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Today I'm going over how I set up an HP Windows 10 laptop
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to dual boot with Ubuntu.
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I've been working on switching to the GNU Linux
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for most of my computer needs,
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but have taken a while to pick a distro.
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I first installed distros that sound interesting
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into a virtual machine on my Windows desktop.
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Top candidates are then installed for real
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on an older desktop to give them more of a workout.
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I have finally settled on Ubuntu GNOME
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as my distro for the foreseeable future
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and have been using it for a while on the desktop.
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I also had a copy in a virtual machine on my laptop.
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Once I was sure about which Linux that I would be using,
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I wanted to install it to dual boot with Windows on the laptop.
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I went with the 16.04 LTS release.
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That way I don't have to mess with it for a couple of years
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unless something really cool comes along.
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To ensure compatibility before installing it
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to the laptops SSD,
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I connected a hard drive via USB-3 and installed it there.
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I wanted to make sure that Ubuntu GNOME
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like my hardware.
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I especially wanted to make sure that the Wi-Fi worked
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and that it scaled well with the Quad HD high-DPI display.
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Everything checked out fine,
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so I was ready to take the plunge.
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My computer is an HP Spectre X360 13
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with Intel Core i7 6500U processor,
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a Gigabytes of RAM, a 256 Gigabyte SSD,
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and a 13 inch 1440p display.
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It is less than two years old,
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so it uses UEFI and secure boot
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for the installed Windows 10 home operating system.
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This affects how you set the computer
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to dual boot Windows and Linux.
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What I am going to describe worked for me
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and should work for most UEFI systems running Windows
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but may not work for all systems.
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If you are starting with a clean system
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or an older computer that uses a legacy BIOS configuration,
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the procedure will be different.
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The process goes like this.
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Backup Windows,
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recover some space from the Windows partition for Linux.
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Turn off fast startup, turn off secure boot,
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and get an image of the SSD just in case.
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Install Ubuntu,
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restart and see if it works.
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First, I wanted to get a good backup.
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I logged in as administrator
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and did a normal Windows 7 top backup
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to a USB connected hard drive.
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The backup included a system image.
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I already had a rescue USB drive.
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Then I opened computer management, selected this management,
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and right-click the main Windows partition.
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I selected shrink volume and squeezed out 53 gigabytes
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of unallocated space for installing Linux.
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I had previously cleaned up Windows to make room,
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including deleting the VMware image of Ubuntu
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that I won't be needing with a dual boot system.
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How big you make your Linux drive will depend on
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how much space is available
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and also your requirements for both Windows and Linux.
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Next, turn off fast startup in Windows.
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Fast startup is a form of hibernation
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that saves the system state after closing all applications
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and logging off users
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and is owned by default in Windows 10.
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It needs to be turned off while configuring the system
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for dual boot,
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as Linux can't mount the hibernated Windows drive.
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This feature was called fast boot in Windows 8.
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There are several ways to turn it off in Windows 10.
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You can quickly disable all hibernation
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with power config from the command line.
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To do this, open the command window as administrator
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and at the prompt type powercfg.exe
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space slash hibernate space OFF and press enter.
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Later you can reverse this if you want to
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by repeating the command using own instead of off.
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If you prefer using the GUI, open the control panel,
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select hardware and sound, then power options.
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On the left, click choose what the power buttons do.
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On the next screen, a few lines down from the top,
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click change settings that are currently unavailable.
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Next, under shutdown settings, uncheck the box
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for turn on fast startup.
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You can also turn off the hibernate option here.
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If the fast startup option does not appear,
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then hibernation is disabled
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and so fast startup is already off.
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I have read that it is okay to turn fast startup back on
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after installing Linux
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and I've also read that it's a bad idea,
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but I don't know why.
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I left it off afterward.
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With the SSD, it moves very fast either way.
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Also, if you leave it off, you can access
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the Windows volume from Linux.
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That way you can save files that you need
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in both systems in a Windows folder.
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You won't be able to get to the Linux folders from Windows.
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The system won't boot from a USB drive
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with secure boot turned on, so next,
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I reboot the PC and go into the BIOS settings.
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On the HP, you hit the escape key a few times
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right after power turning on the power.
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Other systems may use the delete key,
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F2 or something else.
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In the BIOS, under boot options,
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disabled secure boot,
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but do not change the system to legacy boot.
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It has to stay in UEFI mode
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so that Linux will install correctly to boot with Windows.
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I was installing from a USB drive,
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so I made sure that the USB drive was the first boot option.
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If you have an optical drive, you can install from a disk.
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I then hit F10 to save the change and restart the machine.
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At this point, instead of booting into Ubuntu Live USB drive,
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I booted to a clonezilla USB drive
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and made an image of the SSD
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on the same USB hard drive that received the Windows backup.
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A clonezilla is not backup software
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that lets you restore individual files,
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but it's great for taking a quick snapshot of a drive
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or partition just before you do something
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that could break your computer.
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I have also used it to upgrade a laptop
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to a larger M.2 SSD
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that I couldn't mount through USB
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and use the software that came with the new drive.
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With that done, I shut down and switched
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the clonezilla drive for the Ubuntu 16.04 Live USB drive.
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Next, I powered it on and at the Linux menu selected install,
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which you can go to the live version
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and install from there, if you like.
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You will probably have installed your favorite distro
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several times before committing to making a dual boot PC.
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Other Linux distros may be a little different
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than what I described.
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A trial installation to another system
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or USB drive will give you a heads up on what to expect.
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I am not going over the general installation steps
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for the distro that I used.
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Just answer the questions normally
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as it starts the installation.
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When the Ubuntu GNOME installation gets to the page
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for installation type, the last option is something else.
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I selected that in order to show it where to put Linux.
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Here, it displays a table of petitions
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similar to G-Parted.
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Select the unallocated space stolen from Windows
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and click the plus sign below to create a partition.
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At this point, if you have definite ideas
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about how to partition the drive for Linux,
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you can do what you want.
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I'm pretty new to Linux, so I went to easy route.
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The available space for me was 53 gigabytes.
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From the options presented, I made a 50 gigabyte primary
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extended for partition with mount point at root.
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That's the slash on the drop down menu.
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That left three gigabytes unallocated
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that I used to create a swap space partition.
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I don't know that a swap partition is really necessary
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with eight gigabytes of RAM on a laptop
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that will never see any major workload,
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but I decided to make a small one.
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With the partitions created, it now knows
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where to put Ubuntu.
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Click the button at the bottom of the page to continue.
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From here, it is again a normal installation.
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When it's done, it says to reboot.
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I forgot to pull out the USB stick in time
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and ended up killing it with the power button
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when it came back to the Linux Live menu.
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When I powered it back on,
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it came up to the GNU Grub menu in about five seconds.
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The options were Ubuntu, advanced options for Ubuntu,
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Windows Boot Manager, and System Startup.
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I sat and looked at it for a bit,
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and after 10 seconds, it automatically booted
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into Ubuntu GNOME.
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I thought perfect.
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On the next boot, I selected Windows.
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Nothing had changed here,
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except that there was a little less space available.
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On the Grub menu, System Setup takes you to the BIOS menu,
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so I no longer have to scramble to click Escape in time.
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Later on, when I was sure that I was done,
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I turned Secure Boot back on.
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It doesn't affect the boot process,
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except that you can't boot from a USB drive.
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I quickly went through setting up Ubuntu GNOME,
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mostly like I have my desktop installation,
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but I am taking my time deciding which applications
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will actually be used on the laptop.
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Also, I'm trying out some GNOME extensions
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that I haven't used before that look promising.
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Now, when I run Ubuntu on the laptop,
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it is noticeably faster than when running in a virtual machine.
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That's because it is using the entire CPU
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with direct access to the graphics processor,
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and 8GB of RAM instead of 3.
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And I can still boot Windows when I need it.
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The switch takes about 30 seconds.
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I enjoy listening to Hacker Public Radio,
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where I'll often learn something new and interesting,
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