I'm trying to install ubuntu or any linux on my alienware and I am having difficulties.
Its an intel core 2.
I've made an ubuntu 11.04 live cd for 64 bit. When I boot into the cd it starts up and I get a desktop, mouse and the upper task bar with just three icons: power, network, and something else. I can't click any of these icons or do anything else useful.
I've also tried running live disks of Suse and Fedora. Neither one works either. I got an error on one of them saying unkown file system.
I'm running windows 7 currently installed on the C drive. then I have another partition for my files. At one point I've upgraded the RAM on it, but I bought it directly from dell and have had no problems in the 2 years running windows.
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