dave131
August 7th, 2014, 12:05 AM
I actually got a new laptop! It was cheap so it was all I could afford, but it seems to work fine. Toshiba C55-B5298 with Windows 8.1 installed from the factory. As recommended in the forums, I shrunk the main Windows partition then went to install from a 14.04 DVD. Selected the other option and put swap and another single partition (/) in the new partition. It found my wireless right off the bat so all I had to do was enter the network password. I just let it go ahead with the normal install. When it finished and rebooted, everything worked first time - could get to Windows 8.1, could get to Ubuntu! I guess I was lucky as I didn't need to use boot-repair! So, you can add this laptop to the "installs with no problem" list.
I do have something strange (at least to me) - Firefox doesn't have the icons for bookmarks, settings, etc.. All I see is the view the downloads and the house for home. No horizontal scroll bar shows on the window. I'd like to be able to set the home page, use bookmarks, etc., like I used to be able to.
I do have something strange (at least to me) - Firefox doesn't have the icons for bookmarks, settings, etc.. All I see is the view the downloads and the house for home. No horizontal scroll bar shows on the window. I'd like to be able to set the home page, use bookmarks, etc., like I used to be able to.