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Try booting the computer without the hdd and without the usb...it may take you to the bios automatically, or maybe more likely, give you some options when it doesn't detect any bootable devices. From...

I'm having the same issue and the only current solution is to add in a kernel module which I haven't done.

If your only concern is native sdd support, then all the newer version of Ubuntu have auto-trim support by default. I've actually felt more comfortable running linux (Arch) on my laptop with an ssd...

Here's the /etc/skel/.xinitrc from an arch installation that you can use:



#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

I've heard good things about the Chromebook C720: http://www.google.com/chrome/devices/acer-c720-chromebook/ . Haven't followed too closely about getting a linux install up and running, but I know it...

Take a look at strace. This seems like what you're looking for: http://linux.die.net/man/1/strace

One suggestion would be: if you feel comfortable, and if they're willing to learn a little, sit down together and go through the installation and initial setup together. They may really appreciate...

Does this actually need to run at startup? I'd venture to say that this can be set to automatically run when logging into your desktop environment.

Glad you found a solution. I also have to add "acpi_osi=" to the grub config and i have an Asus Zenbook UX302LA. This is actually really common for the newer Asus'.

Totally agree with the above posts. Modern OSes all support the trim operation (as does your ssd), so you really don't have to do too much tinkering. If you REALLY want to tinker around, here's a...

I'd highly recommend doing a defrag of the entire drive (maybe twice) first. If you are comfortable doing some partitioning, I'd say to use gparted on a live cd (create it just like you did the...