There is little else to tell. I just want to change a computer from windows to ubuntu and this is how I have done it, several times to other machines and it works fine.
I actually sent a previous try. It was in my list of posts but it seems to, now, go away. Actually I think there were two tries. Things are no longer simple.
This new system is incredibly confusing, unlike the old ubuntu system. I have not done it right and its further confused things. I thought, for instance, that the red colored “MESSAGE” meant to start here. I was not aware that you expected users to read what amounts to some kind of strange book to write a simple request. This has been responsible for my screwing up multiple times. I am not used to reading such directions and I have been posting on these things for literally years. I will, however, try to do it right if I ever figure it all out. I see you also have more directions below. I think I have sent enough information for somebody to give me a simple reply, ie.
You cannot do that
You can just install ubuntu from a Startup Link Creator (assuming something knows what that means)
etc.
I will repeat the above below in the hope that somebody will read my requestion from one. Sorry to be a pain in the ass… Screenshots or Error Messages:
I am trying to change a windows machine to an ubuntu machine. I have done this before using Setup Disk Creator. This time is a bit different in that the windows machine is a Gateway gwtc116-28K. I am doing this because it was my wife"s and she has forgotten how to login and told me to chuck it.
I am actually doing this with the hope that somebody else has already done it and there were tricks although that’s unlikely.
[That is now a light weight system with lower specs. So a lighter weight flavor of Ubuntu is required. If Originally Windows 10 it will be UEFI with gpt partitioning. You then need to install in UEFI boot mode.
Light weight flavors:
Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Budgie
Flavors of Ubuntu only come with three years of supported life (five years applies to Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server but not flavors)
I also found that Kubuntu would work even though it is more middle weight. But I was using an external SSD with a full install & copy of my desktop Kubuntu. SSD would help that system a lot.
I primarily use external SSD for my newer laptop, but found it still works well on my 2006 laptop with only 1.5GB of RAM. Ubuntu would not even install, only server version and lightweight gui. And if I loaded too much at once, it went to swap on very old slow HDD. But Kubuntu on external SSD was very functional. Even occasional use a swap was quick.
If you cannot install a internal SSD, try a full install on an external SSD.
I am going to have to take the gateway apart to see what is gong on. My wife, in her efforts to make it work cleverly blanked the screen but left the mouse running. I will try an 1tb ssd if I can figure how to mount it externally as I suspect there is simply not enough room in the gateway. (If I can get the thing to just function - I turn it on, it starts up, gives me a couple of things on the screen then it all goes blank.
I have it up and running now, with windows 10 and it even updated (I thought 10 was done). Anyway, I will try and continue. I am currently in a windows help talking about “How to initialize an dds after installation”. This is sure to be interesting.
