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How to Upgrade from Windows 7 to Ubuntu Linux – Installation
- zahrc 7y agoNice comprehensive guide. I don’t know how relevant it is for HN users, I’ll still post my two cents for the general installation of OS’s and boot media. • B A C K U P S!!! • make sure you Have the correct bootmode Setup in the UEFI/BIOS and on wherever the image is written on. • make sure beforehand that the devices (printer, mouse with extra button, etc.) will work as expected. Don’t take the support for granted, fell into that trap a few times.
- aksss 7y agoI never appreciate about how complicated this must seem to people until I read an article like this (holy schnikeys that's a lot of words!). Although I'm not sure someone who's running win7 in 2020 is the same demo that will engage in changing boot devices, boot order and annihilating partitions. It's nice that they cover installing Ubuntu on a VM as an alternative to bare metal install, but no mention is made of just upgrading the machine to Windows 10 and installing Ubuntu on WSL. I know that it's not what the article is about, but for me on a day-to-day basis, WSL covers 98% of what I need on a work computer, especially considering that you can lay different distributions down (Debian + Ubuntu).
- JohnClark1337 7y agoSomething to keep in mind if upgrading family members to linux: most people do not like to tinker with computers. The extent of the computer knowledge of most people is "I click thing and it does thing". You will have to guide them through everything, and you will have to make sure every application that they say that they need works. Too many "Linux evangelists" don't understand what they're getting into.