Background

My old laptop was bought ten years ago. I had never changed the thermal paste between its CPU and its fan. As a result, it had been getting hot during my online tutorials.

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Problem

The touchpad on my new Ubuntu 18.04 LTS laptop was frozen. Toogling 🖱 with <Fn>-<F4> didn’t worked.

Attempt

1. Logout: didn’t work at all
2. Reboot: worked most of the time

Partial solution

After changing the Mouse Click Emulation in Keyboard & Mouse in Ubuntu Tweak from the default “Fingers” (2 fingers for right click; 3 fingers for middle click) to “Area” (Right/middle click determined by clicked area), one might have to wait for next reboot.

Objective

To get a hands-on experience on Ubuntu installation on a UEFI hybrid system.

Devices

• 120 GB SSD disk: /dev/sda
• 1 TB HDD disk: /dev/sdb
• 8 GB USB key: /dev/sdc

Stage 0: precautions

• Ensure that your machine has enough power.
• Disable Secure Boot in M$ Windows
• Disable Quick Boot in boot menu

Stage 1: Make your live USB key

I tried Xubuntu’s built-in disk writing tool to create a live USB key from the official ISO file. Like my Xubuntu 18.04 installation on Fujitsu LH532 , the installer crashed during the installation. After submitting the generated report to Launchpad, I found out that the cause for this crash: the integrity test for my live USB key had failed.

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Rationale

Why?

My Fujitsu LH532 has been serving me well as my production machine for almost six years.

The keyboard was quite dirty: it’s full of hair and dandruff. I had to clean it for personal hygiene.

Problem

Two months ago, the Win* 10 installed on my old laptop crashed with blue screen on startup. Two weeks ago, I created a Xubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit Live USB and set up the dualboot. However, the fan was still giving out consideralbe noise and heat under Xubuntu 18.04 (installed in /dev/sda7).

Many end users’ reaction

They’ll simply buy a new PC. This had given rise to industrial parks in Guiyu (貴嶼), one of the world’s largest e-waste village. I’m so shocked to see that Hong Kong appears on the top of the linked article.

You may skip to the acutal setup.

Background

After using Win 7 & 10 for six years on my Fujitsu LH532 , Windows 10 often falls into blue screen. Sometimes, it won’t even start up.

Give Xubuntu a try

Hoping to give a second life to my old , I’ve decided to try this popular lightweight distro.

Initial partition setup

I followed the instructions from Danatela’s question, including the optional setup of separate /var and /tmp partition.