I have a 2014 Lenovo Yoga, model 900 131SK, Intel core i7. I should be able to install Linux umbuto on it. Yes?
**** This laptop has been stored since June 2023. not updated or backed up since.
I am not super confident making these changes and get a bit lost understanding some of the jargon. If someone would be willing to offer some step by step advice on best aproach to tackle getting this laptop up and running with Linux, it would be greatly appreciated.
I’m currently a one woman show off grid, love my life but it is a lot right now. Not having to figure this out alone, and having someone fluid in this set up would really be a big help.
flash(not copy) it to a USB stick, on Windows you right-click on the downloaded file and there should be an option “Burn image” or something like this else use the Rufus utility, https://rufus.ie/en/ or BalenaEtcher, https://etcher.balena.io/
boot from the USB stick, if it doesn’t boot automatically press Fn+F12 or the Novo Button on the side with a pin while booting to bring up the Boot Menu and select the USB stick
choose “Try and install”
follow the instructions and choose “Erase entire disk” if you don’t have any important data or you don’t need a dual boot scheme with Windows
choose to install the 3rd party software which is needed mostly for multimedia reproduction and proprietry drivers in order to get all your hardware to work
Linux uses a part of the disk as RAM called a “Swap”, if you aren’t prompted to create one during installation you’ll do it after the installation with a command, it should be 50%-100% your RAM’s size, this can be done in 2 ways, as a file or as a dedicated partition, choose the file option which is simpler
At some point you may need to disable Secure Boot, this is done by entering the BIOS. One way for this to be done is again through the Boot Menu.
You can check whether this is enabled before installation so that you don’t encounter a problem later. If needed disable it, save the settings and exit BIOS.
