i just bought a Lenovo x1 carbon 7th generation Intel Core i5 8thgen 16GB RAM 256GB SSD(P2)
I thought that buying an older computer would mean no copilot, but was surprised to find it did (i thought it needed newer hardware to work). Does that mean i have wasted my money if privacy was my objective? as in the “see what u see” and privacy vulnerabilities built into this lap top hardware or architecture itself. So even if install linux it will still be dodgy?
The copilot is software in Windows 11, unrelated to hardware.
Save whatever licence keys it has for Windows 11, though it is probably verified by the hardware IDs automatically or there is a sticker on the bottom.
Turn off secure boot and bitlocker from the BIOS.
Install Linux or first Windows 10 and then Linux
Thank you.
i just made my first flash drive : ) I know its an easy do, but as a total newbie having achieved that. Im psyched..
Im thinking to skip windows all together. but just incase is it possible to just boot and install ubuntu & load up windows 10 later without having installed it prior?
its already loaded with windows 11 at the moment. Is there a benefit to going to windows 10 first then linux?
Rob has made many videos about virtual machines with the newest one demonstrating Windows 11 on a virtual machine, this is the best solution in case you need to run some Windows application.
The only drawback is the case where you have some device that only Windows can operate, this is because the device has to work on Linux and it is passed as a virtual device to the virtual instance of Windows.
So it’s better to keep your system clean with only Linux.
The default filesystem for Linux is ext4(extended 4), you’ll see those choices if you choose manual disk partitioning where you delete all the partitions and you create a small EFI partition for booting and at least a partition for Linux.
There are many other filesystems available which offer better data integrity but they consume more resources.
A basic decision is whether you want the Linux system to be encrypted like Android so if someone steals the computer can’t extract any data, Full disk encryption (FDE) - Ubuntu security documentation
It is possible to install Windows later but you’ll have to do some more elaborate work to restore the EFI partition after the installation to get back the Linux boot option. Windows will take over and change the EFI partition during installation.
In order to gain some confidence you can boot the USB and try the Linux live and start the installation guide from the desktop to see the first steps without validating any changes until you decide to do the installation.