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oh damn, I was not aware it was a chromebook, why do they make these things or more on, why do people still buy these POS's. We need to educate people so they do not purchase land fill fodder. Let me change my previous answer, what you did wrong is you purchased a chromebook

something that most people ignore is the physical health of the system. Before doing the next install try S.M.A.R.T. and do an extended test (about 2 hours) on the system drive. You should be able to run the disk utility with smart in it from the live USB, if anything that says error on it has a...

sounds like you are doing the right thing, test first before you wipe. Windows is very needy especially for BIOS updates. I think you will succeed just remember that 4G is the lowest RAM you want if you are going to use Gnome or anything like it. Try to get it up to 8G RAM if at all possible but...

Please do not upgrade the BIOS unless you have issues that need to be addressed by it. Otherwise if it works do not fix it. updates of BIOS can be dangerous and leave you with more problems than you started with and can brick the device or just cause incompatibilities with the OS by changing how...

I have always had doubts about a VPN that you pay for. It leaves a paper trail or money trail that can be tracked.

you can use a file manager to change permission, just right click the folder or file and make sure you say to apply to subfolders also. otherwise the chmod command works from the terminal and you need to have some knowledge to use it. Just like windows DOS you need to know how to move around and...

only thing that causes the issue you describe is file permission. If the hiberfil.sys is on the drive it can be deleted without much issue. That file causes the entire drive to run in read only. Otherwise you can just change file permissions. NTFS from windows has permissions and linux reads...

good point and something to keep in mind. But to keep safe i always suggest to my clients wanting to do this to preserve the old hard drive as it was and use a new one for linux. Always put old one back in for warranty. But I am so used to doing this daily that I forget most laptops do not have...

I have found companies will do anything to void a warranty. They will refuse to help you until you restore back to how you got it then they will help you which is same as no warranty to me.

check the drive, the root folder of the windows partition for a file called hiberfil.sys if you have it then you are not shutting down windows properly. This is normal with default settings. First of all you need to shut down the fast boot on windows. This is under the control panel (not...

ANY changes to the boot or any partition changes including removing then restoring widows from a backup will void warranty. Anything they can blame so best to remove the drive and DO NOT PLAY with partitions. Faster and easier to pull the entire drive. And no, removing the screws will not void...

first of all there are no unused disk areas in the windows install. Also keep in mind that if you remove windows you kill your warranty. buy a new SSD to install and put Linux on it. Keep the original drive to put back into the laptop if you ever need the warranty. then go ahead and install your...

if you liked the RHEL you should move to Fedora. It is the same thing but has all the drivers etc. However did you check if the wifi card was supported? I use panda wireless adapters, they work out of the box.

I have seen very small switches or buttons that disable the touchpad or keyboard, they are small and not easy to spot. Look to see if you have one and make sure it is on. Otherwise I noted the type of pc said "winbook" if this means the same as when there were "win printers" (that is a printer...

I never check the checksums, never had issue either but checking them might be good habit to get into

nice advice but he would need hundreds of kernels to take up that much space

let us know how it goes, would be curious to know if not using encryption will change anything.

not sure what that folder is and no linux install should take up that much space. Something is not right. If you are not married to mint maybe try ubuntu or fedora and see if they work better for you. Sometimes your favorite linux does not work well on a computer so you have to try something...

like I said, just because you can do a thing does not mean you should. The problems I see with encryption are fairly constant. People lose the key or password, something happens and now you can't get your data. Is it worth it? I suggest Keep It Simple Stupid. Go into timeshift and stop it from...

it sounds like windows 10 or 11 home and it is stuck in "S" mode which restricts all software except purchased direct from microsoft web store. You must disable "S" mode... Windows 10 in S mode is designed for security and performance, exclusively running apps from the Microsoft Store. If you...