The Windows 10 Update Terror as a trigger to finally realize a long-held plan: The change to Linux.
| Runtime and power consumption Windows vs Linux
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Since there are contradictory statements, the first test on my old ASUS UL30A: How is the energy consumption under Windows 7 and Linux Ubuntu 16.04?
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| Planned Obsolescence by Windows
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My first Linux Ubuntu test: I discover an icon with ''Simple Scan'', let's see what happens when I connect my old scanner from 2004 to the notebook. Surprise!
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| Installation Linux Ubuntu
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The Acer ES1-331-C0YK bought in the middle of May 2016 will be equipped with SSD and more RAM in July 2016. On the SSD, Linux Ubuntu 16.04 is installed.
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| Installation Linux Ubuntu - Part 2
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The hard disk can be divided automatically or manually. The language for the installation can be selected from many different languages.
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| Installation Linux Ubuntu - Part 3
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After name, computer name and password have been set, the installation starts, as some properties of Linux Ubuntu 16.04 is pointed out.
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| Installation Linux Ubuntu - Part 4
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A few more screens with references to the properties of Ubuntu, then the installation is complete.
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| UEFI enforces setting password for UEFI
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Microsoft's lobbying at the UEFI, the successor to the BIOS, forces you to set a password if you want to use a different operating system than Windows.
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| Ubuntu Software
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As simple as the Google Play Store is looking for software and install it. Android is basically only the most widely used Linux variant.
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| Eject Media, but it is still occupied
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Would not it be great if not only the error message ''The disk is still occupied by one or more applications'', but a list of these applications?
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| Update costs using mobile internet connection
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Such a query would have saved Microsoft some legal proceedings because many GB updates had been downloaded over expensive mobile Internet connections.
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