Start of the Linux Ubuntu installation

Installing Linux Ubuntu 20.04.1 on an ASUS Zenbook UM431D. The first steps for installation.






Start of the Linux Ubuntu installation
Installing Linux Ubuntu 20.04.1 on an ASUS Zenbook UM431D. The first steps for installation.

When starting with F2 you get into the BIOS. This BIOS even works with touchpad. Set to boot from USB stick.

Start of the Linux Ubuntu installation
Installing Linux Ubuntu 20.04.1 on an ASUS Zenbook UM431D. The first steps for installation.
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Start of the Linux Ubuntu installation
Installing Linux Ubuntu 20.04.1 on an ASUS Zenbook UM431D. The first steps for installation.
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Start of the Linux Ubuntu installation
Installing Linux Ubuntu 20.04.1 on an ASUS Zenbook UM431D. The first steps for installation.
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In 2016, the Ubuntu 16.04 installation on the ACER ES1-331 C0YK only worked with an Ethernet connection. I was already worried because the new one doesn't have an Ethernet interface anymore and I don't have a router with Ethernet anymore. But it seems that the detection of various WLAN cards has made great progress.


  Linux Ubuntu 20.04.1 on ASUS ZenBook UM431D


4 years after my switch to Ubuntu the first system change is imminent. An Asus Zenbook replaces my old ACER Es1-331 C0YK Notebook with Ubuntu 16.04.

Various settings at the beginning of the Ubuntu installation Various settings at the beginning of the Ubuntu installation
The swap partition of Ubuntu 16.04 became a swap file in 20.04. The size of this file must still be set, it will not automatically increase if necessary.


What can be seen during the installation of Ubuntu 20.04.1? What can be seen during the installation of Ubuntu 20.04.1?
Hints for VLC, Rythm Box Music Player, Spotify, Shotwell Photo Manager, GIMP, Shotcut Video Editor, Firefox, Thunderbird and Chromium.


After installing Ubuntu 20.04.1
Restart, the system monitor shows: the swapfile is set to absurdly small 2 GB. This guide corrects this to 24 GB.




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