My pc was originally vista. But I do run W10 now.
I’l re download now and see how i get on
Sorry what do you mean by this ?
Turn off the pc, put the usb into a different port then go into bios, In the boot first menu click enter on the SanDisk.
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It’s booting up now! Think I’ve fixed it
I’m in
How do I zoom out? It seems zoomed in
I’m in the displays settings but chsnign the scale doesn’t help
On windows I had to use my graphics card application to scale out
With some settings its zoomed out and some settings its zoomed in
Is this a television? You need to disable overscan on the TV if it’s possible.
Not possible
I’ve found the drivers on ati website
They have 64 bit versions for Linux and for Ubuntu
Seems very laggy and slow, can’t get much to work, at this rate I’ll call it a day and stick with Windows
After you’ve sorted the screen give it a day or two , it’s probably updating all the apps in the background because there would be new releases of Firefox etc.
Also you’re running it off the usb so it will be slower than if you installed on the hard drive.
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That’s what I was thinking reg it being on USB
I don’t want to risk losing my windoes install unless I know i like the os
If I want to install the drivers for my gpu do I use the Linux x86 or Ubuntu x86
You should be able to dual boot, so on boot you’ll have the option to boot into either Ubuntu or Windows.
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Ive sorted the scaling out, now I’ll see if I like the os
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As Simon said you can have both
Here’s an easy guide to getting both
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Thanks i’ve done dual boots a long time ago, does it still involve making partitions ?
One last question about Ubuntu how do i get the screen on full browser ? I can see the task bar etc at the top and side, or is it not possible ?
Thanks again for all your help guys. I spent hours trying to get this to work and by trying v19 of ubuntu its working nicely. I think i’ll keep it on my USB for now just to get used to it.
I’m not sure about if you manually have to do the partitions but it’s not hard using windows disk management if windows is using the whole drive.
I don’t understand your 2nd question but I’m not really familiar with Ubuntu , I’ve got it installed on a VM on my laptop but haven’t booted into it for months.
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There’s a couple of things that Linux does very well, at least compared to Windows.
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Firstly, you can download it for free and install it on pretty much everything without having to worry about activation.
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You can update everything through the respositories --any applications you download from the store and any from 3rd-party repositories you’ve added.
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If you don’t like the interface of the particular brand of linux you are running, you can just download a new one. If you don’t like Gnome, you can install KDE or something else. When people talk about Linux, they’re really talking about the kernel --the interface can be swapped out at will.
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It’s secure, not because there are fewer users --that’s not really true anymore as the linux kernel is found in every Android phone, every smart TV or internet connected device; every router etc. It’s a massive target, but because it doesn’t execute programs the way Windows does (ie, by double-clicking on an exe file, followed by a cursory glance at its request for elevated privileges) and because users operate within a limited part of the system, attacks rarely affect more than the user’s home folder.
The downside is that some of the more popular productivity suites are missing --Photoshop etc, but there are open-source alternatives available in the repositories that can achieve similar results --Darktable is an excellent Lightroom alternative, for example; Scribus is great publishing app.
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If I want to go ahead and install linux along side windows do I click the top one? “install Ubuntu alongside windows 10”
Also when a new version comes out how d0 you update it? I’m using v19 and from what I read it doesn’t update by itself
Do I install it the same way as I did this time? Mount to a USB stick. Boot to USB and then click the install button?
Yes, exactly. That will handle the partitioning for you.
The update manager will tell you when there are updates to Ubuntu and any of the software you have installed. You just click and tell it to go ahead.
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You should be able to make those panels auto-hide.
Thanks @danmullen
I’ll do the install later 
I don’t need to alter anything in Windows right ?
I’m starting to like the OS, it’s much smoother and sleeker than Windows 10
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Nothing to change in Windows.
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