Need help with Ubuntu
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Ubuntu 17.04 is a middle release which is a testing release in my option and is only supported for six months I believe. I would try ubuntu 16.04 next year 18.04 us the LTR which is supported for 5 years. Or try linux mint 18.2 based off ubuntu 16.04 and uses ubuntu repositories. Mint home page below. If you want to try linux mint read the release notes they can help with installation issues. Depending on your system if you have an i5 core in the flagship cinnamon desktop. If you have a due core 2 use the mate which uses less resources.
https://www.linuxmint.com
Try unplugging the mouse and keyboard and replug them back in. This issue could be just in 17.04 I never read any post concerning this issue.
https://www.linuxmint.com
Try unplugging the mouse and keyboard and replug them back in. This issue could be just in 17.04 I never read any post concerning this issue.
mitch074
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I've had the exact same problem with an old Toshiba laptop - actually, the culprit wasn't the OS (the Windows install disk would hang on the first key press too) but the BIOS. From what I can get, the BIOS would hang during the "real mode" part of the boot process, but as soon as the OS's kernel is loaded (thus switching to extended or 64-extended mode) keyboard becomes usable again.
You can try this:
■ update the BIOS: this problem could have been fixed in a more recent BIOS release.
■ if the above doesn't solve it, a Ubuntu boot disk created using a "proper" process should boot to "try Linux without installing" after 30 seconds; you can install from there, and it will allow you to select the proper language then. You may want to try both a USB and a DVD install.
■ if you're still having problems, there are some ways to boot off a Debian or Ubuntu network installer, which requires Internet access (you can forget about using it through Wi-Fi, ethernet only) and works through a text-only installer.
As for the 16.04 / 17.04 decision, use 16..04: the ISO is regularly updated to make use of the "core" Linux elements for hardware support: 16.04.3 for example makes use of the same kernel version as 17.04. Sensitive software like Firefox is kept current too, so if you don't mind your other softwares being a few versions late, I think you'd be better off using the LTS release.
Note that if you insist on having the latest releases for some apps, yo may try using PPAs (Personal Package Archives) to "force" a newer version for some software while keeping the rest of the OS stable; personally I have PPAs configured for the latest released version of the AMD open source drivers (Padoka-releas), LibreOffice, Handbrake and VLC; on my living-room PC, I have xbmc/Kodi instead. Whenever I want to rollback to the "initial" software release, a drop to the terminal and ppa-purge cleans everything up nicely.
If you feel like tinkering with your system though, I recommend creating different partitions for root ("/") and /home : 16 Gb for / and the rest for /home is all right, and allows you to reinstall a complete system without damaging your personal settings and documents in less than 20 minutes. If you have a SSD and enough RAM, forgo the swap partition and install the zram-config package - that's how Android does it, and it works very well.
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