Re: The magnificent operating system thread

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"Undoing changes made to your computer."

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"We couldn't install Windows 10. We've set your PC back to how it was just before you started installing Windows 10."

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For quite some time now, my laptop's touchpad has been randomly freezing when scouring the Internet. The advice on the Linux Mint forum is to update your kernel in such instances.

I have just done that.

I don't know if it's going to prevent my touchpad freezing but web pages seem to be loading a lot more snappily than they were before.

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I'm going to need to buy a keyboard. When I set the tablet to boot from the memory stick, it demands I press Enter first, rather than doing it automatically.

But I can't do that without a keyboard.

I've ordered the keyboard. It's due to arrive on Thursday.

It's top of the range. It cost £12.

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My new keyboard arrived at the collection point before four o'clock today.

If I'd known that, I'd've picked it up then.

Now, I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow afternoon to pick it up.

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My keyboard has arrived. I have tested it by plugging it into my laptop and it works.

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But will it work on my ancient tablets and their UEFI?

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I didn't know you could plug in keyboards into tables type devices.

Couldn't you have got a blu-Tooth one? Or maybe you did? I don't know.

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Because I'm trying to control the UEFI/BIOS and it's a cheap and ancient tablet, I decided to get the most basic keyboard I could find. I didn't know if the tablet would respond to anything fancier.

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I've got into the UEFI. The keyboard is working...

I've told it to boot up from a USB flash drive.

The Linux Mint logo has appeared on its screen.

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Nothing else is happening...

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The Linux Mint logo has now disappeared.

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There is just a little white line at the top left hand corner of the screen...

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That has now disappeared as well...

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I'm starting to worry that it isn't working as it should do...

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A big Linux Mint logo has now appeared on the screen.

And a small toolbar.

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I have pressed the button that says, "Install Linux Mint."

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Nothing seems to be happening.

But it has lit up blue, which suggests the touchscreen is working...

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Still nothing happening...

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