![]() Normally, the video/graphics card were used after the X or any other display server was started. So, what did we just do here? What’s that nomodeset thing? Let me explain it to you briefly. The installation was quick, easy and painless. I dual booted Windows 10 with Ubuntu 18.04. ![]() This laptop comes with Windows 10 installed on the 120 GB SSD and 1 TB of HDD for storing data. So, when I decided to get a new dedicated device for testing Linux distributions, I opted for a laptop with NVIDIA graphics. A number of It’s FOSS readers asked for my help with their NVIDIA laptops and I could do nothing because I didn’t have a system with NVIDIA graphics card. NVIDIA is known for its poor compatibility with Linux. Acer Predator Helios 300 comes with NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050Ti. The reason why I opted for this gaming laptop even though I don’t game on PC is NVIDIA Graphics. It’s a bulky, heavy built laptop which is in contrast to my liking of smaller, lightweight laptops like the awesome Dell XPS. The other day I bought an Acer Predator laptop ( affiliate link) to test various Linux distribution. The tutorial was performed on a newly installed Ubuntu system but it should be applicable otherwise as well. This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to deal with Ubuntu freezing at the boot by installing proprietary NVIDIA drivers.
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