Installing Ubuntu on an AMD HP Laptop

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What version of Ubuntu should I be installing? I have version “ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso”. I have a few earlier versions but all of them kee wanting me to update. I am new to anything Linux and I am not sure what I am facing when I try to update. 

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From: Linux for blind general discussion
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 8:26 PM
To: Linux for blind general discussion
Subject: Re: Installing Ubuntu on an AMD HP Laptop

In earlier versions of Ubuntu drums would play when it was ready
for a login.  Maybe a way around this would be for espeak to run
in command line environment to get a log in and then perhaps a
user could run startx to bring up a graphical display and
perhaps start orca.  You could also try orca -s after keying in
alt-f2 or alternatively orca -r to replace whatever is running
and start orca again from scratch.

discussion wrote:

> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:11:46
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: Installing Ubuntu on an AMD HP Laptop
>
> Hello,
>
> I tried this already but I didn't hear anything. Will it work regardless
> of what sound drivers I have? I know that Narrator works just fine when
> I boot from media using control Windows Enter.
>
> -Harmony
>
>
> On 18/07/2018 14:35, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > yes it comes with orca.  Try windowskey-s a few minutes after you start
> > the computer.  You should need to do this only once.  After that, when
> > you boot you'll have speech.
> > On Wed, 18 Jul 2018, Linux for blind general
> > discussion wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:37:08
> >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >> To: "blinux-list at redhat.com" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >> Subject: Installing Ubuntu on an AMD HP Laptop
> >>
> >> Hello, everyone.
> >>
> >> I decided to try installing a Linux distro after my Windows 10 image
> >> started malfunctioning. I didn't want to have to lose all my data, so I
> >> wanted to see if using Linux would allow me to access all of my files
> >> and put them on an external hard drive.
> >>
> >> I downloaded Ubuntu 18.04 Iso and the Rufus utility. I put the Iso image
> >> on my flash drive using this utility.
> >>
> >>   From past experience with an AMD HP computer, i found that pressing the
> >> escape key immediately after turning on the computer, and then pressing
> >> F9 would bring me to the list of boot options. From here I pressed down
> >> arrow to select USB media, and pressed enter. At this point I don't know
> >> what happened next because I don't know if Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit AMD comes
> >> with any screen reader, or what the commands would be to launch it. I
> >> used the Microsoft seeing AI app to read what was on the screen.
> >>
> >> Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >>
> >> -Heavenly Harmony
> >>
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