Installing Ubuntu on an AMD HP Laptop

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 right now, but if I were installing a new 
system, I'd go with Ubuntu 18.04. I'm not sure what you mean by update, 
but running sudo apt-get upgrade will update your system without a 
problem. It won't move you from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04 though. For 
that, I just reinstall.


On 07/20/2018 05:43 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 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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