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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