I cannot even get linux on my laptop. I have tried Ubuntu and Linux Mint and cannot get either one to install. I have read numerous articles on the Ubuntu site that deals with the problem I am having but it is all for dealing with the problem once you already have the distro installed, not it borking things before install. I have an NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M graphics card. When I run from my live USB, it will run for a few seconds and then the screen goes black with huge white blocks on it.
I read that if you push ctrl + alt + f1 it is supposed to take you to a text installer or recovery where you can remove all the NVIDA drivers included with the distro in order to just run the proprietary driver from Nvidia that is supposed to fix the graphical problems but i guess it only works after the distro is installed. When running from the live USB I tried this when the screen got borked and nothing happened. I am about ready to give up!!! I would really love to learn and help but this is ridiculous. Any of you know anything that might help me get it installed? I have tried running from USB and CD. the only way I have been able to get anything to work is to load Ubuntu into oracle VM program. I guess there is no graphical problems with it because it is the VM running thru windows handling the graphics, not the OS itself.