Have a brand new Lenovo Y50-70 running Windows 8.1. Wanted a Ubuntu partition so that I can run Kerbal Space Program in 64-bit. download 64 bit image of Ubuntu 14.10 and pendrivelinux's Universal USB Installer to burn it into a bootable USB.
Go into BIOS and set it from UEFI to Legacy and to...
Short version: It sucks. Let's hope it gets better. Fast.
Long version: The first official public iteration of Microsoft Windows 8 leaves much to offer. The nagging Smart Screen UI (MetroUI) was added for developers at the BUILD conference running in Anaheim, CA right now. The build lacks...
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Windows 8 build 7955.0.x86fre.fbl_srv_wdacxml.110228-1930 leaked to the Internet recently, and is rumored to have been created shortly after the D9 conference where Microsoft showcased the new operating system. The build is severely limited in the sense that it is still using the same graphical...