First time on Forum...  I'm about to buy a cheapish mainstream desktop, blow away Windows, and install the latest Ubuntu.  If the desktop hit the market about a year ago, what is the chance that I will be successful?  I realize that it's high, but is it very high, so that I can risk my $250?  I installed Ubuntu, no problems, on an old Dell last weekend.  Out of the PCs I'm thinking of buying for the next one, let me give a concrete example:  Dell i3847-4461BK Desktop PC with Intel Core i3-4150 Processor  On the Ubuntu site they said that Dell did have an U image for this exact one, but being a bit of a novice, I don't know how it will go with a generic install.  Might there be missing drivers or something?  Please note that this question is about probabilities.  If you can give me a 0.99 for that example, great...  Thanks!  Mike
I would like to see a full how-to guide on how to install Ubuntu.
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