I recently got a new laptop for Christmas, I love it. There is one crucial error though. It runs Windows 8. I cannot stand Windows, let alone Windows 8. I want to keep Windows 8 for the simple fact that this is a gaming PC, and sadly Linux is in the shallow end of the dream pool in that department. I cannot get the Ubuntu live USB to boot. In fact I cant get any Linux USB's to boot. I have tried every suggestion I have seen, other than updating the UFCI BIOS. That scares me. I have tried going into legacy mode, changing the way the SSD works, turning off fast boot, turning off secure boot, and  I even turned off the MSI boot logo. Nothing worked. I can boot into the USB but when I select Try Ubuntu without installing, it goes to a black screen and that's it. Any help would be appreciated.  Specs: 16 GB of RAM 750 GB SSD Intel core i7 Nvidia GeForce GTX 770M  If you need any other info feel free to ask.
I'm absolutely new to Linux. I would like to know how to install Ubuntu alongside the pre-installed Windows 8+ OS.  Should I do it with Wubi, or through the Live USB/DVD?  What steps do I need to take to correctly install Ubuntu?
Prove that the difference between two rational numbers is rational This is a terribly simple question I'm sure, but I can't find a work-around in my proof. I must prove that the difference between two rational numbers is thus rational. Here is my attempt:     Let $a$ and $b$ be rational numbers. Therefore, \begin{align}  a=\frac{\lambda}{\beta},\:b=\frac{\xi}{\zeta},\:\ni\:\lambda,\beta,\xi,\zeta\in\mathbb{Z},\tag{1} \end{align} which gives us \begin{align}  a-b=\frac{\lambda}{\beta}-\frac{\xi}{\zeta}=\frac{\lambda\zeta-\xi\beta}{\beta\xi}.\tag{2} \end{align}   So I have shown that $a$ and $b$ are rational numbers which, by definition, can be represented by the quotient of two integers. But now how do I tackle the problem of the difference? By definition the difference between two integers is an integer. Does that require that this difference is thus rational?  Thank you for your time, I noticed that after joining a table to a shapefile the headers of each fields in the table used for the join are changed by QGIS and they are attributed to a different name.  For instance, I had a shapefile with vegetation_codes and a table with vegetation_codes and veg_definition (these were the headers). After joining the table to the shapefile and also saving the shapefile and creating a new one, the vegetation_classes header was changed into vegetati_1.  Is there a way to keep the original headers?  I am using QGIS Dufour on Windows 7 and the table that I join to the shapefile is CSV (tried with dbf as well and the problem is the same). How to create Mist in Blender I already tried several ways to create Mist in Blender, but it never worked 100%. I use Blender 2.78 and I want to create Mist like in this scene here.  What are the exact steps?     Here is what I have tried so far:  I already tried this:  but it simply did not work .. I dont know why.  (EDIT: I managed to fix it: Check out this graphic:   Until now I already used objects successfully as Mist-creators (Volume Scatter under Volume Material). The bad thing about using Objects as Mist-creator is that they dont have an endless mist range + the mist can not be bright. Normally it appears grayish result is bad..  Check it out  Please help How does the loopback interface work How to remove or hide the GRUB boot menu? Recently I decided to use only Ubuntu and there is no Windows in my laptop. When I turn on my laptop the GRUB menu is showing but I don't need to choose OS anymore.   How can I remove or hide this? And after removing this how could I access to recovery mode? To friend vs. to befriend Why don't I get $e$ when I solve $\lim_{n\to \infty}(1 + \frac{1}{n})^n$? Set same icon for all my Forms Is there any way to set the same icon to all my forms without having to change one by one? Something like when you setup GlobalAssemblyInfo for all your projects inside your solution. I'm in a numerical analysis course right now and it's pretty rigorous but I'm enjoying it a lot. I took a lower level course before that was more oriented towards implementation of numerical methods, so it's not my first time with the material.  Anyway, my professor wrote his own course notes and they're fantastic but I wanted some reference material since I'm currently outlining my own notes. Just wondering what the big ones out there are  edit: I would say I'm at an advanced undergraduate level What's the blue pentagon for in Pokemon XY? On the Pokemon status screen, underneath the Pokemon and to the left of the custom markings, is a small blue pentagon:  This doesn't seem to be present on Pokemon obtained through the Pokemon Transporter from Gen V:  I've looked into it myself, and popular opinion seems to be that it's either some kind of &quot;Legitimate Pokemon&quot; mark or simply to indicate that the Pokemon originates from Gen VI. The latter seems far more likely to me, but do we know for sure what this blue hexagon means? Converting PostGIS point to text causing loss of data? I have a road network and want to test connectivity between the features.  I am having trouble with two specific features, the rest of the dataset is functioning just fine.  When I get those 2 links' start &amp; end locations using ST_StartPoint and ST_EndPoint, the result is that they are slightly different.  However, when I convert the result to text by wrapping it like so:  ST_AsText(ST_StartPoint(geom)) and ST_AsText(ST_EndPoint(geom))  then the results are exactly the same.  Is it possible they are actually off by a tiny amount like .000000001 and the ST_AsText loses a decimal point? I have this HW where I have to calculate the $74$th derivative of $f(x)=\ln(1+x)\arctan(x)$ at $x=0$. And it made me think, maybe I can say (about $\arctan(x)$ at $x=0$) that there is no limit for the second derivative, therefore, there are no derivatives of degree grater then $2$. Am I right? So, if we have a large pipe which is constricted in the middle, the fluid in the middle section  will move faster. Why is it so? What dictates that liquid that an X amount of it must pass on the other side regardless of the size of the encasement?  The only reason I could think about is because that the initial pressure which causes the movement somehow is being transferred to a smaller area, but that makes no sense. Edit record from site.com In site.com I have a page which iterates records of an object with data repeater.  I want to edit these records from this page ,but I didn't find anything to achieve this.  If there is any option to do this please help me to implement this.  Thanks How can I assign the output of a command to a shell variable? I want to assign the result of an expression (i.e., the output from a command) to a variable and then manipulate it – for example, concatenate it with a string, then echo it.  Here's what I've got: #!/bin/bash cd ~/Desktop; thefile= ls -t -U | grep -m 1 &quot;Screen Shot&quot;; echo &quot;Most recent screenshot is: &quot;$thefile;  But that outputs: Screen Shot 2011-07-03 at 1.55.43 PM.png Most recent screenshot is:   So, it looks like that isn't getting assigned to $thefile, and is being printed as it's executed. What am I missing? Note: The legacy Skype for Linux application (v4.*) is now discontinued and was removed from Canonical’s partner repositories, so this question and its answers are obsolete. Please refer to  of our .  Skype 4.3 is just released with considerable improvements. As a regular Skype user I want to use the latest Skype on my Ubuntu 14.04, but there is no updates from Update Manager. Even in Skype website only Skype 4.3 is available only for Ubuntu 12.04. Is there anyway to use this latest Skype on Ubuntu 14.04 or how much we have to wait for the update? How do I copy Word tables into Excel without splitting cells into multiple rows? I have data in a Word table that includes line and paragraph breaks. When I copy the data into Excel, it splits each line and paragraph I want into multiple cells. How do I copy the data to Excel and keep the breaks? Why close and not migrate? Show that holomorphic $f_1, . . . , f_n $ are constant if $\sum_{k=1}^n \left| f_k(z) \right|$ is constant. 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