Re: To replace fc27 Gnome with KDE spin?

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> On Fri, 2018-02-16 at 10:17 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> 
> This is *definitely* not necessary. The BIOS runs before the hard disk
> is even read, so there has to be a way to catch it. As far as I can
> tell you haven't so far mentioned what the make and model of your
> laptop is, so everyone is just guessing. You need to read the docs for
> your specific machine to see what the magic key is. In fact strictly
> speaking you just need the make and model of the BIOS itself. If you
> can't find it, try running 'biosdecode' from the dmidecode package.
> That will at least tell you the OEM (i.e. the BIOS manufacturer).
> 
> poc

You're right - It's a Lenovo G510.  It was sold as a 64-bit machine, but ISTR that I always had more success with 32-bit software.  Maybe that's what's causing some of my problem.

I can't get to grips with the interface I'm seeing.  There seems to be a huge amount of software that I can't find, including dmidecode. Searching returns "no results".

I have also seen signs about vmlinuz - which are incomplete when I see them, and I haven't found them since.  Kernel-core is reporting hardware problems (possibly missing 3rd party drivers?).  Altogether I'm more and more convinced that I have to somehow completely get rid of this install.  I believe this being 64-bit is at least part of the problem.
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