What you need

A Linux Image. I use Ubuntu 16.04 from CUHK in this article.

A USB for bootable drive

Another USB (If you want to make it dual boot, the OS will be installed into this USB)

A Windows computer (I dont recommend using macbook to install linux because that is a waste.)

A Backup USB to backup all your stuff

Lets Start by…

~Get Bootable USB from Here (LinuxLiveUSB) (Old Method)~
Create bootable USB drives the easy way (Rufus) (New Method, Stable)

Use The App the burn a Bootable USB.

Remember to back up all your stuff in case anything fucked up.

Know your boot menu key and bios key!

What is my boot menu key and Bios key?
In case above website didnt work

If you want to clean install

Skip This Section if you want to make it dual boot.

Resetting your PC

How to Reset your Windows PC

Plug in the USB and Enter Installilation mode by holding Boot Menu Key when restart

What is my boot menu key and Bios key?

Select Erase disk and install Ubuntu

After finishing install, restart the computer

You will now see your Linux

Done!

If you want to make it dual boot (OS will be installed into USB)

Plug in the USB

Plug in Another USB

Enter Installilation mode by holding Boot Menu Key when restart

What is my boot menu key and Bios key?
In case above link is dead

Usually Bio keys are Esc or F2.

Remember to disable Secure boot

Select the corresponding that you want to install

After finishing install, restart the computer

Press Bio key when starting the computer

Use your Linux version

Done!

If you want to make it dual boot (Make Partition)

Plug in the boot USB

Enter Installilation mode by holding Boot Menu Key when restart

What is my boot menu key and Bios key?
In case above link is dead

Usually Bio keys are Esc or F2.

Select Install Ubuntu alongside Windows BBoot Manager

It will also install a boot loader (called Grub) onto the main drive itself.
This will present you with a text menu when you boot that will allow you to pick either Windows or Ubuntu to boot into once you are done.

After finishing install, restart the computer

Press Bio key when starting the computer

Use your Linux version

Done!

Quick Start

如何在Ubuntu英文介面下使用中文倉頡速成輸入法

Linux Command Line

Extra Info - Install Ubuntu on WSL

If you are using windows and you want to just install on a vm :

Windows Subsystem for Linux Installation Guide for Windows 10

Extra Info - Install Windows from Ubuntu

How to Install Windows from Ubuntu

In case UNetbootin cannot detect your usb drive:

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sudo unetbootin installtype=USB targetdrive=/dev/sdX

unetbootin GUI will open with the selected drive already setted, also if it is ntfs formatted.

Troubleshooting

System freezes on startup or freezes on trying to shut down or just gives black screen of death.

If it shown “recovering journal” and stuck, do this:

In Grub menu, press e

Go to the line start with linux
Add nouveau.modeset=0 next to “… quiet splash”

Then press F10.

It should let you enter Ubuntu environment.

Connect the internet, and Open terminal:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

then just install the latest driver in Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers
Click Apply. Then reboot.
Everything should work fine now.

Recovery mode

In case we edited some file and messed up and cant boot into ubuntu,
go to recovery mode.

  • Start up Ubuntu in recovery mode.
  • Choose "Drop To Root Shell Prompt’
  • By default, this will allow you to access the file system in read-only mode.
  • Switch to read/write mode by executing.
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$ mount -o remount,rw /

Then we can edit files in terminal.
After finished editing, Simply type reboot, and hit Enter to reboot ubuntu.

Another way

If it is black screen but it is not freezed, we can press alt + f2 to go into terminal.
First we need to login with username and password.

Then you can mess with the terminal and fix problems.