So, the final installation looks good. I did a lot of crazy stuff trying to fix a problem with my computer's speakers not working (I can only listen to sound with a headset), crashed the computer, so I followed all the steps and did a fresh install. The computer runs beautifully, I will deal with the speakers later. Thanks @wizardfromoz @atanere @Condobloke !
LUBUNTU 16.04.3 INSTALL STEPS FOR MY DELL INSPIRON 700m:
1) Download Unetbootin for Windows: unetbootin-windows-657.exe from UNetbootin
2) Download Lubuntu 16.04.3 (Lubuntu Desktop 32-bit) from LUBUNTU
3) Get an USB drive (try different ones if the first one is not recognized by Unetbootin) and format it FAT32.
4) From Condobloke:
Open unetbootin. Plug in your USB. At the bottom of its window...click on 'Diskimage. Then go to your right, and click in the box with the three little dots......that opens a window where you will proceed to find the download for Lubuntu. In trhe bottom left hand corner of the unetbootin window it says 'Type"....and that box should already show USB Drive.....then next to that it should have the name of the USB drive......PLEASE CHECK THAT THE USB DRIVE IS NAMED CORRECTLY...AND THAT YOU WILL BE INSTALLING THE LUBUNTU OS TO THE USB......NOT SOMEWHERE ELSE !!!!!
When you are quite certain that is correct,....click OK. Allow it to do its thing....it could take as long as 10 minutes...but typically it takes around half that time.
When finished, you need to change the boot order to boot from the usb.
5) After booting from USB drive, select Install option, press [TAB]. A string will be displayed with "---" at the end. Substitute it for "forcepae --- forcepae" (the spaces before and after '---' are important). press [ENTER]
6) After the installation is done, go to Terminal and type "sudo ufw enable"
7) Run all updates. Done!
LUBUNTU 16.04.3 INSTALL STEPS FOR MY DELL INSPIRON 700m:
1) Download Unetbootin for Windows: unetbootin-windows-657.exe from UNetbootin
2) Download Lubuntu 16.04.3 (Lubuntu Desktop 32-bit) from LUBUNTU
3) Get an USB drive (try different ones if the first one is not recognized by Unetbootin) and format it FAT32.
4) From Condobloke:
Open unetbootin. Plug in your USB. At the bottom of its window...click on 'Diskimage. Then go to your right, and click in the box with the three little dots......that opens a window where you will proceed to find the download for Lubuntu. In trhe bottom left hand corner of the unetbootin window it says 'Type"....and that box should already show USB Drive.....then next to that it should have the name of the USB drive......PLEASE CHECK THAT THE USB DRIVE IS NAMED CORRECTLY...AND THAT YOU WILL BE INSTALLING THE LUBUNTU OS TO THE USB......NOT SOMEWHERE ELSE !!!!!
When you are quite certain that is correct,....click OK. Allow it to do its thing....it could take as long as 10 minutes...but typically it takes around half that time.
When finished, you need to change the boot order to boot from the usb.
5) After booting from USB drive, select Install option, press [TAB]. A string will be displayed with "---" at the end. Substitute it for "forcepae --- forcepae" (the spaces before and after '---' are important). press [ENTER]
6) After the installation is done, go to Terminal and type "sudo ufw enable"
7) Run all updates. Done!
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