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What are the disadvantages of not using UEFI boot?

I bought a Samsung series 9 laptop with 64-bit Windows 8 pre-installed and wish to install Linux (probably Ubuntu 13.04 when it comes out ext week, but also considering mint 14). Now there have been ...
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Booting Linux Mint Debian on Samsung Chronos 7 fails with blank screen

I have a Samsung Chronos 7 laptop I bought from the Microsoft store in August of 2012. It has a NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M for a 15.6" display and an i7-3615QM processor. Currently I have a pretty fresh ...
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How to boot Linux on Samsung r425 laptop?

I've tried different distributions and kernel versions. It boots normally from a flash drive and CD, but hangs almost immediately after I select Linux in GRUB when booting from the hard drive. fstab: ...
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ACPI events delayed or not logged in Linux

I have a samsung ultrabook (NP530U3C) that is not working good with ACPI events: lot of ACPI events randomly stop to be logged on kernel messages either in acpid logging. the lid closing is ever ...
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Samsung 32" LCD TV as PC Monitor, resolution problems

I have a Samsung LE32C450 TV connected to my Nvidia 7300LE via the VGA connector. I managed to obtain 1360x768 resolution (after some work, NVidia driver, Nvidia-settings, xrandr, cursing to every ...
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Samsung Series 7 Chronos Ubuntu HDMI external display support [closed]

Does connecting external display to Samsung Series 7 Chronos laptop via HDMI port work on Ubuntu?