John Kane <jrkrideau <at> gmail.com> writes: > Unfortunately this means installing a lot of software on a relatively new Windows 7 OS rather than sticking with my normal Ubuntu 14.04 (sob) and I am trying to get things to look as normal as possible in Windows. >
Have you considered installing a live version of Ubuntu on a USB stick and running that on the laptop. Performance might not be as snappy, but it might save you some of the installation pain and would avoid most of the operating system dissonance. Paul
