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I am going to buy a new laptop and I am thinking about MSI GE40 2OL-276 because of it's power and relatively low weight. But at the same time I am going to use it with Ubuntu. There are not too many posts about there "interaction" on Google, just a few with installation problems (UEFI-related) or optimus, but they seem to be solvable. So, the question is: does anyone have any experience or knowledge about using Ubuntu (or at least any linux) on this laptop? If yes, what to expect of it?

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  • I am asking myself the same question... Did you manage to get an answer? thks
    – vallllll
    Dec 20, 2013 at 0:05
  • Yep! I will post a reply.
    – Phlya
    Dec 20, 2013 at 17:21

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So, a guy from Russian Ubuntu forum found some reassuring comments in German on the German Ubuntu forum, so I went "all in" and bought it. And it works perfectly! There were some issues with installation because of UEFI and with Nvidia videocard, but I solved them all quite easily with use of some standard manuals on those topics. The only issue I couldn't solve was installing Ubuntu in UEFI mode, so I had to switch to classic mode in BIOS. I haven't tried to boot into preinstalled Windows after installing Ubuntu, but I believe it should work, if I switch back to UEFI.

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  • Would you mind sharing how you got this to work?
    – Matthew Sanders
    May 18, 2016 at 15:05
  • @MatthewSanders What exactly are you interested in?
    – Phlya
    May 18, 2016 at 19:52
  • well... I'm in the process of trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 on my MSI GS40. I installed 32GB Ram, upgraded the M.2 SSD with a Samsung 950 PRO and replaced the 7200 drive with a Samsung 850 Pro SSD. I may have FINALLY got it to install after several attempts, but at the time of my previous post I was only able to boot into the live USB. If you have any specific instructions on your install I'm sure that would be helpful to others. Thanks!
    – Matthew Sanders
    May 18, 2016 at 20:00
  • looks like I can't shutdown currently... "NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s!"
    – Matthew Sanders
    May 18, 2016 at 20:01
  • Well, as I said, for me it basically just works if I install it in legacy mode with "properly" switched off Windows.
    – Phlya
    May 18, 2016 at 20:02

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