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I'm using Ubuntu since few month(january 2013) and I'm still a beginner. I want to know if is it possible to install any version of ubuntu on my new toshiba satellite pro L830 15K and if there will be any problem of compatibility. I put a link with the features of that machine.

http://www.toshiba.eu/laptops/satellite-pro/l830/satellite-pro-l830-15k/

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  • Have fun. You can run any version of Ubuntu you want on a Toshiba Satellite Pro L830-15K laptop.
    – karel
    Jun 19, 2013 at 8:47
  • I still have doubts because the technician who tried to install the 12.04 LTS for me (I asked him just beacuse I was in a hurry) said that it has some problems with the vga, so he rebooted the machine with windows and I will do that on my own...any suggestion?
    – Gian1984
    Jun 19, 2013 at 9:17

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You can run any version of Ubuntu you want on a Toshiba Satellite Pro L830-15K laptop.

In order to install the correct graphics driver for your laptop, open the Ubuntu Software Center and search for ATI binary X.Org driver. You can find this package the easy way if you just search for amd. From the ATI binary X.Org driver description in the Ubuntu Software Center:

"Video driver for the AMD Radeon and the FireGL graphics accelerators. This package provides 2D display drivers and hardware accelerated OpenGL."

From my own personal experience on hardware similar to yours, I would say that you should expect splendid graphics performance from the ATI binary X.Org driver. There are also slightly more up-to-date versions of the same driver available at the AMD website, but I stuck with the ATI binary X.Org driver package that I installed from the default Ubuntu repositories, and I have never had any problems with it.

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  • ok, now it works perfectly!!! thank you very much!!!!
    – Gian1984
    Jun 20, 2013 at 9:08
  • just a tip: before installing the drivers I had to go on the boot setting (pressing "e" in the grub menu while highlightening ubuntu) and write "nomodeset_$vt_handoff" instead "quiet splash vt_handoff", then I could go into ubuntu and install the ATI drivers
    – Gian1984
    Jun 20, 2013 at 10:23
  • I just booted straight into the desktop, installed the ATI driver and then rebooted. However I also have an AMD processor.
    – karel
    Jun 20, 2013 at 10:35
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You can check these sites for your machine :

You should also check this similar question on SuperUser.

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