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So, I've tried to install all of the operating systems mentioned in the title and ALL of them give me the same exact error, which comes from 

"/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 321:
"UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x91 in position 269: invalid start byte"

Interestingly enough, it doesn't happen in Manjaro. How do I fix it so I can install Ubuntu MATE?

I can't find anything anywhere about this. All I know is that it's a python bug, but when it comes to happening during a Linux installation, I seem to be the only one on the whole internet that it happens to.

I've been fighting this for the past 5 days and I can't seem to make it install. I boot and run it without issues, but once the language is selected (English) and I click "Continue", I'm presented with the mentioned error.

For the love of God, someone help! Otherwise I'll just throw the darn laptop away (literally) and I'd rather not do that since I bought it last Wednesday (InnJoo Leapbook M100 (same as A100)).

Also, contacting the manufacturer or the people that sold it to me is out of the question. I already did that, they're useless.

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  • In what language is it now?
    – George Udosen
    Jul 10, 2017 at 15:55
  • Which version of Ubuntu MATE? Did you check with md5sum, that the download was good, that md5sum matches the listed string? How did you create the boot drive? DVD disk or USB pendrive or memory card? Which tool did you use? Does the live system work (when running from the installation media in English (the standard language))?
    – sudodus
    Jul 10, 2017 at 16:00
  • @George It's in English.
    – DoombringerBG
    Jul 10, 2017 at 16:02
  • @sudodus Ubuntu Mate 16.04.2 LTS 64bit - The download is good. - I used Rufus to create a bootable USB. - The live system works as it should.
    – DoombringerBG
    Jul 10, 2017 at 16:02
  • If the live system works correctly, I would suspect that there is some problem with a driver, for example for the graphics chip or wifi chip. Please check the brand name and model or the graphics chip or wifi chip, and let us know. Check when booted live. Maybe the installed system will work with some boot option(s), for example nomodeset. See this link and links from it, ubuntuforums.org/… . Maybe you need a proprietary driver for graphics or wifi.
    – sudodus
    Jul 10, 2017 at 16:07

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