https://paapereira.xyz/tags/precise-pangolin/Recent content in Tags/Precise Pangolin on paapereira.xyzHugoen-US<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>©</a> 2008-2026 / <a href='https://gitlab.com/paapereira/paapereira.gitlab.io' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>source code</a>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:08:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2013/01/installing-ubuntu-1204-lts/Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:08:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2013/01/installing-ubuntu-1204-lts/<p>Although Ubuntu 12.10 had already came out, since <a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/">12.04</a> is a <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS">LTS</a> release and I didn&rsquo;t post my installation guide at the time, I decided to document my take on it.</p> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/blog/2013/2013-01-02-installing-ubuntu-1204-lts/ubuntu.png" alt="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"></p> <p>Also, I had bought a new computer at the time (Asus M5A99X board) and had to consider EFI and my new SSD drive.</p> <h2 id="hardware-considerations">Hardware considerations</h2> <p>Comparing this install with my <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/linux">previous ones</a>, I had two new things to consider: a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface">EFI</a> motherboard and a SSD drive.</p>