Hello, i bought a lenovo legion y520 with preinstalled windows 10 and am now trying to install linux mint 18.1 mate in a dual boot fashion. since the laptop is new i was ready to face difficulties.. After researching for quite some time, i've managed to install ubuntu on my laptop's hdd (laptop's ssd is not the option, because after removing all of my files and soft, windows 10 still leaves only. This is not a walk through, rather just the things one needs to be aware of and to modify in order to install linux and dual boot while still having microsof....
I have installed ubuntu 16.04 on my system via dual boot. i am able to connect to the internet via ethernet, but the wifi does not seem to work on my os. i have already tried the solutions mentioned in 1. wifi dropping problems in lenovo y520 legion 2.. (ubuntu 17.10 , lenovo legion y520) (self.linux_gaming) submitted 8 months ago * by monyarm. so here's the thing, i got a lenovo latop (legion y520) with 8 gigs of ram, an i7 and a 1050 ti, it's more powerful than my desktop, i installed ubuntu 17.10 on it and have installed mostly development tools (i got the laptop mainly as a game dev. I got a lenovo legion y520 and first thing i did was install ubuntu 18.04 lts. i ticked the "install third party software for graphics and wifi hardware" tickbox and installed it. however, in wifi.
