I am seeking a faster laptop with Linux for my coursework. I was impatient and decided to wing it and install GNome from a live USB keeping the Windows recovery partition that I will most likely never use again. It seemed like nothing can be broken that can not be fixed just as easily at that point, so I winged it. After the installation, I have a green blob on the screen with no options.
Here is a little sad history of my laptop. I must have bought it over five years ago from Bestbuy for $$$. Within two weeks the Toshiba graphics card died and it was screen-less. I had to send it to Toshiba that could not fix it. Four months later Toshiba sent me an upgrade with a bad cemos battery and fading screen that was showing early signs of a bad graphics card. The laptop has a 3d screen and a i7 four core processor. I upgraded it to it’s max of 8 gigs of memory. When I was moving, I dropped it. The screen now constantly flashes different colors but works when it starts to boot. I considered ordering and installing a new inverter board or other cheap aftermarket parts that I could replace in it and see if it works, but I was betting on the graphics card due to its symptoms before I dropped it and which is soldered on the $500.00 or so motherboard. I heard that I would have to buy that illegally and get a proper soldering kit to do that. Instead, I am using an external monitor that I was given and have to cover the flashing screen with a shirt. Never mind the hardware issues. How does one install GNome in the weird way I have proposed?
Thanks everyone.