(05-02-2018, 06:52 AM)pauloz link Wrote: tried out Xubuntu 18.04 (32 bit)
Before giving up, I'd suggest trying Xubuntu 18.04 64bit - my apologies for not making that clear.
I don't believe any of the 32bit distributions are actually built with UEFI support at all as I don't think the kernel UEFI support is there for 32bit. All the 32bit UEFI BIOS machines are actually 64bit capable so I gathered there wasn't any interest in adding that support to the kernel once someone developed a 32bit loader that could boot a 64bit kernel. I've read that it was only because the machines concerned were made available with 32bit Windows (mostly v8 & 8.1, some 10) preinstalled and couldn't be upgraded beyond 2GB of RAM that the 32bit UEFI was used. If the machine came with Win10 64bit, the UEFI will be 64bit as I understand MS never supported booting 64bit Windows from 32bit UEFI - even though Linux can.
I wasn't specific but the machine I mentioned is actually running Xubuntu 64bit from a 32bit UEFI - more reading material about this whole mess is in older postings on the Linuxium blog.
A lot of the newer Win10 machines might also require that SecureBoot be disabled from within Windows, at least initially - I think I've read that MS requires this for Win10 OEM delivered preinstalled on machines by OEMs. Ostensibly to protect the integrity of the Windows install... but I think it's there so they can get you to click on a disclaimer from within Windows.