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Installing Tensorflow with GPU support on Ubuntu 16.04

Installing Docker for running learning resources (eg Udacity MOOC) 1. Head to the Docker installation webpage and install Docker https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/ubuntulinux/ 2. If you have a large second HDD, you might want to make sure all the docker images you use are stored on the large disk to preserve your precious SSD space. For this, I found that creating a symbolic link to a new location on the second hard-drive disk worked best for me.   a. Make sure that the large hard drive disk is mounted automatically when booting the disk https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab   b. Setup a symbolic link to a directory inside your large hard drive disk. Setting   DOCKER_OPTS  did not work for me, but the symbolic link method worked: https://forums.docker.com/t/how-do-i-change-the-docker-image-installation-directory/1169 Installing Python Anaconda 1. Follow the instructions here https://www.continuum.io/downloads 2. Download this pyt...

Installing Ubuntu 16.04 on an Alienware Aurora R5

Installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on an Alienware Aurora R5 with NVIDIA GPU support (Dual boot Windows) I have compiled these instructions from my succesful installation on Nov 25. Would you be happy to live without Windows? If not use Dual Boot. This procedure is inspired from this DELL support page : http://www.dell.com/support/article/uk/en/ukbsdt1/SLN301754/en You can refer to the link above for additional steps and to see useful screenshots. However, please, make sure to take care about the GPU-related  steps below. Re-installing Windows 10 with BIOS Secure Boot to OFF First, check that have only one disk installed in your machine. I have found that having one disk only makes it easier to re-install Windows. Secondly, an important step is to create two USB Recovery disks. Use two USB memory sticks bigger than 16 GB supporting the USB 3.0 standard (file copy will be much faster). Use the first one to create a recovery disk for Windows 10, as a backup if the instal...