Successful install of Ubuntu 18.04 on Huawei MateBook X Pro

ubunut-18-huawei-matebook-x-pro

Initial Install
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I'm typing this from Ubuntu 18.04 install on Huawei MateBook X Pro.
Some extra steps other than normal installation I had to take.

-  Did not need to do anything in Windows (no need to disable secure boot from Windows).

-  Make Ubuntu bootstick, with 18.04.

-  Place bootstick in USB-3 (A) port, hold down power button for 20 seconds to force shutdown from Windows.

-  Power on with power button, immediately hold F12 key, select bootstick to boot from.

-  **IMPORTANT**: Before running Ubuntu installer, update Ubiquity (the installer app).
   Do this with `sudo apt update && suda apt install ubiquity`.
   Without doing this, the installer kept crashing right at the last step for me.
   
-  Remember to wipe Windows (and smile while doing it).

-  **IMPORTANT**: In the Ubuntu installation, will ask you to disable secure boot, **write down** the password you set.

-  When you reboot, you'll be prompted to change Secure Boot settings.
   It will ask for random characters from your password, for example, it will ask for the 4th character of your password, then the 7th, etc...
   You need to press the character it asks for, then press <Enter> *each time*.
   Now you can select `Yes` to disable Secure Boot.

-  Continue boot into Ubuntu normally.

A few days
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-   Battery life is great.
    If I don't have any chat apps open, and am working in the fullscreen terminal logged into my workstation (my normal setup), getting 10+ hours.

-   Only two speakers show up in the sound menu, though I guess there are supposed to be 4.
    I do suspect the other two are not being activated, sound is still good though.