I installed Ubuntu GNOME on my ASUS N580VD-DM129T, with Dual Boot alongside Windows 10. The OS's share a 128gb SSD and I have a 1TB HDD in the notebook as well.

I am very frustrated that I have been experiencing several problems in the installation of Linux and have to search a lot in the web to configure and fix many kinds of different annoying things. Here's a list including some of them:

• Selection of filenames has bad contrast

• Hibernate and sleep options missing


• Configuration options of touchpad missing - https://askubuntu.com/a/778766/315699
  

Current configuration window

Missing touchpad configuration part

• Tap function in touchpad not working


• Weak wifi signal - https://appuals.com/increase-signal-strength-weak-wifi-signal-linux/ or https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlwifi
  


• Missing "new file" option in the floating menu when pressing right mouse button inside a folder - "Create new document" - right-click option missing in Ubuntu GNOME
  


• After some time turned on, the system starts to become slow. Only normalizes when I restart gnome shell by pressing Alt+F2, typing r, then pressing ENTER.


• Battery icon never shows as 100%, although being charged
  


• Error on startup

• Takes more time to boot and to shutdown than Windows 10, which is the inverse of what used to be in my old notebook.

Is there anything I can do that could fix many of these issues at once? Or will I really have to invest many hours in forums trying to configure the system? May it be that my notebook is not compatible with Linux?

I haven't found a single fix for all the problems. But here's a list of the individual solutions:

Selection of filenames has bad contrast

Couldn't solve this one in Ubuntu 16.04, but it is solved in Ubuntu 18.04

Hibernate and sleep options missing

Actually, if you press Alt, the shutdown button turns into a sleep button

Configuration options of touchpad missing and Tap function in touchpad not working

Solution for both here: https://askubuntu.com/a/778766/315699

Weak wifi signal

I didn't find a solution for this. And it is not solved nor in Ubuntu 17.10, nor in Ubuntu 18.04.
Check these links for more information
https://appuals.com/increase-signal-strength-weak-wifi-signal-linux/

or

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlwifi

or this question I made:
How to make Intel wi-fi signal stronger in Ubuntu Gnome 16.04?

Missing "new file" option in the floating menu when pressing right mouse button inside a folder

Solution described here: "Create new document" - right-click option missing in Ubuntu GNOME

After some time turned on, the system starts to become slow.

Only normalizes when I restart gnome shell by pressing Alt+F2, typing r, then pressing ENTER. I haven't found anything better than this.

Battery icon never shows as 100%, although being charged

Check here: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/10/show-battery-percentage-ubuntu-17-10/

Takes more time to boot and to shutdown than Windows 10, which is the inverse of what used to be in my old notebook.

This is actually because Windows 10 has a new functionality called fast startup that maintains part of the system information stored for faster startup, which is somewhat similar to a hibernation. If this functionality is disabled, then the boot times are similar.

BONUS

Notification for caps lock key

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tsbarnes/indicator-keylock
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-keylock