Lenovo Y50 with Windows 8.1

I have recently purchased this new computer and would like to start up a journal to record the changes I have made since day 0.
Dec 11:
 Got the computer from UPS in the morning
 Started the initial setup but stuck after everything was ready, did a hard reboot and everything seemed to be working OK
 Installed Google Chrome, Daemon Tool Lite 4
 Originally wanted to install Ubuntu alongside Windows but this is too complicated and video card might not work properly so decided to install Ubuntu using Virtual Machine.
Dec 12:
 Debated on which Virtual Machine to use, VM Ware or Virtual Box and settled on Virtual Box since it's free and tend to use less source from the hosting OS.
 Installed Virtual Box
 Downloaded Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit
 Downloaded IDL 8.4 which I use for my graduate research
 Uninstalled McAfee, Nitro Pro and more since they are not free and I can find free alternatives  Installed Avast Free AntiVirus
 Set up the Virtual Machine for Ubuntu 14.04 using fixed size 300 Gigabytes which takes around 2 hours and disk 0 activity at almost 100% which might not be a good idea but I will use Ubuntu as my main working system
Dec 13:
 Installed Ubuntu using the allocated 300 Gigabytes space, 50 G for root \, 16 G as swap disk, and the rest for \home.
 Installed IDL 8.4
 Installed Sogou Pinyin Input
 Installed MikTeX
 Installed BaiduYunpan
Dec 14-18:
 Installed GSView, GVim, CubicExplorer, Mendeley Desktop, SumatraPDF, Microsoft Office 2013, MPC, SSH Client, Winrar, Xming