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Installing Ubuntu to a USB hard drive
2007-11-13 17:30:00 A complete Ubuntu install to a USB hard drive is a relatively simple process. As a matter of fact, it is almost as simple as a regular Ubuntu internal hard drive or compact flash card installation. Due to popular e-mail demand from our subscribers, we have decided to write a simple tutorial on the ... More About: Drive , Hard , Hard Drive
How to set up your own Debian Linux Mirror
2007-11-12 22:03:00 Looking to build your own Debian Linux Mirror ? Use your local hard drive or a network drive and share your mirror over a network or even on the internet. Having your our own Debian/Ubuntu Linux Mirror enables you to drastically speed up the process of installing packages or complete netbuilds on your single or ... More About: Debian Linux
How to set up your own Debian Linux Mirror
2007-11-12 22:03:00 Looking to build your own Debian Linux Mirror ? Use your local hard drive or a network drive and share your mirror over a network or even on the internet. Having your our own Debian/Ubuntu Linux Mirror enables you to drastically speed up the process of installing packages or complete netbuilds on your single or networked ... More About: Debian Linux
USB Pendrive Linux install from Windows
2007-11-04 17:04:00 The following tutorial covers the process of easily installing the Pendrive linux remix (Based purely on Debian) to a USB flashdrive using Windows . Due to the overly simplified USB Linux installation process, this tutorial is especially tailored for current Windows users being freshly introduced to Linux. However, even the seasoned Linux user "who ...
USB Pendrivelinux install from Windows
2007-11-04 17:04:00 The following tutorial covers the process of easily installing the Pendrivelinux remix (Based purely on Debian) to a USB flash pen drive using Windows . Due to the overly simplified flash drive installation process, this tutorial is especially tailored for current Windows users being freshly introduced to Linux. However, even the seasoned Linux user "who also ...
How to install Compiz Fusion on Debian Lenny
2007-11-03 19:36:00 The following tutorial covers the process of installing Compiz Fusion on Debian Lenny. Compiz is the original compositing window manager. By using 3D graphics acceleration via OpenGL to render, Compiz provided intense immersing graphical effects on Gnome and KDE desktop environments. The Beryl window manager was a fork of Compiz and ... More About: Compiz Fusion
How to install Compiz Fusion on Debian Lenny
2007-11-03 19:36:00 The following tutorial covers the process of installing Compiz Fusion on Debian Lenny. Compiz is the original compositing window manager. By using 3D graphics acceleration via OpenGL to render, Compiz provided intense immersing graphical effects on Gnome and KDE desktop environments. The Beryl window manager was a fork of Compiz ... More About: Compiz Fusion
How to install Intel PRO ipw3945 wireless drivers
2007-11-03 02:54:00 The following tutorial covers the process of installing ipw3945 drivers in Debian. Enabling you to get your Intel ® PRO Wireless 3945ABG Wireless network card working in Debian. The Intel® PRO Wireless 3945ABG network cards are commonly used in various laptops ranging from HP to Dell. These drivers are in the non-free section and thus ... More About: Drivers
How to exit a Linux man page
2007-11-01 23:22:00 How do I exit a man page when finished viewing? Although the answer to this question is well known, due to how many times I have been asked how to exit a man page once done viewing, I thought I should put up a quick answer. Linux manual pages aka. man pages are provided ... More About: Page
USB Linux Mint install from Windows
2007-10-31 21:58:00 The following USB Linux Mint tutorial covers how to install, boot and run Linux Mint from a USB device using Windows . Linux Mint is a popular remix of Ubuntu Linux. Originally launched as a variant of Ubuntu with integrated media codecs, Linux Mint has developed into a very user-friendly Linux distribution. Currently maintained by Clement ...
How to install and enable Compiz in Debian
2007-10-27 16:10:00 Installing Compiz in Debian is a relatively simple process. What is Compiz? Compiz is an advanced compositing window manager that uses 3D Graphics acceleration to produce neat graphical desktop effects. Originally succeeded by Beryl (a fork of Compiz), Berl has since merged back with Compiz and both efforts are now one. If you have ...
How to install NVIDIA video card drivers in Debian Lenny
2007-10-27 08:54:00 The following tutorial covers the process of installing the Proprietary NVIDIA video card drivers from the Nvidia Website into your Debian Lenny Linux system. We have known a lot of people who have had some issues trying to get the NVIDIA drivers to install and work with Lenny, so we decided to write this tutorial ... More About: Video , Drivers , Card , Video Card
How to remove old kernel images
2007-10-27 02:33:00 At some point in time, almost every Linux user will have updated their kernel image. After you've used Linux with the new kernel image for a while and your content everything is working properly, you might want to remove the old Linux image or images that still reside on your system and appear as ... More About: Images , Kernel , Ages
Mouse pointer disappears after switching users
2007-10-25 23:29:00 In Linux, if your mouse pointer disappears after switching users or after logging out and then back in, the problem is most likely caused by a bug with your video card driver. In most cases the mouse will still continue to work even though the mouse pointer is hidden or has disappeared completely from ... More About: Mouse , Users , Switching , Sapp , Witch
Install proprietary Nvidia or ATI drivers for Debian or Ubuntu
2007-10-24 02:46:00 The following tutorial is for Debian or Ubuntu users who are looking to install proprietary drivers for their ATI or Nvidia video card. Installation of proprietary ATI or Nvidia video card drivers will allow you to take full advantage of all the 3d capabilities your Video card may have to offer. In this tutorial, ... More About: Drivers , Prop
How to change the Debian Menu Icon
2007-10-23 18:36:00 The following tutorial covers the process of changing the default Debian Menu Icon to a custom Icon and in addition change the Debian Menu name. This is for those of us that prefer to use a pure Debian Linux Operating environment or a remix that is based on Debian such as pendrivelinux. This process ... More About: Change , Chang
Changing the Ubuntu Start Menu Panel Icon
2007-10-19 17:39:00 The following tutorial covers the process of changing or replacing the Gnome start menu panel icon with your own custom gnome panel icon. Enabling you to customize the look of your Ubuntu . The process was tested using Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon but should work with previous versions just as well. Notes: We assume your ... More About: Icon , Start Menu , Start , Changing
Ubuntu Desktop Effects - Fixing the missing titlebar
2007-10-17 22:35:00 The following tutorial explains how to fix the Compiz Ubuntu Desktop Effects missing titlebar problem. If you've been toying around with Ubuntu 7.04 and have enabled Desktop Effects "Compiz", you might notice that the titlebar or window decorations have disappeared. This is a fairly common problem amongst systems using ATI or Nvidia video cards ... More About: Missing , Missi
Ubuntu - Remove the prompt to eject CD
2007-10-17 19:03:00 How to remove the Ubuntu eject CD prompt. The following tutorial covers the process of removing the "Please remove the disk, close the tray (if any) and press ENTER to continue" prompt entirely from your USB Ubuntu installation. The process is fairly simple and will allow your system to shutdown or restart without prompting ... More About: Prompt
Ubuntu toram - How to make Ubuntu Boot to Ram
2007-10-16 02:34:00 This tutorial explains how to fix the Boot to Ram or "toram" feature that is currently broken in Ubuntu 7.04. Boot to Ram will enable a user to copy "toram" the entire Ubuntu live environment to system ram and run the Ubuntu Operating System entirely from there. You can then remove the CD or ... More About: Make
How to open a tar file in Unix or Linux
2007-10-12 23:57:00 A lot of the downloadable Linux or Unix files found on the internet are compressed using a tar or tar.gz compression format. So, knowing how to open or untar these compressed files becomes very important. In the following examples, we will explain how to untar both popular formats and how to extract the contents ... More About: Open , File
How to make Totem Media Player play encrypted DVD's
2007-10-09 17:34:00 The following tutorial covers the process of making Totem Media Play er play encrypted DVD's.This tutorial assumes that your using Debian Linux or a distro based purely on Debian. It will work on our pendrivelinux version allowing you to have your own pendrivelinux portable media center. If your getting error messages like the following, this ... More About: Player , Make
How to Upgrade from Etch to Lenny
2007-10-06 19:15:00 How do I upgrade from Debian Etch to Lenny? The other day, one of our subscribers had asked us just that. Upgrading to a newer version of Debian is actually relatively simple and for the most part, can be done in very short time with just a few quick steps. So if you have Debian ...
How to add a user to the sudoers list
2007-10-06 02:09:00 How to add a user to the sudoers list? Beleive it or not, this is a fairly common question and in all reality the answer is quite simple. Adding a user to the sudoers list on a fully installed Linux system such as Debian is only possible via the command visudo. User s in the ... More About: List
USB Simply MEPIS install
2007-10-05 22:55:00 The following USB Simply MEPIS installation tutorial was created per the request of Jason Frothingham. He couldn't fathom why we didn't list a USB install tutorial for the ever so popular MEPIS Linux. Well Jason, here it is. In the following tutorial we cover how to install, boot and run MEPIS from a USB ... More About: Mepis
How to open files as root via a right click
2007-10-02 17:49:00 The following tutorial explains how to add a context menu item that enables a Linux user to open files as the root user when browsing their file system using nautilus. This script feature allows the user to navigate their file system and open or edit any file or directory as the root user of ... More About: Open , Click , Files , Root
USB Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon install
2007-09-28 10:06:00 USB Ubuntu 7.10 install from Linux: This tutorial enables you to install, boot and run Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon ) from USB. In addition to installing Ubuntu to a USB device and then booting Ubuntu from USB, this tutorial will enable you to automatically save your changes and settings back to the stick and further ...
Making Ubuntu 7.10 - Casper Persistent
2007-09-27 21:46:00 Making a casper persistent Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon): With the coming release of Ubuntu 7.10 code named "Gutsy Gibbon", most of the portable linux community is likely going to want to run Ubuntu Gutsy from CD, USB or emulated using Qemu. So it only makes sense that, at the very least, we should ... More About: Makin , Tent , Casper
USB Ubuntu 7.04 persistent install for Linux users
2007-09-22 05:29:00 USB Ubuntu 7.04 install from Linux This tutorial enables you to install, boot and run Ubuntu Linux 7.04 from USB "and save your changes back to the stick". When booting Ubuntu in persistent mode, it uses a "casper-rw" partition to save your changes back to the drive, restoring them on each boot. The tutorial ... More About: Users , Tent
USB Ubuntu 7.04 persistent install
More articles from this author:2007-09-22 04:47:00 USB Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn install This tutorial explains how to install, boot and run Ubuntu 7.04 from a USB flash thumb drive using Windows, the Ubuntu Linux CD and a new custom FIXED initrd.gz to correct the persistent feature that was previously broken with the original 7.04 release. Upon completion of this tutorial, the ... More About: Tent 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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