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Ubuntu for mobile devices 2007-06-07 13:11:12 Scheduled for launch in October 2007, Canonical Ltd. has recently said that they plan to provide a Ubuntu
version for mobile internet devices. This includes Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded editions. It won’t be long before we are all using Linux in one way or another. The following information has been quoted directly from here
Install Pendrivelinux from CD 2007-06-06 18:53:26 The following tutorial will enable a user to install USB Pen Drive Linux to a flash pen drive via a customized basic Debian Linux Live CD. This installation method is especially convenient for those who may currently be running Windows on their computer and or do not have easy access to a Linux PC to [...]
Create Your Own Live Linux CD or USB distribution 2007-05-31 12:39:29 Creating your own custom Live Linux
CD or USB distribution
is not complicated. However, there are many different approaches depending mainly on which Linux base you decide to use. Many popular Linux distro’s such as Knoppix, Ubuntu and DSL are based on Debian so for the following tutorial, we are going to focus on the [...]
VGA Boot modes to set screen resolution 2007-05-24 13:17:55 A simple way to set your screen
resolution and color depth for most Live Linux distro’s is via the use of the vga=parameter boot option. For example at boot you might type: Live vga=795. This would set your system to boot using the Live label with a screen resolution to 24bit 1280X1024. Here are [...]
USB Pendrivelinux install from Linux 2007-05-16 09:35:37 The pendrivelinux team has put together a USB Pen Drive Linux
package based purely on Debian Linux. The USB Linux package is currently available in .img format. Installation is simple and just requires copying the .img to a USB device and then creating a live-rw partition if you wish to store your changes. We think [...] Read more:install
How to clear the terminal command history 2007-05-15 15:44:51 Clearing typed command
s from terminal
history: By default, up to the last 500 command lines a user types in the terminal window are saved into a hidden .bash_history file. The previously typed commands can be readily accessed by using the up and down arrow keys. This makes it easy to retrieve and reuse your recently [...]
What is the default root password? 2007-05-14 16:47:55 Setting the default root password: Some Live Linux distributions are created without a root password by default (the root account is inactive). This is particularly true with Debian based distributions like our own pendrivelinux version and Ubuntu. Setting a root password enables us to access some essential tools such as the synaptic installer. In most [...]
Recommended USB Linux flash drives 2007-04-25 10:28:40 Recommended USB flash drives for portable Linux
installation: Recently, we have been testing many different USB flash devices, commonly referred to as flash drives, pen drives, thumb drives and memory sticks for Linux and BIOS booting compatibility. We have come to the conclusion that there are some drives that work great with the USB Linux [...]
Restoring Your USB Key partition to it’s original state 2007-07-19 14:36:03 After having tooled around with a USB Linux version using your multi partitioned flash pen drive, you might find it necessary to revert it back to a single fat partition (restore the flash pen drive to it’s original state) that can again be read by all computers. For those working from Linux this [...]
USB Ubuntu 7.04 persistent install for Linux users 2007-09-21 22:29:57 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 [...] Read more:users
USB Ubuntu 7.04 persistent install 2007-09-21 21:47:43 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 [...]
USB Gentoo 2007.0 install 2007-09-21 14:00:10 In the following USB Gentoo tutorial will cover how to install
, boot and run Gentoo 2007.0 from a USB device using Windows. Gentoo is a popular Linux version named after the Gentoo Penguin. Gentoo was originally created by Daniel Robbins with a goal to create a smaller portable Linux distribution that only included required [...]
Portable Qemu Persistent Pendrivelinux 2007-09-19 11:28:17 The following tutorial allows a user to boot and run the Portable
USB Pendrivelinux compilation (based on Debian) directly from a folder on a portable USB device, external hard drive, internal hard drive, Ipod, etc… All without ever restarting your Windows computer. In addition, the user can install new programs, make changes and save [...] Read more:Persistent
Mounting a Windows XP NTFS partition in Linux 2007-09-18 21:11:24 How can I access my Windows
XP NTFS partition from Linux
? The following tutorial explains how to gain access to a Windows NTFS partition using Linux. Reading or accessing NTFS partitions in Linux is important for many reasons. Some users repair Windows Operating environments using Linux, while others use a dual boot operating environment and [...] Read more:Mounting
Run a Live Linux CD from within Windows 2007-09-18 08:03:07 Normally, the tutorials featured here pertain to running Linux
from a USB flash pen drive or other portable USB device. However, this tutorial explains how to run that Live Linux
CD/DVD you might have sitting around from withinWindows
. The advantages are two fold. You can run Linux on top of Windows from a [...]
Testing your system for USB boot compatibility 2007-09-17 15:20:07 The following tutorial will enable a user to check if a computer system can boot from a USB device and ultimately determine if the computer can boot a Linux version from USB. In addition to testing your PC for USB Linux boot capability, the "Memtest86" system memory diagnostics program that is included, allows the user [...] Read more:compatibility
, Testing
USB Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon install 2007-09-28 03:06:50 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 14:46:23 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 [...] Read more:Casper
, Persistent
How to open files as root via a right click 2007-10-02 10:49:56 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 [...]
Ubuntu toram - How to make Ubuntu Boot to Ram 2007-10-15 19:34:43 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 [...]
How to open a tar file in Unix or Linux 2007-10-12 16:57:42 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 to [...]
How to make Totem Media Player play encrypted DVD's 2007-10-09 10:34:02 The following tutorial covers the process of making Totem Media Player 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 [...]
How to Upgrade from Etch to Lenny 2007-10-06 12:15:13 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 2007-10-05 19:09:30 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. Users in the sudoers [...]
USB Simply MEPIS install 2007-10-05 15:55:17 The following USB Simply MEPIS install
ation 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 [...]
How to make Ubuntu 7.04 Casper Persistent 2007-09-20 11:17:36 Making a casper persistent Ubuntu
7.04 (Feisty Fawn): Since the initial release of Ubuntu 7.04, much of the portable linux community has been eager to run Ubuntu 7.04 persistently from a USB device or emulated using Qemu. It only makes sense that we should be able to save and restore settings changes via a persistent [...] Read more:Casper
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Changing the Ubuntu Start Menu Panel Icon 2007-10-19 10:39:00 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 [...] Read more:Changing
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