Re-Installing the bootloader on Debian Squeeze.
I had to re-install the Debian bootloader after installing Windows 7 Ultimate and I did this by loading up my OpenSuse x64 installation DVD and selecting the rescue option which gave me a login prompt....
View ArticleInstalling Gentoo.
Hello there. I have just finished installing the vanilla 2.6.36-rc6 kernel in my Gentoo installation in a chroot, I tried to boot the standard Gentoo kernel and I got an error after the “Starting Mdev”...
View ArticleInstalling Gentoo once again. The source based distro based on BSD.
http://www.securitronlinux.com/files/gentoo.png My computer is now running Gentoo once again, I installed the x86_64 stage3 tarball and the latest portage tarball and installed the system from within a...
View ArticleGentoo kernel installation.
Installing a vanilla kernel in the Gentoo distribution is very easy. Just install the vanilla kernel source from kernel.org and then unpack the sources into /usr/src/linux as shown below. I am using...
View ArticleInstalling Ubuntu on a Galaxy Tab Android tablet.
This is a video tutorial of the installation of Ubuntu on a Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Tablet, this gives you a super portable Linux machine that is less bulky than a laptop and is very useful for...
View ArticleE17 desktop available for the Debian Testing repository.
The enlightenment E17 desktop window manager is now available for the Debian testing distribution, now all of those complex steps that were formerly required to install this window manager are a thing...
View ArticleInstalling Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy and the Gnome 3 desktop.
Installing Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy and the Gnome 3 desktop. How to install the Debian Wheezy distribution with the Gnome Shell desktop using the Debian 6.0 installation media.
View ArticleInstalling a vanilla kernel on Linux Mint 13 Maya. How to build from the...
The installation of a vanilla kernel on Linux Mint 13 is very simple. Once you have downloaded the kernel tarball from kernel.org you will have to unpack the tarball: tar jxvf linux-3.4-rc2.tar.bz2...
View ArticleNew Ubuntu 12.10 distribution shipping with a Gnome Shell option on the desktop.
The Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution will be shipping with a dedicated Gnome option. So you will be able to download a Gnome Shell ISO of Ubuntu as well as the Kubuntu and Ubuntu options. You can...
View ArticleI am installing Gentoo again on a spare partition. This will be fun.
I am installing Gentoo again. I have decided to try out this source based Linux distribution one more time and see whether I can use this distribution on my computer again. I erased the contents of a...
View ArticleUbuntu Linux tips and various tricks to master the command-line interface.
The main thing about using Linux is getting it installed is one thing; but getting various hardware working and configured is another. Nvidia drivers are one major stumbling block for willing Ubuntu...
View ArticleUbuntu installation and setup for beginners. This video and some tips will...
Ubuntu installation is very easy, this video will help out those who are installing Ubuntu for the first time. After installation; re-boot into your new Ubuntu Linux desktop and open the terminal....
View ArticleHow to install Ubuntu server and setup a simple LAMP instance.
Installing Ubuntu server is quite straightforward. Firstly, choose the language. Then the user needs to choose what country they are in. And choose what keyboard layout you are using. After this is out...
View ArticleInstalling Debian from the netinstall ISO image is very easy.
Installing Debian from the minimal netinstall image is very easy indeed. The ISO image is available at this link. http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.5.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso....
View ArticleInstalling Gentoo on a laptop. My experiences with this distro.
I have just installed Gentoo hardened Linux on my laptop. This distribution is far more hands-on than Ubuntu and Linux Mint, but it was enjoyable to install. I have not built and installed a desktop...
View ArticleInstalling OpenBSD is very easy to do.
I am installing OpenBSD in VMware to test out this very nice UNIX operating system, and this should be very easy to do. I chose to install manually, the auto installation option does not work. Then I...
View ArticleUse nftables on your Linux machine to add more security.
The nftables firewall is a good alternative to iptables. This has better performance than the old iptables system. To install this on Ubuntu 18.04, run this command. 4.4 Thu Sep 12 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0:...
View ArticleGetting started with Ubuntu 20.04.
The new Ubuntu 20.04 distribution is very good and well worth installing for trying out Linux for the first time or just to try a new version. Getting started after installation is very easy. Just open...
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