Ubuntu Linux tips and tricks for using it on the desktop. 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 users. Here is a nice tutorial that explains how to install Nvidia … Read more
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 up a terminal app and then run this command to get all updates installed if required. sudo apt update … Read more
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: $ sudo apt install nftables4.4 Thu Sep 12 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo apt install nftables Edit the /etc/nftables.conf file to remove the … Read more
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 had to setup the network interfaces for the operating system. I chose to use DHCP for the Ethernet … Read more
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 environment yet, I am just using the framebuffer console and this suits me fine. Once the system is installed, the … Read more
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. This version of the netinstall ISO contains extra firmware if this is required. http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/8.5.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-8.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso. Now we can begin installation of the Debian distribution. Choose the language for the installation. Now select the country where you … Read more
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 of the way, we get to the main installation tasks. We need to choose a hostname for our server instance. Now we … Read more
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. Those of you using Unity may use the Ctrl-Alt-t keyboard shortcut to open the terminal window. Then type this command to update all … Read more
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 spare bootable partition and I unpacked the Stage3 tarball into it and then I unpacked the Portage tarball … Read more
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 already install Gnome Shell by typing sudo apt-get install gnome-shell to install the newest Gnome desktop on Ubuntu anyway; … Read more
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.bz2tar jxvf linux-3.4-rc2.tar.bz2 Then enter the directory thus created and run make mrproper to make sure the kernel source tree is clean. C:\HOME\FLYNN\DOCUMENTS> cd … Read more
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. This is how to install the Debian Wheezy distribution alongside Windows and have a nice dual boot system for experimenting with Linux.
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 of the past. I have installed the enlightened window manager as it is a nice complement to the Debian testing distribution. I used … Read more
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 creating office documents and browsing the web with Firefox.
Performing a kernel upgrade on Gentoo GNU/Linux How best to upgrade the Gentoo kernel. Installing a vanilla kernel for the Gentoo GNU/Linux distribution is very easy. This is necessary when a kernel upgrade is required. Just install the vanilla kernel source from kernel.org and then unpack the sources into /usr/src/linux as shown below. I am … Read more
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 chroot using my Ubuntu 11.04 distribution. The installation was different from the last time I installed a Gentoo system, I am using newer hardware this time, but now it … Read more
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” line that said that the kernel could not find the root block device, but the file-system drivers for ext4 were … Read more
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. I logged in as root and after following this post: Gentoo chroot guide, and setting up a chroot to my … Read more