The Ubuntu 12.10 distribution has just been released. Download a copy here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads. Despite the many problems experienced by users of the Unity desktop in the past it is developing, and is quite a usable desktop with a good search function that can find available packages in the software repositories as well as media files … Read more
The SUSE distribution has a powerful tool for building a custom Linux distribution. SUSE Studio. This website allows you to create a Linux distribution with custom artwork and using whatever software you choose to deploy in the image. I have used this to build a live DVD ISO with the fglrx drivers slip-streamed into the … Read more
To view the contents of an ISO image, the isoinfo command for Linux will come in very useful indeed. Just type isoinfo -f -i myiso.iso to view the contents of the ISO image as shown in this example. C:\MEDIA\ELEMENTS\FILES\ISOS> isoinfo -f -i linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-64bit.iso /BOOT /CASPER /EFI /ISOLINUX /MD5SUM.TXT;1 /PRESEED /_DISK /BOOT/GRUB /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST_DESKTOP;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SIZE;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SQUASHFS;1 … Read more
If you are just getting started with Linux, then this will be helpful. If you are moving from an Ubuntu installation to a Linux Mint one, then you will need to download an ISO image from here: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php/ then burn it to a DVD. The command below will use the wodim command to burn the … Read more
Burning a ISO image to a CD or DVD with GNU/Linux is very easy indeed. The wodim command that replaced the old cdrecord software that used to be shipped with Linux is the standard application for performing these tasks. The -speed parameter sets the speed that the ISO image will be written to the DVD … Read more
The downloads for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin are available at the following links. precise-desktop-i386.iso 12-Feb-2012 07:59 719M Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (standard download) precise-desktop-powerpc.iso 12-Feb-2012 07:59 726M Desktop CD for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (standard download) precise-desktop-amd64.iso 12-Feb-2012 07:58 717M Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download) These … Read more
The alpha build of Windows 8 has been leaked onto the world wide web. The previews are available here: http://dev.windows.com/, later today. They are incomplete developer builds, so do not expect to be able to install these and run your business or other critical applications, but they are perfect for testing out the new features … Read more