How to install a very minimal Ubuntu system in a partition.

There is a very minimal Ubuntu release I have found. This is as bare-bones as it can be. This could be the basis of a custom Linux distribution. Download a copy here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/releases/19.10/release/ubuntu-base-19.10-base-amd64.tar.gz. I had a spare 35 Gigabyte Linux partition, so I unpacked the contents of the tarball into the partition so that it … Read more

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Alpha available for download right now.

The Ubuntu 11.10 distribution does support a wide range of hardware, I just bought a Logitech wireless mouse with a nano receiver and it worked instantly once I plugged it in. The mouse would work with Windows as well, my experiences with Windows show that it is slower to load a driver for a USB … Read more