There is a nice guide here: https://konradybcio.pl/linuxona7/. This is how to get Linux installed on an iPhone. This does not seem to be fully working, but this is only a matter of time until we get the kernel modules working that are required for the OS to work properly on…
Read MoreInstalling 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…
Read MoreUbuntu Pocket Guide and Reference (PDF Edition) The definitive Ubuntu pocket guide. This is a great read for any new Ubuntu Linux user. Ubuntu is a version of the Linux operating system. An operating system runs your computer. Microsoft Windows is the world’s most popular operating system, at least for…
Read MoreThe official Linux Mint users guide The official Linux Mint users guide. Very useful for all Linux Mint fans.
Read MoreGet network information on Windows with netstat Netstat on Windows can provide a lot of information about your network connection. This example shows netstat showing Ethernet statistics. c:\Windows\System>netstat -e Interface Statistics Received Sent Bytes 2307072092 27407417 Unicast packets 1757202 320154 Non-unicast packets 0 0 Discards 0 0 Errors…
Read MoreInstalling 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…
Read MoreI have got the CDE desktop to compile on Ubuntu 14.04. I found this website: https://www.ics.com/blog/retrocomputing-motif-and-cde#.U-840NaKhqg, which in turn lead me here: http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/LinuxBuild/, a WIKI which contains the build instructions for Ubuntu 14.04. I followed this guide and the build worked perfectly. This is very cool indeed. The performance of…
Read MoreThe /g/ wiki has a good guide for creating webm video clips from your existing video content using ffmpeg. This is not very difficult and allows you to post the completed videos on your website. Firefox and Iceweasel have native support for the webm format; this is an easy way…
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