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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreI 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…
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 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 MoreUbuntu 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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreInstalling 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.
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThis 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.
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