Tag: LIVECD

digg_url = "http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/01/29/flipping-the-linux-switch-penguin-on-a-usb-stick/"; Ever wish you had your whole desktop on a flash disk? You know what we mean, you take a spreadsheet up to your 'rents, and you realize that they have no program to actually open your spreadsheet with. Or maybe you hop from computer to computer in several offices, and hate the fact that ...

Red Hat released Fedora 7 today, a new version of their Linux operating system developed in partnership with the open source community and Red Hat engineers. This is Fedora's first release to merge the Fedora Core and Fedora Extras package repositories under one set of packaging policies. Another first for Fedora 7 is all the software used is released under a free license, and all ...

For those who have tried out or even purchased Parallels, odds are the first virtual machine you created was for Windows XP. I'm also willing to bet that you underestimated how large to create your virtual hard disk. If that's the case, then that clever chap Dan over at UNEASYsilence has put together an über-handy how-to on making some more elbow room for yourself. Using a combination of the ...

One of the best and handiest tools in the power user's toolbox is GParted. I've written about it before, and the short version is this: GParted is an open source Linux app for modifying your hard drive's partitions without losing any data. It has support for a huge number of file systems, including those belonging to Windows, and though it's not as easy to use as some commercial solutions, it has ...

Readers, in your opinion, what is the very best Linux distro and why? I have heard everything from Ubuntu (though it isn't clear how you pronounce it) to Gentoo, Knoppix, Debian, Xandros, Linspire, and so on...You can see the dilemma. For anyone who isn't familiar with Linux, or someone just starting out with Linux, which distro is the best? The easiest to install? Easiest to use? Which comes with ...

Looking for a fast and free non-destructive, graphical disk partitioning tool? Yes, such a thing does exist: Its GParted, short for Gnome Partition Editor, an open-source tool for Linux. Okay, so most of you aren't Linux users--why should you care? Well, because GParted will resize your FAT32 and NTFS partitions (as well as about 10 other formats) and it comes in install-free LiveCD and USB drive ...

The good folks at Frozen Tech will gladly sell you a burned disc of your favorite Linux distro, pretty much at cost. They also keep several lists of LiveCD's, each one geared to a specific purpose. For instance, there's the firewall list, with NetBoz and redWall on it. I have an old machine in the garage that is lacking an HD, and so I'm going to burn a few of the gaming CD's for it. The Live CD ...

Monday saw the release of Gentoo Linux 2006.0. I really like Gentoo's version naming scheme. The new version boasts all the upgrades you'd expect, including KDE 3.4.3 and Gnome 2.12.2, and a 2.6.15 kernel. The new version can be installed from a LiveCD and OSDir.com has a nice bunch of screenshots of the install process. It looks pretty slick. ...