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I strongly advise against viewing this on consoles as it may cause damage because BOKEH is too advanced.
Also quick question, shall i make the new "why it matters" today or wait for tomorrow as to not be "spammy"?
this is what i used to make the bootable USB for anybody wondering
Portable versions of Wireshark, Zenmap, iperf, putty, and angry ip scanner are my base tools along with installers for solarwinds free tftp server, VirtualBox, and my common ios files. Then usually a copy of my base config, VPN software, and some notes. If you are linux savvy I'm a big fan of a security distro like one of these. Best solution I've found is to use Linux Live to make a thumb drive with your preferred distro, Let it hide the files, and then put your windows tools on top.
So you want to become a script kiddy and try and hack with backtrack 5 eh. That's not really the way to learn, you want to read read and read security books. ( http://www.amazon.com/Certified-Ethical-Hacker-Exam-Prep/dp/0789735318 )
To install a OS to a USB use this program, ( http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ ) it will download it, format the drive, and install it to USB for you.
If you are truly interested in learning a different OS, I suggest Linuxmint, Ubuntu or Fedora. Once you get your feet wet with those, try a Gentoo box.
What you want is a Live USB with persistence. This will have some reserved space where you can save documents and customize the OS.
More info:
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/help/faq/persistence/67-what-is-persistence
Yes, it's an old Pentium 4, but it should easily be fast enough to run Windows 7 fluently. But I'd rather fulfill his request to install Linux, since this OS will most likely not catch as many malware as an unlicensed copy of Windows.
Use this tool. It's very easy, easier than any other method. The program can download any Linux distribution and automatically perform all the necessary steps to create a working USB installation medium. Don't expect a current version of Ubuntu to be lightning fast however. For speed I'd recommend Xubuntu, a light derivative of Ubuntu. It's very fast and can be locked up easily so that he can not ruin the system again. Despite being very resource friendly, it lacks no important features and even looks great.
Trying Linux is very easy. You don't have to get rid of your old OS, you don't even need to dual boot. With LiLi you can make a live USB in no time at all and run linux off that without touching your hard drive!
Left for Dead two even has a native port for Ubuntu that reportedly has good performance.
As to the distro, Ubuntus Unity is made with a heavy touch screen focus!
If you are on Windows:
download LiLi
download the ISO you want
choose persistence size (maximum 4GB if I remember correclty)
accept and wait for it to finish
Now you can take you USB key to different places and boot from it in any computer that can boot from a USB (most computers nowadays)
Try building a Linux Live USB (flash drive). Then, boot from that drive. See if the hard drive is recognized in Linux. If it isn't there's more diagnostics that can be run on the Linux side.
Etcher is an electron app that can't get any simpler.
Rufus is simply the best of them all… for Windows.
LiLi is a relatively simple one that offer you to download a bunch of distros and flash them at the same time. Window-only.
Because of how simple it is to use Etcher, that's what I'd recommend. However, a way to reboot the machine on the USB key without passing by the BIOS would also be appreciated.
I've often used Linux Live USB Creator to make bootable Linux USBs and it's worked. It doesn't seem to be in much development anymore, but supplying it an ISO works fine. I'd recommend the option to format the key, and skipping autorun and persistence in the advanced settings.
Usb keys are not made to do this. It will die.
The 'Try Ubuntu' is the live boot option. That's how you run it off a usb key.
If you don't care about burning through usb keys, you can do what is called a persistent install on a usb key.
Ah, with configuring I meant things like optional features in installed applications. Firefox itself is just as configurable no matter the dist you pick. Even on a 10+year old laptop I've found most DE:s to have good performance so I wouldn't worry too much about it in that regard.
But you can always try a dist out under Windows or create a liveCD/USB to test things out before committing:
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
Also, something I had forgotten about is that Ubuntu based dists, such as Linux Mint, have a separate Device Driver Manager for installing drivers.
There's also a 1 year old discussion about the choice of drivers for GPUs of the same family as yours here:
/r/linux_gaming/comments/2bwl7a/ati_drivers_vs_open_source_drivers_for_a_old/
As long as you are familiar with some basics of your laptop, you should be almost set.
You'll need the following before you start:
- A working desktop/laptop with net connection
- A 4GB USB drive (this will get formatted, so backup what you need from this)
Follow the steps below:
- Assuming your other rig is Windows, download http://www.linuxliveusb.com/downloads/?stable
- Install the LinuxLiveUSB installer downloaded in Step 1
- Browse to www.linuxmint.com/download.php
- Click on one of the 64-bit versions to download the ISO
Here's some novice friendly intro to desktop environments (aka DE, where theme and effects would be similar to different versions of Windows). Be warned, these are my opinions, not necessarily facts.
KDE - a bit blingy desktop with lots of bells & whistles similar to Windows 8, but a lot more configurable to personal taste XFCE - a simple desktop that does what you would expect it to, similar to Windows XP MATE - a light-weight desktop similar to XFCE Cinnamon - a more modern desktop written mostly using Javascript, a bit less configurable, but if you're of the experimenting type, this would be an interesting one
- Insert USB stick to the other rig
- Launch LinuxLiveUSB
- Follow instructions providing the ISO file that you downloaded in step 4
- Once LinuxLiveUSB completes, unplug the USB from other rig, plug it into your Acer, boot from this USB (make sure to adjust BIOS in your Acer to boot from USB before its hard drive)
- Once Linux boots, look for Install to Hard Drive icon in desktop
- Follow the wizard. That's it
Enjoy.
You can't just use something like LiLi or Unetbootin? They'll even download the iso for you. I usually use one of those for USB installs; it's pretty easy and somewhat foolproof.
how the fuck is that keeping it simple? from the start he should have used a simple program, such as this, to create the usb stick, and booted from the stick in bios. that's all there is to it. not everyone is trying to partition their home folder.
I actually have the exact model you do, so perhaps I can answer a few questions :)
Firstly, make sure to check out https://help.ubuntu.com/ for any specific procedural questions you might have. It's an absolutely good resource.
You don't need to wipe or install anything just yet. Most distributions of GNU/Linux allow you to run off of a 2GB+ USB stick (http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/download) ; you'll just need the .iso.
I'd have to say that although there is an application for emulating windows apps, it's good to dual boot. Some programs just don't work as well emulated, especially on a netbook.
In regards to the command prompt, I'd have to say that at this point in time although it's definitely a powerful, powerful tool to have it's not necessary. Most functions that you need done have a corresponding app in the Ubuntu repository (think app store, though obviously free.)
Speaking specifically about the 1005HAB, I've had no issues whatsoever with the wifi, camera, &c. Performance is quite good, though I use Lubuntu which is a bit more lightweight and it runs quite snappily.
If there's anything that I left out or if you had any other questions, just go ahead and ask!
I found that linuxliveusb was by far the easiest way to drop linux onto a usb key. It lets you choose from a wide variety of distros and does most of the work for you.
Use Lightweight Portable Security on a thumb drive. There is nothing to configure aside from booting from the USB.
I use LiLi to copy the ISO to the drive and make it bootable.
> Since i have no USB or cd drive
No USB drive? You can buy a 2GB USB flash drive for a couple of bucks. Are you saying that your computer has no USB ports? You can buy a PCI card which will provide USB ports for about $20.
How can you claim you don't have a USB drive?
PS: Once you have got the USB thumb drive (2GB or higher) you can download and run the LinuxLive USB Creator Windows program to put the Linux live .iso on to the USB drive and make it bootable.
For the AMD platform, there are 2 ways, you can adjust the memory multiplier, though that will create large increases that are likely to be unstable.
The easier way to do it, is to first find the max CPU overclock so that you know the CPU limit.
Then begin lowering the CPU multiplier, and then increasing the bus clock speed, which will offer a finer control over the memory clock speed while still allowing you to stay within the limit of your CPU overclock.
When you increase the bus speed, other components will also overclock, so a good target will be to keep the hyper transport at a 50-300MHz overclock, (you have a lot of room here to compensate for any increase in the bus speed) for the north bridge, the same applies, but higher overclocks on it are better. Try to keep it at around 200-500MHz above stock speed.
To verify stability, use memtest (linux live disks such as ubuntu will come with it (go for that as it is good to always have at least one linux live distro available at all times ) http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
Once again, context does help quite a bit. I assumed that you were deliberately sticking with XP even though you had the option to upgrade; my wall of text was in reference to that type of person. At my job, for the immediate and near future, I'm stuck in exactly your boat, since our IT department has been traditionally low on extra money in our budget to spend on new computers.
I would recommend trying out a lightweight version of Linux on your laptop, like (K/X/L)ubuntu, Linux Mint, or Elementary OS (for XP users, I'd say either Kubuntu or Linux Mint are the easiest to get used to). If you can scrounge up a 1 GB flash drive or larger, you can use a program like Linux Live USB Creator or unetbootin to create a LiveUSB that you can start into and try it out. If you like it, then you can install the OS either over XP or alongside it on another partition (assuming you have the drive space).
Linux has largely gotten to the point where everything just works out of the box on most hardware, and it's pretty much infinitely customizable to fit your exact needs. Large amounts of Windows software is perfectly usable through WINE, and the stuff that isn't usually has a comparable and cross-compatible Linux version (Microsoft Office → LibreOffice and Google Docs, Photoshop → GIMP, etc).
In fact, I'll even try something when I can. Right now, I'm currently imaging a Dell Optiplex GX240 (a Google search shows a review of the computer all the way back from 2001) for eventual redeployment with XP, since it's far too old for 7 to run on it. As soon as it's done with the image, I'll see if I can get standard Ubuntu 13.10 to run on this (I'm not sure if I can, since Unity is a bit of a resource hog). If Ubuntu can run on 12 year old hardware, then chances are you can run it on your hardware.
In my experience VMs are slower than the real thing. You might be able to get more performance by fiddling with the settings, maybe turn on some virtualisation settings in the bios (I don't know if that's even possible on the SP 2017).
Another way to test Ubuntu is by booting it of an USB. The Ubuntu (and Xubuntu, and a lot of other linux distros as well) installation disks/usb allow you to try it before actually installing it. It'll just run off the usb disk with a standard suite of software. Though startup/load times will be worse, because everything is loaded off the usb, once loaded performance should be better than the VM.
You could use something like lilli to create a linux live/installation disk in windows.
Ubuntu is definitely the way to go for a consumer-esque PC experience. Particularly if you're not heavy into gaming. There's a little bit of a learning curve and a lack of top-shelf graphics productivity software, but beyond that, typical use (documents, web, video, steam) etc... works pretty nicely out of the box. And you have complete ownership of your system. I love it personally.
edit: I'd definitely encourage you to give it a shot. You can use http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ to try it out on your computer without having to install it. It's a little bit of work but honestly, if you like it, it can be a huge quality of life improvement over time, and comes with zero of the issues you'd listed above.
Go to http://www.linuxliveusb.com/, and download the live usb creator. Grab a Manjaro .iso file from http://manjaro.github.io/download/, and then follow the instructions on the LinuxLiveUsb program.
Take a look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYMLSpBdRec
It's an older video, but the interface looks the same and you'll follow the same steps.
Just grab a Ubuntu 16.04 live iso, boot the thing off USB, open the terminal, do a "sudo adb install android-tools*" to get fastboot and adb and then a "sudo fastboot devices" or to unlock "sudo fastboot [whatever your guide says to do with fastboot]". All done, no hassle with drivers or manually downloading android sdk tools.
You need to burn the ISO to a DVD or into a USB drive. Then boot the computer with the DVD drive or USB drive as the first option or if your computer has a boot menu option use that. You can burn the dvd within Windows 10. You can use this program to create a bootable USB drive http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
The best way is to install windows first and then linux. Doing it this way you avoid windows overwriting the boot partition.
however you have to leave some free space in the partitioning step while installing windows. 10gb will be enough for linux, but you'll probably need more later so it's better to have more.
when you install linux, most of the distros let you manually configure the partitions, so just create a new partition with that free space you had before (dont forget about swap, you'll need 8gb for that laptop).
And, of course, you can install everything with a usb. its called "bootable usb". you can create one with lili
For what it's worth, since you're sort of indirectly asking: my take on your situation.
Ubuntu, Mint, openSUSE Leap and Fedora are all going to be excellent "starter" distros in the sense that most things will probably work out of the box. Ubuntu and Mint particularly excel at this.
Once you sort of get a handle on navigating and updating/installing some packages with a command line you'll start to find out that they're all pretty similar in most respects.
If you want a super easy place to start try a persistent live distro like Fedora, Ubuntu, openSUSE. Perhaps something like this will help: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/home as it will allow you to boot into and interact with a Linux environment without having to install it to a hard drive.
Hopefully this helps you and others.
Yup, takes 10 minutes all in all, I reccomend Linux Live USB creator, the GUI looks kind of weird but it's incredibly easy,
1) select a USB drive
2) select a distro and it'll download it for you or have an .iso file of your desired distro
3) click the middle box in Step 4 if your USB drive isn't FAT32 already
4) click the flash
5) boot your PC and select the USB drive as the first thing to boot off (you may need to change this by pressing F2, F8, F11 or ESC right after the first screen you seen when your PC boots up (the boot screen, usually has a logo of your PCs manufacturer on it or something like that)
6) fuck around a bit, it's pretty fun.
Well, it is generally not a good idea to run a system from a flash drive on a daily basis, because these drives have a shorter read-write life cycle. That means of the many read-writes from booting and -basically- running it can get unusable faster than an hdd.
But beside, it is perfectly feasible and IMO many people are doing it. An Ubuntu USB drive will require 1 GB, I would estimate that the programs you've mentioned can fit in a couple of GBs. Even if you take projects/other files into consideration I think you could (tightly) fit the whole system on a 8 GB pendrive, but would strongly suggest getting a 16 or even better 32 GB model - they are dirt cheap nowadays anyway... One thing you should look for is a faster pendrive, IMHO you should sacrifice some money to get a faster USB drive.
A system like this should run as any system, meaning should have no problems with running programs (concurrently)/stability given the hardware (mostly the CPU/RAM) is good enough. Running huge software like Eclipse, Netbeans or other big IDEs might be slow though, caused by the inherent slowness of reading/writing to the storage.
I would suggest to search for other alternatives, with that we can help if you tell us a bit more about a background/why you want this solution, but if it's easier for you you can safely try this: worst outcome is you've bought a pendrive you won't need later.
To make this system, first simply create an Ubuntu Live USB with as much persistent storage as possible. This can easily be done on Ubuntu using the startup disk creator utility, on windows you have to download Linux Live USB (http://www.linuxliveusb.com). You can find more info at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent Secondly, you just have to boot into the system (running from the USB) and start downloading the packages as you normally would (with apt-get preferably).
I hope this is an answer you were looking for, should you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ check that out and see if it helps. Basically, you'll be installing a bootable OS onto your USB drive. If it's Linux-based, Windows-based viruses aren't really a concern. Using this bootable environment, you can get into a desktop environment and then plug in the found drive to look at its contents.
You can use something like clamAV or clamTK to scan the drive for malicious contents, and as long as you don't have WINE (a Windows translator of sorts), even if there's something nasty on there, it's unlikely it'll cause any harm.
A disclaimer being that if some jerk is jerkish enough, they could install some Linux-compatible malware on there. In which case, it'll only infect your USB drive and you can just format it or throw it away.
Does the laptop support 64bit operating systems? I've had laptops/netbooks that only support 32bits throw 'disk error's at me when it's just that they don't support the OS.
Might be an idea to try this one, assuming you're currently trying the 64bit iso.
Torrent link: http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04.1/ubuntu-14.04.1-server-i386.iso.torrent
Otherwise, you could try Lili for USB creation if you haven't already. It works well for me. http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
You can also create bootable USB sticks with the linux tool dd.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/372607/how-to-create-a-bootable-ubuntu-usb-flash-drive-from-terminal
Welcome to Ubuntu Server BTW, I've been using it since 7.04 and it's worked very well indeed for me ever since! Hope it gives you the same great experience!
Well, for one thing, all your pictures are mirrored.
Try downloading some Linux Live USB and see if it works. If it does, it's probably a problem with your Windows install. If it doesn't, It's probably a hardware problem.
I like this utility: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
"USB install with persistent storage."
Might try this: www.linuxliveusb.com/guide/step3
And there's also: www.pendrivelinux.com.
I just use Clonezilla.
run the app
download clonezilla
get usb drive
and make a boot disk.
Disable Pagefile
run defraggler or other defrag
shrink vol to smaller than your SSD, move files if needed.
boot from clonezilla, just do basic option.
Little extra help to install ubuntu: download liliusb creator here. Thats for creating the live usb, install it and then download the file from ubuntu (if you have 3 or more gigs of ram download the 64-bit version, only download the 32-bit version if you have less than 3gb of ram).
Install and open the liliusb creator, choose the usb you want to use (be sure is the correct one) and proced with the few steps the program needs.
Once you have the usb ready just ~~plug it in and~~ restart your computer.
Then you have to hit, usually F8 or Esc, but it could be F2, F12 or any F. You have to get a screen that says boot menu. Select your usb from the list (it should have a name like kingston blahblah or Adata yadahyadah... or even generic drive).
You now ~~may~~ should see a little menu that says Try ubuntu, select that and... well, try ubuntu. If you don't get to this screen you probably selected the wrong drive(if more than one is conected) or the hard drive (in this case your computer will start as normal). If this happens just restart your computer again and try to select your usb drive in the boot menu.
If you, or anyone for that matter, have any doubts feel free to pm me.
And by the way, using ubuntu is simple enough... my parents never understood computers and were afraid of using one, now the love ubuntu.
You can install Linux to a USB stick (you can boot from a live usb created with live USB creator and then install to another USB).
Then using the "legacy boot" option of the Acer, you can then boot from that USB stick just like any normal PC would.
There's no need for jumping through the Chrubuntu hoops when the 720 has legacy boot. You can use normal Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary, Fedora.. etc.
If you have a spare usb stick of 1GB or more then:
- Install Linux Live USB on windows and run it.
- Plug in your USB drive and choose it from the dropdown.
- If you have already downloaded the ISO select ISO, otherwise select Download and download the version you want.
- Format the key in Fat32 untick other options
- Click the lightning bolt and wait for it to finish creating the Live USB Stick
- Boot from usb stick and choose live option to test that Ubuntu works with all your hardware.
- If everything works click the Install Ubuntu link on the desktop and follow the prompts.
When you install you may have the option to resize and install along side windows, select this if you want to dual boot, otherwise select the option to wipe everything and install. If you don't have the option to install along side then for a variety of possible reasons the installer is not detecting windows and if you continue it will wipe the drive and you will lose anything on the drive you havent backed up.
Try Linux Live USB Creator to create a bootable ubuntu live usb key. Boot from the key and use the try ubuntu option. If it boots into ubuntu then there can't be much wrong with the laptop. You should then be able to use gparted to wipe the drive before selecting the install option from the live desktop.
Is ther any reason you aren't using a newer version of ubuntu?
if this is a provided laptop, I'd recommend you just save yourself some hassle and do your school work on your provided machine.
For anything you want to keep private:
grab a live cd, or better yet buy a cheap usb flash drive and install a simple to use linux distribution (such as ubuntu) and boot to that. LinuxLiveUSB makes the process a couple of clicks.
If your host OS is windows 7, you could install a copy of windows 8 in a file in that partition and boot to that. A 90 day trial is available from the MS website.
It's also possible to modify a copy of windows XP (32&64) to run on a usb device, instructions here
Bring up how invasive you think it is with your school and don't upload a drive image, chances are it'll have personally identifiable information.
Good Luck
An alternative to using pendrivelinux's program is using LinuxLive USB Creator.
One nice thing about that program is it is possible to tell it whether you want a persistent live-cd (it saves all your changes, so it works similar to a normal install) and how big you want the persistence file to be.
Otherwise, I don't think the two are really that different, go for the one you want to use.
I'm no expert, but if you have a windows comp, go here http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ You can boot Ubuntu or Mint live with I think up to 4 gigs of persistence. Which means, it's basically whatever OS you choose stays on the USB and you can use it wherever you need.
Edit: It also gives you the option of installing the distro if you want. Really handy.
sometimes use it for DigiKam, showfoto and amarok. If you have the ram run virtualbox with your choice of distro. this way you are more current and up to date. quick hint, goto http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ this gives you a live usb with portable virtualbox on it. go to perfered filemanager and find where it says 'virtualize this key'
Unetbootin is a fantastic tool, but i've had it not work as many times at it has.
However, unfortunately i have to agree with some people, if you're not willing to google everything then linux is going to be a difficult operating system for you. Google is, and will always be your friend when it comes to open source. the fact that you asked makes me worry about how well linux will work for you personally. but there's no better way to learn than to do.
I know arch linux has a guide at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_Arch_Linux_on_a_USB_key and ubuntu directly explains it here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Installing%20Ubuntu%20directly%20on%20a%20USB%20flash%20drive i'm sure you can probably find a guide for the linux of your choice on their wiki.
The feature you're talking about is called persistence or persistent storage. This program can set that up for most of the distributions it supports, specifically the ones with a + next to them on this page.
You could download the LinuxLiveUSB tool, install linux on a USB, and run it from that USB on your computer to test it out. Nothing will be installed on your computer and it gives you a chance to test different distributions i.e. elementaryOS.
I would recommend installing Ubuntu onto your SSD, but I'd recommend dual booting because you sound like your other classes require Windows. Don't worry, it's really not hard. The installer does all the work for you. Here's a guide. You can use this tool to make Ubuntu's installation media.
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P.S. You're going to love scp. It's so cool lol
You can try out a live version of linux distribution of your choice, using Linux Live and boot the USB stick that you prepared with this tool to get a feeling for it. You can also install stuff on that stick and see if the programs work or not. It will have small performance drawbacks, because its on a flash drive, but you should see if something works or not pretty well.
Are you planning to install Linux on your computer?
Maybe running Linux in a virtual machine might be better suited for you if you don't intend use Linux for everything . Virtual machine allows you to tinker with Linux without having to make actual changes to your system.
So, if you think a vm might be thing for you, I would recommend Virtualbox for setting up a virtual machine. It is really easy to use. Here is a video which explains how to install Ubuntu 16.04 in Virtualbox. You can download it from here
If you want to install Linux directly on your normal system there is a whole lot of other things to consider. Like paritioning, backing up your data, whether you want to dual boot or not, what software you are using on your recent machine and whether it is available or has good alternatives on Linux.
You can replace Ubuntu with every other distro you like. I am just suggesting Ubuntu, because it is pretty easy to set up and works most of the time for a "normal" user. Linux Mint is a good alternative. It is based upon Ubuntu. Distrowatch is great to have look at what else is available.
Oh, but when you want install to a USB drive to directly boot from then you should definitely choose Ubuntu or Mint. To install to USB you will need Linux Live USB creator. There is a user guide on that site. For this option you will need persistence. It is explained in the users' guide.
I hope this helps. Have fun!
>hi i have a macbookpro 2016 that i have installed ubuntu on it
OK
>everything seems to work fine exept i cant save anything
That means "i have installed ubuntu on it" is not accurate.
>tried to set persistance through maclinux usb installer but failed
There is no persistence on installations. Do you mean you are booting off a read only usb key?
>tried to set persistance through maclinux usb installer but failed
Ask the guy that you bought it from for support.
https://www.sevenbits.io/mlul/
The changelog says 17.04 is now supported, so you should be covered.
https://github.com/SevenBits/Mac-Linux-USB-Loader/releases
Or you could try unetbootin natively, which sometimes works, or write it from a windows install on parallels(is that what the mac vm is called?) and run this instead, which does work.
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/download
Or you can not do persistence, and just install it, as it's meant to be run. Persistence is a hack. Your usb key will die with that enabled.
Linux User Groups used to be a big thing, not sure if they still are. In college back in the early 2000s they would do an "install fest" where users would all lug their desktops in and they'd have CDs with different distros available. You'd spend a few hours installing, setting up and learning Linux among other students of various experience levels.
This was back when laptops were not common to own, CD burners were just becoming popular, and downloading an ISO was unheard of unless you had college network speed (home broadband wasn't common, yet). This was back when Linux installs weren't expected to just work out of the box, so you needed some knowledge and time to get things buttoned up.
With how easy it is now, I'd be surprised if "install fest" is still a thing, but there are probably still local user groups, maybe just operating as an email list or online forum. You could maybe appeal to some local group to ask somebody there to write an image to USB for you. I think the other suggestions like internet cafe or library are going to be a quicker bet, though. Hopefully you can find one that will let you run an application you download. This oneis my favorite, and it doesn't need to be installed to use it.
Yes that would be better, assuming you never pick up another keylogger. A safer and easier method would be to get a usb stick and put Linux live on it and run your wallet from there.
No. Following the instructions. If you think buying a pre-made boot USB is easier then making one yourself, then you aren't ready for the linux experience. I'm not trying to be a gatekeeper, but man, you are in for tough times if you arent able to follow simple instructions like other users have pointed out.
Edit: I apologize, that came off harsher than it needed to be. Like another user said below, try http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/download it will format the Flash Drive for you. all you need to do is have the ISO downloaded to your computer.
If you need assistance feel free to PM me.
Open office, skype, netflix, and half a hundred web design tools all run on linux. If you are unsure, you can get a live CD (or thumb drive) to try it out. I would suggest Lili USB Creator. http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/download
Ubuntu is for everyone, and a good place to start, but there are many other ones out there you can try.
Best of luck.
If the problems with your laptop are mainly speed related, and not that it is falling apart, you should think about getting a SSD. They can be had for less than $100 and will make your laptop run like new compared to a spinning drive. They also generate less heat and pull less power from your battery. With some help you could either just copy everything to the new drive or do a fresh install. Being an IT person, I would suggest doing a fresh install on the new drive after copying your files and photos to a thumb drive from your old drive.
> how would I go about having a look at the contents safely
- Download a linux distribution and burn to CD or copy to USB drive (You can use pre-made tools for this: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/)
- Shut down computer
- Disconnect Harddrive
- Start computer again and boot linux
- Once completely started, remove boot media (usb or CD, whatever you used) and insert the questionable disc.
- Browse the disc without worry
- Once done, remove the disc, shut down the computer and plug the hard drive back in.
About the only other thing I can suggest before you bite the bullet is to try booting from a Linux Live USB rather than from your Windows drive.
If it boots from the USB, you know it's a Windows/drive issue. That's about the only thing you haven't changed/checked so far so it may be worth a shot. Creating a bootable Linux USB is easy: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
Recommend going with Linux Mint (you can choose to download it automatically within the livelinuxusb installer; no need to download separately).
Download a live CD of something else than the proprietary spyware most of the plebs in this subreddit "recommends" (they don't know better), put it on a USB-stick (using e.g. this, or equivalent software), boot with the USB-stick, and you'll be good to go.
Unless the drive's encrypted there's a good chance you'll be able to recover what's on it, as well.
The installer should detect windows 7 and give you the option to dual boot. You'll be given the option to resize each side as you see fit and there should be no other specific setup required for the basic setup.
> what is a good ISO formatter (if thats the right term) for a thumb drive boot?
http://www.linuxliveusb.com on windows. unetbootin on linux.
Get a USB wireless adapter if you suspect there's something wrong with the adapter in the laptop.
If you suspect the OS, create a bootable Linux flash drive and see if the issue still occurs. The software at http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ is a simple way to do that.
How are you creating the USB drives? I'd give LinuxLive (LiLi) a shot. Bootable installers are notoriously finicky, don't let it ruin your impression of the installed OS. If booting from DVD-R is an option, go for it.
Linux Live USB is my recommendation for creating an Ubuntu USB. I use it and Rufus quite frequently.
When you create an Ubuntu usb with LiLi - It enables persistence by default so any thing you modify/add/remove in the 'live' session is written back to the USB when you shutdown the computer. You must use the shutdown option for this to occur. If you simply pull the power - all your data is lost as it is simply sitting in RAM at that point.
you could use LiLi: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
it ads persistence to the live iso, meaning all the changes made can be saved and re-used after reboot
should also check the support matrix to see the supported distros: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/supported-linuxes - Lubuntu 15.04 seems to be last on the list; 15.10 isn't
Looks like a disc error and an nvidia nouveau driver problem (obligatory team red snark omitted); what tool did you use to create your USB, and do you have a different thumb you can try with?
I have found this tool to be quite good at making working USB drives (Except on one particular I-want-to-say-it-was-probably-maxtor thumb drive, which was pretty worn out anyway). I also recommend against trying arch as a first linux experience; Kubuntu or Lubuntu are usually good places to start for people who intend to learn about the OS; easy enough to get into (unlike Arch's ... complex ... setup process) but with a user interface and package management backend that make getting into the meat of things relatively straightforward while not bubblewrapping things like mainline ubuntu.
Also, for linux help, finding a good IRC channel is almost always a quick way to get basic troubleshooting advice.
Some distros are designed to resource-light; these would be ideal for older laptops/pcs which could barely run Windows XP in their prime, for example. I'm not very knowledgeable on the topic, but I can recommend LinuxLive USB Creator which I used to try out some distros without installing them before settling on something that ran well on my system.
Don't worry /u/VanGee1, I was once inexperienced about how to make linux live USB's too at one point in my life.
You see, it seems straight forward, download an ISO file, drag the file into the USB folder on your desktop, and boot from it. However, this is completely wrong.
The solution is very clear cut though, you must extract the ISO file onto your USB using externals programs.
Here are a few links to programs that can do this:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/tag/live-linux-usb/
Simply download an ISO, open a live USB maker program, and click through the set up to make the USB bootable!
If you want more information on how to do this, consult www.google.com.
You shouldn't be, it really is as easy as you've been told. Step by step guide:
Get a USB stick and something like this to install linux on it.
Download the linux distro of your choice, and install it on the USB stick. Ubuntu is a decent choice to start with, as is Linux Mint. I went with Ubuntu.
Boot into the USB stick. Your BIOS should have a boot menu that lets you do that.
Follow the instructions to install the operating system on your hard drive. Should be more or less a matter of clicking next until you're done. You can also try the OS using the USB stick, but it'll be painfully slow.
Once that's done, when you restart the computer you get a menu that asks whether you want to boot into linux or windows.
Since you're going headless , I'd give Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS a try.
You may also look at CentOS if the software you're after is easily available for it.
Both of these have longer term support than Mint, meaning it will be longer before you have to upgrade.
I would avoid installing a GUI, since this involves installing unnecessary packages that complicate the system.
Another thing that decreases maintenance is setting the package manager to only install security updates. This way you don't log in one day to find your software has randomly changed because it's updated to a newer version. This is possible with both yum and apt.
Installation problems are often down to selecting the 64 bit version of Linux for a 32 bit CPU or corrupt installation media.
You have a 64 bit CPU there, so that's OK. When you download your next iso, check the MD5 hash (or run the 'check media option from the opening menu) if available.
I have two ways of creating an installation USB.
From Windows I use Lili.
In Linux I use dd. You can do this from a live linux if needed.
Find your USB with
sudo fdisk -l
You can usually use the size of the USB to identify it. Lets imagine it's on /dev/sde
dd if=the.iso.file.iso of=/dev/sde BS=4M sync eject /dev/sde
It should now be safe to pull out the USB and use it.
Just install the LinuxLive USB Creator, download the ISO of Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon x64. Start LinuxLive USB Creator and select the downloaded ISO to copy it to an USB-stick.
The USB-stick will be bootable and boot to a Live-Linux directly from the USB-stick, not touching the HDD with Windows on it. You can play with this Live-Linux and -if you like- can choose to install Linux Mint right to your HDD with a simple step-by-step wizard-GUI.
You can definitely install linux on a usb, but if you're computer is capable of it I would recommend using it through a virtual machine. It allows you to run it while using windows, and (depending on hardware) can run much better than running off of a USB.
Here is a link to the linux live creator, which will create a linux usb
and Here is a link to VirtualBox, which is a very popular virtual machine application.
edit: Realized that you might have been talking about having multiple OS's on one USB - in this case I would strongly recommend using the Virtual Machine tool I linked above, it will allow you to keep things cleaner and more organized.
Make sure the iso you download is for the 32bit version as this is what your CPU supports.
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/14.04.3/release/lubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-i386.iso
You may want to try using Lili to create it.
If you continue to have problems with Lubuntu, try Ubuntu Server instead.
Torrent Link: http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04.3/ubuntu-14.04.3-server-i386.iso.torrent
When it's up and running, simply
sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
to install a full desktop environment.
>Can I use this new HD by taking 1TB of it and partitioning it for Linux?
You sure can. GParted is a wonderful tool for disk partitioning, have a look into that.
>Will that mess anything up with Windows on my SSD?
No, you're not modifying the SSD in any way by changing the HDD's partitioning.
>Is there any downside taking this space for Linux? I don't need the space (right now at least), and I can always change it back, right?
The only downside is that you won't be able to access that space from Windows. You can always remove Linux to get the space back later on.
About the error messages you're getting when trying to boot your live USB stick, there's a couple of things you can try out to fix this:
1) Try a different LiveUSB creator. I personally use LiLi whenever I need to create a live USB within Windows.
2) Use a different USB stick. The errors that you're getting might be due to the USB stick failing.
surgeforce? You mean SourceForge? Because yes, SourceForge hosts the isos.
edit: Also, this may come in handy. LinuxLive USB creator lets you make a bootable USB drive you can run a live installation on and install from. Much better than burning a disk.
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ (referred to as LiLi from here on out)
When setting up a Ubuntu live usb, you have the option to set aside some of the space of the flash drive to be a kind of persistent storage. it essentially makes the usb drive a small linux install.
LiLi has a nice little slider so you can choose how much space to set aside. persistence is limited to 4gb AFAIK(Fat32 file size limitations, thanks microsoft)
easy howto
this is even easier than a traditional install. You just select the flash drive, select download and then select the lastest version of ubuntu (15.04 for now, 14.04 might be the most recent listed) in the lili drop down menu that shows up when you make the previous selevtion, slide the slider to the appropriate position(try to leave like 4gb for the OS it's self.)
the checkboxes: I generally unhide the files. I generally format even if i'm fairly certain the usb drive is already formatted, just to be sure(takes probably less than a minute.) And the last one is up to you, it just installs a local version of virtualbox so you can virtualize the install from windows rather than having to reboot if you don't want to.
Unfortunately you have misunderstood the process in creating a bootable disk. Burning the iso file onto the CD is not sufficient; you need to extract the image to the disk in the correct way.
An iso is essentially a form of archive, like a zip or cab file.
A USB is probably preferable to a CD these days too. I would get a USB stick that doesn't contain anything, or with data you can freely wipe, and use a USB creation program.
I would go for Lili, as it's fairly foolproof.
If you must create a CD, try these instructions.
Another option if you're feeling adventurous, would be to try out Ubuntu (or Linux Mint if you prefer something more similar to Windows). Considerably faster, FAR more secure, and easy to use for basic desktop tasks.
You can use Linux Live USB Creator to run it without even having to install it, if you just want to test it out. Dead simple, just set it up like this (or with Mint): http://i.imgur.com/pBAKG2f.png
Reboot with the USB plugged in and you can run the OS. It will give you an option to run it as a LiveCD/LiveUSB or install it. Choose the Live option and you can play around in the fully functional OS, even if you don't have a hard drive (however it will be slow running off USB).
Okay, if you have a spare USB drive sitting around, use LinuxLive USB Creator to load a linux distribution that will boot to a usable desktop environment from a USB drive (That's what it means by "live"). When you run the creator, choose "download" as a source, and then I recommend "Ubuntu 15.04 'Vivid Ververt' (GNOME)".
Once you've created the USB drive and started your computer from it, click on "Activities" in the upper left, then type "gparted" in the search box. Start GParted, then see if your SSD is listed in the dropdown box of available disks in the upper right of Gparted. If it's there, then select it, create a partition on it, format it as fat32, apply that, and then reboot to the Windows installer to see if Windows recognizes it now.
If the disk doesn't show up in the dropdown list of disks in GParted, then it's really likely you have a bad disk.
The easiest way I have found is a windows based program called lili. It will make a live usb for you using an iso image and give you the option to use persistence just decide how much of your usb stick you want to use. When you boot up using the live usb you will have the option to use persistence or as a regular live usb.
If you want Ubuntu I would suggest at least a 16gb drive. Also, in order to make things easier on yourself, please download Linux live creator. If you want to stick with the 8gb drive, you should install lubuntu, bodhi or xubuntu.
Sometimes it's the delete key, F2 or F11. Watch for a message that goes by real fast. Possible google it for your make and model. Try pushing the del key once every two seconds or so after you turn the power on (not faster than that or you might fill up the keyboard buffer)
You can still download the windows 10 preview and it's not too bad. Then use https://rufus.akeo.ie/ to make a bootable image.
times like this are when it's really handy to have 2 computers
I prefer LILI for making bootable linux thumb drives: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
Pour rester dans le domaine des analogie, c'est toi qui est en train de prendre un chandail sur la pile sans savoir s'il est à ta taille. Tu risques de te ramasser avec un truc inconfortable.
Ce que je te suggère c'est de télécharger ce programme: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ (sous Windows).
Connecte une clé USB sur ton ordi. Par le programme, choisi une version d'une distro. Pis clique sur l'icône d'éclair.
Ensuite, t'as juste à booter sur ta clé USB pour tester la distro sans aucun changement à ton ordi.
Essai quelques unes (et surtout des environnement de bureau différent).
Quand tu trouves un truc où le fonctionnement te semble logique, tu peux l'installer.
Unetbootin is hit or miss and around 50% of the sticks I make work with it, I just use Linux Live USB creator now, too bad it's windows only.
If I only had Linux I'd use DD.
So I got this linux usb creator software and it appears to have a trojan. I put it on my dad's work laptop and now I can hardly do anything. I'm going to run Kaspersky rescue in a moment.
Currently using linux mint as my main OS.
Looks fancy, works well. And for me it's the first linux that likes to install steam correctly.
Found one of my older posts about dualbooting
>1. Defrag using one of the many tools on windows.
>2. Follow this guide, put in the amount of space you want your linux OS to be :D
>3. Download a linux ISO, for newer people. Zorin, Linux Mint (Currently using this), Ubuntu (or any of the *buntu distros).
>4. Install it to a USB, Or CD. (http://www.linuxliveusb.com/)
>5. stop your computer, boot into your USB or CD.
>6. Follow the installation thingo.
>7. When it says for where to install it. select the one you made to resize. (Depending on your setup, it might be /sda2
>8. wait for install, and as soon as you're in. open terminal and "sudo apt-get update" and then "sudo apt-get upgrade"
>9. Then install steam, all the shit you want. :D
>**If you have another, almost empty harddrive, you can empty that shit and use that instead of resizing.
Your power cable is probably damaged. If you want to make a Bootable flash drive and get your data from any PC or hard drive, connect that harddrive to the computer with another drive, and back it up. This is the site that gives you the usb bootable. http://www.linuxliveusb.com/. If you need help ask again, good luck!
Noice!
Glad it worked, If you do want a linux partition I've done the same thing. I had my windows on my main drive, did the same thing.
Heres how I did it:
Defrag using one of the many tools on windows.
Follow this guide, put in the amount of space you want your linux OS to be :D
Download a linux ISO, for newer people. Zorin, Linux Mint (Currently using this), Ubuntu (or any of the *buntu distros).
Install it to a USB, Or CD. (http://www.linuxliveusb.com/)
stop your computer, boot into your USB or CD.
Follow the installation thingo.
When it says for where to install it. select the one you made to resize. (Depending on your setup, it might be /sda2
wait for install, and as soon as you're in. open terminal and "sudo apt-get update" and then "sudo apt-get upgrade"
Then install steam, all the shit you want. :D
**If you have another, almost empty harddrive, you can empty that shit and use that instead of resizing.
GL HF. You can click the little save button below to keep my comment for later too :P
Don't use unetbootin, it has gotten extremely buggy. Here's a link in the Debian bugtracker that discusses some of the issues.
If you're using Windows to create the USB stick, I would recommend trying LiLi.
I see other people are giving you advice regarding the deletion of the partition table on the stick, which is a good idea and will probably bring your disk back when you recreate the partition and reformat.
You can use something like this to download and install a Linux distribution onto a USB flash drive, and then boot from USB. Choose a distro like Ubuntu or Fedora.
I wouldn't trust the Lenovo Solution Center much, to be honest :)
USB keys do wear out over time. but you can run a lot of OSs via RAM. The easiest solution I can think of is to run this program: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
which allows you to install a linux sysem onto the USB and also setup a persistant partition on the USB that keeps all your changes but the main OS would run from RAM.
Personally to be light wieght I would say run an XFCE based system like Xubuntu or Linux Mint XFCE edition. or to be more user friendly maybe something like this one: http://makululinux.com/xfce/
..and of course, that's fine, but it's not a problem with the OS if it has been installed on broken hardware. If you want to just have a look at what linux have to offer, live USBs are pretty awesome - there's a win program called LinuxLive that makes it an absolute doddle.
ive had lots of luck with LiLo http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ it creates a good live distro for you
also, you might try hitting esc a few times during the bios bootup some bios' allow you to choose the boot device on the fly if not esc, try all the f keys
What you want is a "live" Linux build, with persistence.
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ is a good software to enable this. It lets you do all sorts of cool things such as storing persistent data between sessions.
there is software that allows you to load a distro onto a usb stick and then you can choose to run it off of that OR install it directly to a machine. I did this once with linux live usb think it works with the cs50 file but maybe not.
download LiLi here
grab a 4gb or bigger usb (linux can be tiny but memory is cheap anyways)
use the LiLi tool to download lubuntu xubuntu or any ubuntu based distro (they are the most friendly in my opinion)
boot to linux
/r/linuxquestions /r/linux4noobs
Check out this: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
Real simple way to install and boot from a USB in a persistent environment. You can use this for general computing and try a variety of distros. I like linux mint but you can use something lighter like lubuntu or anything else you come across.
On such high specs, I wouldn't expect things to run that slow. I'd suggest resetting Chrome (on Settings -> Advanced Settings, right at the bottom) to "factory" defaults. Check if that makes any difference.
Another test I'd run is booting up the computer using some Linux LiveUSB (http://www.linuxliveusb.com), run some apps on it, and see if the sluggishness disappears. If so, I'd blame some mis-configuration or issues with your Windows installation. If the sluggishness persists, then, it could be a hardware issue.
How are you running the installer? Is it on a DVD? You don't normally install linux onto a usb the same way you install it onto a HDD. Usually you use a program like this to install a live version (nothing is saved - it's brand new each time) onto a usb.
The install process you are talking about is for installing onto the HDD. Those options are for if you want to keep your Windows install or not.
1) I'd really recommend re-installing Windows first again due that there are some programs you might need that are not available for Linux. Also, if you do gaming, Linux is a bit limited in that aspect. You might not think you might need it, but it's good to be safe just in case.
Note: There are ways to use Windows programs on Linux with things like Wine and Virtualbox but not everything will run in it and at least for a beginner not entirely familiar with the OS, it might be a pain to get it all set up. This is why having Windows installed too is a good idea for someone just starting with Linux.
2) Now, with Windows installed, you can dualboot by installing whatever flavor of Linux you want and even better you can try out any of them before installing through USB/DVD. I personally recommend Ubuntu since it has the most support and is the most popular and easiest version to get into. Others like Lubuntu and Xubuntu are good too, but they're usually aimed for lower-spec devices and at least to me, aren't that well-polished.
To make it easier, you can use LinuxLive USB to download whatever you want and it'll set it all up on DVD or USB for you. I really do recommend using Ubuntu first, it's very well polished and easy to get the hang of. You can also dualboot install/uninstall it directly from Windows with the Wubi installer. I just reinstalled Windows for gaming reasons but I'm tempted just to dual-boot and use Ubuntu as my main OS.
I haven't burned Linux to a CD/DVD in years. The hardest part of putting it onto a thumb drive can be digging around looking for a blank/blankable thumb drive.
I usually make them from Linux to begin with, but as far as I can remember, the one time I had to make one from Windows, I used this tool.
I don't think I've ever tried SuSE/OpenSuSE, and the last time I used Fedora, it was over ten years ago and it was called Red Hat Linux. I've pretty much stuck with Debian-based Linux distributions for a long time, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and now Mint. I like Mint.