Posted on July 14th, 2008 by jaiz
Let’s assume it is going on to its very own hard drive. We’ll call this drive sdb1. First mount the drive (I’ll skip all those steps and assume you already know how to do that. If you don’t, try here or google it.
sudo cp -r /home /mount/newdrive
Next, go and check to make sure all your […]
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Posted on June 30th, 2008 by jaiz
With the latest Ubuntu 8.04 desktop version, Triple boot with Windows XP, Fedora and Ubuntu is easy.
Q. How to triple boot Windows XP, Fedora and Ubuntu on a single PC?
A. With the latest Ubuntu 8.04 desktop version, Triple boot with Windows XP, Fedora and Ubuntu is as easy as ABC.
1. Make a partition for Windows […]
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Posted on June 29th, 2008 by jaiz
Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the delayed first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10, code name “Intrepid Ibex”: “Welcome to Intrepid Ibex Alpha 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.10. Alpha 1 is the first in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Intrepid development cycle. The primary […]
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Posted on May 26th, 2008 by jaiz
The prevailing wisdom about Linux on the desktop runs something like this: “Everyone believe Linux is ready for the desktop as soon as they can give us a Linux distribution that even a grandmother can run.”
For some time, the folks at Ubuntu have been trying their best to make Granny — and most everyone else […]
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