Ubuntu/Mint Linux only: The HowToForge posts a helpful guide to installing and using command-line utility remastersys to create a live CD or DVD of your Ubuntu or Linux Mint system. We've previously ...

The Linux distro is due to release a version of its operating system that can be run directly off a CD-ROM, so that people can try Gentoo without installing it The next version of Gentoo, due for ...

The tool that we're going to use is called Reconstructor, which is a free webapp that lets you roll your own Ubuntu and Debian live CDs. The first step is to sign up for an account at Reconstructor.

I have a Dell Dimension E521 with an ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 3D videocard and I cannot get an Ubuntu Live CD to work. <BR><BR>The CD will get into the options and if I select Start/Install or Start in ...

In my recent column “Security Features in Ubuntu” (LJ, March 2008), I mentioned that the live CD method of running Linux from a CD-ROM or DVD rather than directly from a hard drive has important and ...

The Knoppix project will start releasing two editions of its Linux Live CD from next summer. The project was one of the first to allow people to create a bootable CD that allows people to run Linux ...

How does one prevent the Windows clock from resetting the time when you use a Linux Live CD? I have to use one for work and don't know how to make the Windows clock go back to the normal time. Yeah, ...

Live discs are read-only, which means they’re quite secure, since malware can’t make any changes to the core system. If you do get an infection, it disappears as soon as you reboot. Here are five ways ...

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If you just installed a new hard drive in your computer and you are running the Ubuntu operating system, you must partition and format the new drive before you can use it. To use the drive with Ubuntu ...