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, ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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One of the great features of many Linux distributions is the ability to test them out before committing to installing them on your hard drive. Live distributions can be burned to bootable CDs, DVDs, ...

Live CDs, DVDs or USB drives let you run Linux without actually installing it. Here are five reasons why you should. In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The past couple months, I've been showing how to create your very own customized Ubuntu live CD. In “Customizing Linux Live CDs, Part I” (LJ, May 2008), I provided a basic procedure for mounting an ...