LiveCD News » Ubuntu http://www.livecdnews.com News from the LiveCD World Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:11:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ubuntu 11.04 Released with a New Interface http://www.livecdnews.com/2011/04/28/ubuntu-11-04-released-a-natty-narwhal-rises-from-the-depths/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ubuntu-11-04-released-a-natty-narwhal-rises-from-the-depths http://www.livecdnews.com/2011/04/28/ubuntu-11-04-released-a-natty-narwhal-rises-from-the-depths/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:32:50 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=794 Ubuntu 11.04 is out, grab the live Desktop CD in order to check out Canonical’s new GUI.

Canonical has announced the official release of Ubuntu 11.04, codenamed Natty Narwhal. This major update introduces the new Unity desktop shell, which is designed to improve ease of use and deliver a more modern user experience.

via Ubuntu 11.04 released, a Natty Narwhal rises from the depths.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2011/04/28/ubuntu-11-04-released-a-natty-narwhal-rises-from-the-depths/feed/ 1 Daily 5: Five uses for an Ubuntu LiveCD http://www.livecdnews.com/2010/07/19/daily-5-five-uses-for-an-ubuntu-livecd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-5-five-uses-for-an-ubuntu-livecd http://www.livecdnews.com/2010/07/19/daily-5-five-uses-for-an-ubuntu-livecd/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:18:08 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=780 OMG! Ubuntu! has an article covering additional uses for the Ubuntu LiveCD besides installation.

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]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2010/07/10/top-10-usb-thumb-drive-tricks/feed/ 0 How to run Linux from a USB drive http://www.livecdnews.com/2009/01/02/how-to-run-linux-from-a-usb-drive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-run-linux-from-a-usb-drive http://www.livecdnews.com/2009/01/02/how-to-run-linux-from-a-usb-drive/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:17:01 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=744 TechRadar takes Fedora 9 and Ubuntu 8.10 and installs them on USB flash drives.

You’ll need a flash drive with at least 1GB of free space, and ISO images of either Ubuntu 8.10 or Fedora 9. It’s likely there are other distros out there that work with similar or perhaps even identical instructions, but Ubuntu and Fedora are the big two so we stuck with them.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2009/01/02/how-to-run-linux-from-a-usb-drive/feed/ 2 How to make a live CD/DVD from your harddisk installation http://www.livecdnews.com/2008/04/28/how-to-make-a-live-cddvd-from-your-harddisk-installation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-a-live-cddvd-from-your-harddisk-installation http://www.livecdnews.com/2008/04/28/how-to-make-a-live-cddvd-from-your-harddisk-installation/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:08:58 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=724 Highlighted by the latest Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter (#88), there’s a great tutorial in the Ubuntu forums for transforming an Ubuntu install into a custom LiveCD/DVD.

This HOWTO is about making a live CD/DVD from the main system on your hard drive. This might be desired if you have customized your system and want to have it on CD. It can be useful also if you want to create a recovery CD from scratch, as you can make a minimal system using debootstrap and transform it into a live CD.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2008/04/28/how-to-make-a-live-cddvd-from-your-harddisk-installation/feed/ 4 Creating Your Own Custom Ubuntu 7.10 Or Linux Mint 4.0 Live-CD With Remastersys | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/12/04/creating-your-own-custom-ubuntu-710-or-linux-mint-40-live-cd-with-remastersys-howtoforge-linux-howtos-and-tutorials/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creating-your-own-custom-ubuntu-710-or-linux-mint-40-live-cd-with-remastersys-howtoforge-linux-howtos-and-tutorials http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/12/04/creating-your-own-custom-ubuntu-710-or-linux-mint-40-live-cd-with-remastersys-howtoforge-linux-howtos-and-tutorials/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:35:11 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/12/04/creating-your-own-custom-ubuntu-710-or-linux-mint-40-live-cd-with-remastersys-howtoforge-linux-howtos-and-tutorials/ HowtoForge has instructions for building a custom LiveCD out of an Ubuntu based system.

This guide shows how you can create a Live-CD from your Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon or Linux Mint 4.0 system with a tool called remastersys. Remastersys is available in the Linux Mint romeo repository. You can customize your Ubuntu/Linux Mint system and then let remastersys create an iso image of it which you can then burn onto a CD/DVD.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/12/04/creating-your-own-custom-ubuntu-710-or-linux-mint-40-live-cd-with-remastersys-howtoforge-linux-howtos-and-tutorials/feed/ 1 Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Released http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/04/19/ubuntu-704-feisty-fawn-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ubuntu-704-feisty-fawn-released http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/04/19/ubuntu-704-feisty-fawn-released/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:24:27 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/04/19/ubuntu-704-feisty-fawn-released/ Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn is out, which means four new LiveCDs and two new LiveDVDs. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Edubuntu all have Live “Desktop” releases to go with them.

Downloads:

Ubuntu 7.04 CDs
Kubuntu 7.04 CDs
Xubuntu 7.04 CDs 
Edubuntu 7.04 CDs 

Ubuntu and Kubuntu 7.04 DVDs (torrents) 

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/04/19/ubuntu-704-feisty-fawn-released/feed/ 3 Installing Ubuntu Linux on a usb pendrive http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/03/22/installing-ubuntu-linux-on-a-usb-pendrive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=installing-ubuntu-linux-on-a-usb-pendrive http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/03/22/installing-ubuntu-linux-on-a-usb-pendrive/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:08:02 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/03/22/installing-ubuntu-linux-on-a-usb-pendrive/ Debian/Ubuntu Tips & Tricks has step by step instructions for copying an Ubuntu LiveCD to a USB flash drive. In the end you get a bootable flash drive, which can be used for installing Ubuntu on a computer without a CD drive, or getting the LiveCD experience with something you can fit in your pocket.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/03/22/installing-ubuntu-linux-on-a-usb-pendrive/feed/ 0 How To Use Jigdo For Incremental CD Updates (Daily Builds) http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/03/11/how-to-use-jigdo-for-incremental-cd-updates-daily-builds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-use-jigdo-for-incremental-cd-updates-daily-builds http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/03/11/how-to-use-jigdo-for-incremental-cd-updates-daily-builds/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:15:45 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/03/11/how-to-use-jigdo-for-incremental-cd-updates-daily-builds/ Ubuntu Tutorials shows how to save some time getting the daily builds of Ubuntu Feisty.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/03/11/how-to-use-jigdo-for-incremental-cd-updates-daily-builds/feed/ 0 Review: Practical PHP and MySQL http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/01/27/review-practical-php-and-mysql/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-practical-php-and-mysql http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/01/27/review-practical-php-and-mysql/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:02:22 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/01/27/review-practical-php-and-mysql/ A great example of how LiveCDs can be used, this programming book comes with an Ubuntu LiveCD with all the code examples and code editors installed and ready to use.

There’s a live CD included so you can boot up Ubuntu Linux and see all the projects – not only view and play with code snippets via the Bluefish programming editor (noticeably superior to the text editor I’ve been using to write my PHP), but also running the final applications off the disc.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/01/27/review-practical-php-and-mysql/feed/ 3 Running Ubuntu Linux on Acer Tablet PCs Part II http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/01/03/running-ubuntu-linux-on-acer-tablet-pcs-part-ii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=running-ubuntu-linux-on-acer-tablet-pcs-part-ii http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/01/03/running-ubuntu-linux-on-acer-tablet-pcs-part-ii/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:18:33 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/01/03/running-ubuntu-linux-on-acer-tablet-pcs-part-ii/ TablePCReview has success with an Ubuntu LiveCD on an Acer Tablet PC.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2007/01/03/running-ubuntu-linux-on-acer-tablet-pcs-part-ii/feed/ 0 Ubuntu 6.10 is (almost) Out http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/10/25/ubuntu-610-is-almost-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ubuntu-610-is-almost-out http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/10/25/ubuntu-610-is-almost-out/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:33:33 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/10/25/ubuntu-610-is-almost-out/ The new Ubuntu LiveCDs are being announced on Ubuntu.com. While the link is still pointing to the 6.06.1 release, ISO images of 6.10 are currently propagating throughout the Ubuntu mirrors in a hidden folder called .pool, which happily has full read access. The new Desktop CDs (LiveCDs as they’re known around here) boot significantly quicker than previous releases, which makes them much more attractive for LiveCD tasks than they were previously, and worth the 698 megs of download.

It’s out!

CDs

DVDs

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/10/25/ubuntu-610-is-almost-out/feed/ 0 Ubuntu Edgy Knot 3 Released http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/09/18/ubuntu-edgy-knot-3-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ubuntu-edgy-knot-3-released http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/09/18/ubuntu-edgy-knot-3-released/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:16:03 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/09/18/ubuntu-edgy-knot-3-released/ The latest testing version of Ubuntu Edgy 6.10, Knot 3, has been released. The biggest change is the move to upstart, which should eventually benefit every laptop user.

Common to all variants, we have changed the init system from the venerable sysvinit to upstart which is an event-driven init script system.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/09/18/ubuntu-edgy-knot-3-released/feed/ 0 The Linux Newbie: How to Pick a Linux Distro: LiveCD Edition http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/08/28/the-linux-newbie-how-to-pick-a-linux-distro-livecd-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-linux-newbie-how-to-pick-a-linux-distro-livecd-edition http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/08/28/the-linux-newbie-how-to-pick-a-linux-distro-livecd-edition/#comments Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:58:14 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/08/28/the-linux-newbie-how-to-pick-a-linux-distro-livecd-edition/ The Linux Newbie compares 11 different LiveCDs in this article. One interesting piece of information included is boot times for each of the LiveCDs.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/08/28/the-linux-newbie-how-to-pick-a-linux-distro-livecd-edition/feed/ 0 New book explains Ubuntu to non-geeks http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/08/03/new-book-explains-ubuntu-to-non-geeks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-book-explains-ubuntu-to-non-geeks http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/08/03/new-book-explains-ubuntu-to-non-geeks/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:11:39 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=477 DesktopLinux.com has a quick review of a book which comes with an Ubuntu LiveCD.

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]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/07/24/quick-looks/feed/ 0 Desktop Linux revisited http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/06/05/desktop-linux-revisited/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=desktop-linux-revisited http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/06/05/desktop-linux-revisited/#comments Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:00:12 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=435 Manila Standard Today has an intro to Linux via the Ubuntu 6.06 LiveCD.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/06/05/desktop-linux-revisited/feed/ 0 Tons o’ Screenshots http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/06/02/tons-o-screenshots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tons-o-screenshots http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/06/02/tons-o-screenshots/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:32:50 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=431 OSDir has recently posted many screenshots of new releases, here they are:

Notice the installer icons on the desktops of all the *buntu screenshots.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/06/02/tons-o-screenshots/feed/ 0 Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS Released http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/06/01/ubuntu-linux-606-lts-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ubuntu-linux-606-lts-released http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/06/01/ubuntu-linux-606-lts-released/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:49:37 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=427 The final version of Dapper Drake has been released, and with it comes new LiveCDs for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu. They include GUI hard drive installers on the desktop, and have been named “Desktop” CDs to differentiate themselves from the text installers.

]]> http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/06/01/ubuntu-linux-606-lts-released/feed/ 1 Where Ubuntu LiveCD Both Succeeds and Fails http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/04/23/where-ubuntu-livecd-both-succeeds-and-fails/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-ubuntu-livecd-both-succeeds-and-fails http://www.livecdnews.com/2006/04/23/where-ubuntu-livecd-both-succeeds-and-fails/#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:24:04 +0000 nick http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=390 Application Development Trends has a second blog posting covering positive and negative aspects of the latest beta version of the Ubuntu LiveCD. Overall, some good points are made, such as the expectations some Windows users may have when trying Linux out for the first time. The first part of the Ubuntu coverage is here.

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