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 ...

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.

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 ...

If your PC has been experiencing strange system crashes, or even the dreaded Blue Screen of Death, it's worth running some tests to check your system hardware. Luckily the Ubuntu Live CD has some ...

The latest version of Ubuntu, the free Linux distribution based on Debian, includes a fully customisable Live CD and an automated installation tool. Although the first public release of Ubuntu was ...

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I'm working 12 hour shifts for the next week in a facility that won't let me hook my work laptop (winXP) to the network. I can, however, connect to the network by booting a Ubuntu Live CD.

Ubuntu Linux 8.10, aka Intrepid Ibex, is the most popular Linux distribution available for installing on your PC, thanks to its steadily improving hardware compatibility and installation software, ...

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 ...