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I want to Learn Linux from Square one

Dec 22, 2010 11:50PM PST

Thanks Adminstrator.
I was told that it i possible for me to run linux to my Asus Eee PC 900. Now the second question is what kind of linux is best suitable for my notebook and where can i download a copy into my SD Card?.I am a still a baby in linux so everything have to be well explicit.
Last time i use Back track 3 and 4 when using my wifi-city 2km range to crack wireless network , i was unable to browse online. I was booting it live on CD.I don't know what is wrong, in Windows it is possible to browse by connecting just the network cable but for linux it does not work.
I just got an external Blue tooth key for my Asus Eee PC 900 will this work on linux and i also wonder if my webcam will work.
Will appreciate any reply.

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Ubuntu
Dec 23, 2010 1:08AM PST

Try the new 10.04 Lynx version of Ubuntu. If you have never done it, go to the WUBI installer and do the download, it is very easy. There are lots of plugins within Ubuntu including one to run your onboard web cam, card reader, etc. There are so many things you can add and try we could be here for a long time in discussion. I use Linux on a couple of systems (along with Windows on the front end) and have used the different variants for some years now and really enjoy it, hope that you will too. Best of luck and have fun with Ubuntu!!!

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why is Ubuntu 10 and Linux mint 10 not boot on my SD Card
Jan 2, 2011 2:53AM PST

I have suceessfully download Ubuntu 10 and Mint 10 on my SD Card but if Fail to boot.Can any one help me to solve the prove. I now have a 8SD Kodak Card.

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Getting bootable Linux on an SD card.
Jan 7, 2011 10:07PM PST

Hi,

I am going to assume you need to do this because you are trying to install Linux on a netbook that does not have a CD/DVD drive. The .iso file supplied by the websites is an image file that is not suitable for installation by just copying it to your flash drive. A little more work is required.

You need to download a free program called "Unetbootin" (available for Windows or Linux) that will take the .iso file you have and create a bootable installation version on your USB drive. With Ubuntu or Mint, you have the option of running in the "Live" mode which does not permanently install the software, or you can double click the "install" icon to install Linux on your hard drive. When you create the bootable USB drive, it can only have one OS on it at a time. --you can't install both on one USB drive. The default installation for Linux Mint 10 will reduce your existing Windows partition to about 50% and install the main Linux partiition and smaller Swap partition in the remaining space. When you start the computer, a screen will allow you to choose between the Windows and Linux OS's and their respective recovery boot options.

You don't want to overwrite Windows unless you are really into Linux (my family has been using Linux for 8 years and we've never had any malware infections even without ever having use anti-virus programs). We don't use Windows.

Here's the link for the "Unetbootin" program download: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on both Windows and Linux. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.

Requirements
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, or Linux.
Internet access for downloading a distribution to install, or a pre-downloaded ISO file

Features
UNetbootin can create a bootable Live USB drive, or it can make a "frugal install" on your local hard disk if you don't have a USB drive. It loads distributions either by downloading a ISO (CD image) files for you, or by using an ISO file you've already downloaded.

Once you create the bootable USB drive, you will probably have to get into your boot options BIOS on your computer and select the USB as your first bootable device.

The current Linux Mint has a feature to automatically create a bootable installation USB drive for you. (But you have to have a working copy of Mint ver. 10 or ver. 9).

Just go to Menu > Control Center > Hardware > Startup Disk Creator and you can create your bootable USB drive. This is handy if you have a Linux Mint desktop and want to easily create the Bootable USB drive for your new netbook.

I hope this helps.

Joe

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What did you want to learn?
Dec 23, 2010 1:17AM PST

Using Ubuntu is just a matter of me finding the app.

Learning Linux for me was important as I wanted to write apps.

These two statements show that more definition of what you want to learn is needed.
Bob

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I want to learn Linux to write Softwares.
Jan 2, 2011 2:57AM PST

Why would ubuntu 10 and mint not boot on my SD Card of space 8GB?.

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I think there is another discussion about that.
Jan 3, 2011 8:42AM PST

Discussions have topics and that's a new topic but I see you have another discussion about that.

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Learn Leeenux!
Dec 23, 2010 11:37AM PST
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Ubuntu will not boot on my SD 8 GB KodaK Card
Jan 2, 2011 2:59AM PST

What should i do to boot linux from my card.My 4G SSD is already full.So mi must use my SD To run Any other program.

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Same here.
Jan 2, 2011 3:08AM PST

Seems like something doesn't work. Did you post this as a bug in the right place?

I didn't because I didn't need that to work.
Bob

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Please Tell me
Jan 2, 2011 5:33AM PST

Why will Ubuntu not boot on Sd Card after downloading Universal usb installer-1.8.2.1 exe and also WUBI.

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Just a theory.
Jan 2, 2011 5:44AM PST

4GB is inside the 2^32 magic number.
8GB is bigger than 2^32!

Remember that while I write apps and more I am not a maintainer of any Linux kernal. It's best you report bugs or issues like this to the bug databases or where those bugs get reported.

Bob

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Linux on SD Card
Jan 2, 2011 5:01PM PST
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Under no circumstances, use Wubi.
Jan 2, 2011 11:25PM PST
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I have
Jan 3, 2011 11:52PM PST

A Eee PC 1008HA that is dual boot with Mandriva Linux 2010.2 and runs awesome. The built in webcam works great with Skype. No problems with any hardware, all recognized and worked like a champ.

If you have an USB CD/DVD drive you could use a Live Distro and try several ones before you commit to one.

Knoppix, Mandriva One, PCLOS are one of the easiest to learn and has great hardware detection.

As stated before, Linux is not Ubuntu, is just one of many distros. I hate to sound like an Ubuntu basher but Mandriva IMHO is much easier to learn and come with GNOME, KDE and other desktops environment on one single disc and able to change the repositories at will.

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I succeeded to load Linux mint 10 to my Asus Eee PC series
Jan 8, 2011 7:28PM PST

But i have a problem now.I can't find my webcam or better still to say my webcam is not working.But i think linux mint is very nice anyway. I think Back 3 and 4 are the best linux because of their power command line.
I try to use SD Card for Booting is is 10times slows than a live cd so i decide to purchase an External DVD rom for the process.

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hhm
Jan 12, 2011 11:09PM PST

You can install to HDD. Wink

And for web cam check its model. It should be on internal USB. So:
lsusb
command copy-> paste output. If you do not know model.