http://linuxbasics.org/ 2010-09-10T12:40:57+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/ http://linuxbasics.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:14+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/bittorrent?rev=1216580894&do=diff BitTorrent is a way that users can cooperate in downloading files. Providing downloads on large files like Linux isos can create a large pull on a server. This slows down the download for those trying to get the file. It means the server is charged for a lot of bandwidth. Bit Torrent solves this by having those who download also provide upload to others. The file is transfered in chunks and once you have downloaded a chunk it is available to someone else. One should keep the program going af… text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:13+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/booting_from_cd?rev=1216580893&do=diff Setting your CMOS bios to boot from CD To set your computers BIOS to boot from CD, watch the information displayed on the first screen when your computer powers up. You will see a line telling you to press a key to enter the BIOS settings. Depending on your bios brand, the key may be the Del or F1 or F2 or .... key, you get the idea. There is a listing of many of the brands and the keys for entering the BIOS at <http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/reinstall-reformat-winxp/enter-BIOS.html> text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:14+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/burningisosunderwindows?rev=1216580894&do=diff This page is the result of a thread on our mailing-list. Thanks to Jisao, Terence and Sam! It is advised to check the md5sum with the freeware Md5summer or winMd5Sum. It will save you a lot of hassle to check it, especially if you are a newbie. That way, if anything is not working well, you will know for sure it is not your original ISO image which is corrupt, since you will have taken the step before the burn process to check the integrity of the ISO image with Md5summer (or any other md5sum … text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:14+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/hardware_and_compatibility?rev=1216580894&do=diff Get to know your hardware and find out if it is compatible with Linux before you begin to install. What hardware do you have? Make a list of your hardware. Check to see if it is compatible with Linux. Have this list on hand when you install. If you already have Windows installed on your computer, you can look at the Device Manager and gather information from there on much of this. text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:13+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/install_boot_floppy?rev=1216580893&do=diff Creating a Floppy Boot Disk for Installation when you can't boot from CD-ROM If your system cannot boot from the CD-ROM you will need to create a floppy boot disk. The instruction manual for your distro should have a section on how to make this disk. There are a few floppy images to choose from and the manual should give you an idea of which to use for your needs. text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:13+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/md5sum?rev=1216580893&do=diff md5sums are character strings that are the result of running the md5sum program against a particular file. An md5sum can often be found on download sites such as linuxiso.org where you can get installation cds for Linux. After downloading the file, you run md5sum on it to see if the result is the same as the result from md5sum on the file on the site. If the strings match, the files are the same. If what you get does not match what is listed as the md5sum on the site, then you have a corrupt fil… text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:14+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/preparing_drive?rev=1216580894&do=diff In order to install Linux, you need to prepare some room on your hard drive. The installer will run you through this process as long as there is free space on your drive. Most of us start out with computers that have only one hard drive and Windows is installed on the entire drive. We do not recommend that new Linux users remove Windows from their computer. Probably the best idea is to buy a second hard drive to use only for Linux. You might want to get one of those removable drive drawers (mobi… text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:14+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/resizing_tools?rev=1216580894&do=diff How to reclaim some of the space that Windows isn't using... Quite often new computers come with Windows installed on one large partition. You may want to use part of that space to install Linux. First you will need to resize that Windows partition and create a new partition from the excess space. You can then divide that up into however many partitions you need for installing Linux. text/html 2009-08-25T20:05:15+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/start?rev=1251223515&do=diff Your career in Linux starts way before the first installation. Usually it starts with curiosity--your or your friend's curiosity. Some people have Linux on their computers for years and did not install it themselves. Well, most people using Windows did not install it themselves, either. text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:14+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/understand-the-gpl?rev=1216580894&do=diff In 1984, Richard Stallman was frustrated by the fact that he could not share UNIX with other people. Licenses were expensive and put restrictions upon the users. Please note that I am not a lawyer. If you are seeking legal advice, please contact a lawyer. text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:14+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/what_is_a_kernel?rev=1216580894&do=diff Linux is not the whole system. It is just the core. The core of an operating system is called the “Kernel”. It runs in a special, privileged mode, in which the CPU protects the kernel from regular user-space programs. While there are different approaches on what kind of functionality should (or should not) be included inside this core, at least the following areas are handled by the kernel: Scheduling (Multi-tasking), interprocess-communication, and memory-management. text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:14+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/what_is_a_partition?rev=1216580894&do=diff Partitions are parts of disks. They are formatted independently and appear to the user as if they were seperate disks. Harddrives are so big, that (most times) it makes sense to split them up into more than one piece to manage them. Even if you are running only one operating system (and even if it happens to be Windows), it makes sense to have two partitions: one for your data and one for the system itself. In case you need to reinstall the system, you can format that partition and reinstall/u… text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:14+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/what_is_gnu_not?rev=1216580894&do=diff GNU is a 'recursive acronym' which stands for Gnu's Not Unix. What is it, then? As you have learned in What is a Kernel?, there are many parts in a computer-system. While Linux as the Kernel provides core-functionality, there are many other pieces of software needed to make a PC workable. text/html 2008-07-20T21:08:14+02:00 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/pre/whatis?rev=1216580894&do=diff Linux is not the whole system. It is just the core. The core of an operating system is called the “Kernel”. It runs in a special, privileged mode, in which the CPU protects the kernel from regular user-space programs. While there are different approaches on what kind of functionality should (or should not) be included inside this core, at least the following areas are handled by the kernel: Scheduling (Multi-tasking), interprocess-communication, and memory-management.