Install-the-LILO-bootloader.png/640px-Install-the-LILO-bootloader.png' alt='How To Install Grub Bootloader Debian Wiki' title='How To Install Grub Bootloader Debian Wiki' />Debian Stable is a wonderful solid distribution that can be upgraded in place from version to version automatically as long as the Debian Stable repos are used. UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Slimpupusevideo.ogv/854px--Slimpupusevideo.ogv.jpg' alt='How To Install Grub Bootloader Debian Wiki' title='How To Install Grub Bootloader Debian Wiki' />MX Linux Users Manual. MX 1. 5 Linux Users Manualv. HINTS Ctrl F search this Manual. Ctrl End goto Glossary. Ctrl Home return here. How To Install Grub Bootloader Debian Wiki' title='How To Install Grub Bootloader Debian Wiki' />FEEDBACK Introduction. About MX Linux. MX Linux is a special version of anti. X developed in full collaboration with the MEPIS Community, using the best tools and talents from each distro and including work originally created by Warren Woodford for his MEPIS project. It is a midweight OS designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium sized footprint. It deploys Xfce 4. Desktop Environment on top of a Debian Stable base ongoing backports to the Community Repos keep it current see the Community Repository page, and one click installation of many popular additional packages is available in the MX Package Installer. Although anti. X is its code parent, MX Linux comes with a distinct set of applications and procedures that in many instances differ completely. It relies on the excellent upstream work by Linux, Debian, and Xfce. It also incorporates the independent and innovative development products smxi and inxi. The following Development Team members devs AT mxlinux DOT org played a particularly significant role in the creation of MX Linux. Lead Developer anticapitalista. Primary CodersPackagers Adrian, Bit. Jam, kmathern, Stevo, timkb. How To Install Grub Bootloader Debian Wiki' title='How To Install Grub Bootloader Debian Wiki' />Project Manager jerry. Significant contributors chrispop. DolphinOracle, Eadwine Rose, fu sen, Gaer Boy, Ko, mpav, megatotoro, namida. Utopia, zeeone. Special thanks for strong ongoing support of this project go to the Mepis Community Packagers to video producers DolphinOracle and mpav to our volunteers, especially Gordon Cooper, mikeinsantarosa, Old Giza and v. Translators About this Manual. Figure 1 1 The needfor manuals xkcd. This Users Manual is the product of large group of volunteers from the MX Linux community. As such, it will inevitably contain errors and omissions, although we have worked hard to minimize them. Hand Scribble Sketch Rock Font. Please send us corrections or suggestions using one of the methods listed at the beginning. Updates will occur online on a regular basis the backup copy on the hard drive usrlocalsharedocmxum. The Manual is designed to walk new users through the steps of obtaining a copy of MX Linux, installing it, configuring it to work with ones own hardware, and putting it to daily use. It aims to provide a readable general introduction, and purposely gives preference to graphical tools when available. For detailed or infrequent topics, the user should consult the Resources or post on the Forum. New users may find some of the terms used in this Manual to be unfamiliar or confusing. We have tried to limit the use of difficult terms and concepts, but some are simply unavoidable. The Glossary located at the end of the document provides definitions and comments that will help in getting through difficult passages. All content is 2. X Linux and released under GPLv. Citation should read MX Linux Community Documentation Project. Users Manual for MX Linux. System requirements. For an MX Linux system installed on a harddrive, you would normally need the following components. See also Live. Medium options in Section 6. A CDDVD drive and BIOS capable of booting from that drive, or a live USB and BIOS capable of booting from USB. A modern i. 48. 6 Intel or AMD processor. MB of RAM memory. GB free hard drive space. A Sound. Blaster, AC9. HDA compatible sound card. A CDDVD drive and BIOS capable of booting from that drive, or a live USB and BIOS capable of booting from USB. A modern i. 68. 6 Intel or AMD processor. GB of RAM memory or more. At least 1. 0 GB free hard drive space. A 3. D capable video card for 3. D desktop support. What kind of support is available for MX LinuxThe answer to this question depends on the type of support you mean. User based problems. A raft of support mechanisms exists for MX Linux, from documents and videos to forums and search engines. See the Community Support page for details. Hardware. Hardware is supported in the kernel, where continuous development goes on. Very new hardware may not yet be supported, and very old hardware, though still supported, may no longer be sufficient for the demands of the desktop and applications. Desktop. Xfce. 4 is a mature desktop that remains under development. The version shipped with MX Linux is considered stable important updates will be applied as they become available. Applications. Applications continue to be developed after the release of any version of MX Linux, meaning that the shipped versions will get older as time passes. This problem is addressed through a combination of sources Debian, individual Developers including MX Devs, and the Community Packaging Team. Security. Security updates from Debian will cover MX Linux users well into the foreseeable future. Bugs, issues and requests. Bugs are errors in a computer program or system that produce incorrect results or abnormal behavior. MX Linux defines issues as upstream bugs about which the Dev Team can do nothing. Finally, requests are additions requested by users, either as new applications or new features for existing applications. MX Linux deals with these in the following manner. All three of these are managed by means of the Tracker. Users should make a post in the Bugs and Request Forum, being careful to provide information about hardware, system, and error details. Devs as well as Community members will respond to those posts with questions, suggestions, etc. If Devs conclude that a legitimate bugissuerequest is involved, they create a new entry in Tracker. Users can consult Tracker to monitor progress on their post. Figure 1 2 Tracker Migration. Whenever possible, a migration path is provided with distribution upgrades i. The exception to this standard procedure arises when the Debian base changes. Debian Stable is a wonderful solid distribution that can be upgraded in place from version to version automatically as long as the Debian Stable repos are used exclusively. MX uses Debian Stable as a base, but updates a lot of the userland programs libraries, and backports newer programs from testing by building them against the Stable base. That gives a better user experience but interferes with Debians dist upgrade path. Our current choice to stick with sysvinit instead of going to full systemd also interferes with that path. So its a trade off better desktop user experience at the expense of having to do a quick fresh install which lets you save home if desired when the Debian base changes, typically every 2 3 years. Installation Introduction. An MX Linux Live. Medium USB or CD boots your computer without accessing the hard disk. It copies a virtual file system into RAM that acts as the center of a temporary operating system for the computer. When you end your Live session, everything about your computer is back to the way it was, unchanged contrast Section 6. This provides a number of benefits. It enables you to run MX Linux on your computer without installing it. It allows you to determine whether MX Linux is compatible with your hardware. It helps you to get a feel for how MX Linux works and to explore some of its features. You can decide whether MX Linux is what you want without permanently affecting your current system. Running from the Live. Medium also has some disadvantages if using a Live CD. How to install Ubuntu onto a Windows tablet. Are you jealous of the sudden proliferation of cheap Windows 2 in 1 tablets Wish you could run Linux on it instead Spanish smartphone manufacturer, BQ, has teamed up with Canonical to sell the Aquarius M1. Ubuntu pre installed, but with the price tag is pretty high, so why pay more when it turns out you can with a fair amount of tweaking get Linux to install on one of those cheap Windows tablets These devices all use a low end Intel Atom quad core processor known collectively as Bay Trail, and we managed to source one such tablet, which weve made the focus of this tutorial. The device in question is a Linx 1. Atom Z3. 73. 5F processor, 2. GB RAM, 3. 2GB internal EMMC plus a slot for additional micro. SD card, two full size USB ports and a touchscreen with multi touch support. It can be bought with detachable keyboard and trackpad for under 1. US2. 15, AU2. 75. These devices come with Windows 1. Linux on them. In a perfect world, youd simply create a live Linux USB drive, plug it in and off you go, but there are a number of complications to overcome. First, these tablets pair a 6. EFI most distros expect a 6. EFI, or a 3. 2 bit processor with traditional BIOS, so they wont recognise the USB drive when you boot. Second, while hardware support is rapidly improving with the latest kernel releases, its still not particularly comprehensive out of the box. But dont worry if youre willing to live with reduced functionality for now things are improving on an almost daily basis you can still get Linux installed and running in a usable setup using a Bay Trail based tablet. Heres what you need to do. Back up your tablet. It pays to take a full backup of your tablet in its current state, so you can restore it to its original settings if necessary. The best tool for the job by far is a free Windows application called Macrium Reflect Free. Install this on your tablet, then back up the entire disk to your tablets micro. SD storage before creating a failsafe Macrium USB bootable drive for restoring the backup if required. Note The micro. SD slot cant be detected by the rescue disc, so to restore your tablet to its default state youll need a USB micro. SD card reader, which can be detected by the Macrium software. With your failsafe in place, its time to play. While theyre very similar, Bay Trail tablets arent identical, so its worth searching for your tablet model and a combination of relevant terms Linux, Ubuntu and Debian etc to see what turns up. Youre likely to find enthusiasts such as John Wells, who has detailed guides and downloadable scripts to getting Ubuntu running on an Asus Transformer T1. TA tablet with most of the hardware working. Another good resource is the Debian. On wiki where youll find many other tablets are featured with guides to what works, what issues to look out for and handy links and downloads for further information. Sadly for us theres no handy one stop shop for the Linx 1. Upgrade the kernel to 4. Ubuntu touch friendly on your tablet. Hardware support. Whats the current state of play for hardware support for Bay Trail tabletsIt varies from device to device, of course, but there are differences. Heres what you should be looking for when testing your tablet ACPI This deals with power management. This is practically non existent out of the box, but later kernels do tend to produce support for displaying battery status the Linx appears to be the exception to the rule here. Suspend and hibernation should be avoided. Wi Fi Later kernels again improve support, but many devices use SDIO wireless adaptors, which arent supported without patches or custom built drivers. Bluetooth This often needs patching with later kernels, although our Linx tablet retained Bluetooth connectivity throughout, even when the internal Wi Fi adaptor stopped working. Sound A problem on many tablets, and even if the driver is recognised and loaded, required firmware may be missing. Be wary here there are reports of users damaging their sound cards while trying to activate them. Touchscreen As weve seen, older kernels dont support them, but upgrading to kernel 4. Camera Theres been little progress made here so far. In most cases youll need to wait for drivers to appear.