Howtos « Helpful Linux Tidbits

Howtos

I’ve had some good time writting these guides, tell me what you think.

Linux Tidbits
- Linux Tidbits is a collection of commands I’ve learned over the first year Linux good for the new user to get his feet wet.
Gentoo Helpful Tidbits
- New to Gentoo users should find this intro a good place to get the basics.

Gentoo on a Clamshell iBook
- I update this tutorial whenever I can. I has become my guide to creating a nice Gentoo installation.
Ubuntu on an iBook
- My baby love, the first Linux install that kept.
LiveUSB on PPC
- Putting a Linux Distro ISO on a flash drive isn’t tremendously difficult, booting it is. My adventures in white screen/black text.

Getting Gnome Volume Manager to Play Nice
- I’ve always fought Gnome Volume Manager, in different versions I’ve had a good deal of unexpected behaviors, this can help some of it.
Recovering Windows Boot
- I never much used Windows but when it’s boot got fubar’d by a Linux Install, I began to wonder if I’d miss it.
Mac Security
- I like macs but this is one thing I never expected – poor security.

Doing System Backups to DVD
- With no external hard drive and wanting to reinstall Windows, I had only one way to save my current Linux installation.

Better LCD Font Rendering
- If you’re an Ubuntu user, this isn’t much good. Otherwise make reading easy.
Howto Create a Simple but Nice Webpage from Scratch
- Original web design was all about tables when I started, now it’s better to use css. This is a simple design for basic uses but it is streamlined and efficient.
Converting Windows Icons to Linux
- I have collected icons over the years, some of these works are pretty amazing, but when I got to Linux I had no way to look at them. This is how they can be converted.

Continuum – A favorite game of yor, needs a patched version of Wine to run.
- Gentoo
- Ubuntu
Darwinia on Gentoo
- I tend to like games that have a billions of things happening at the same time, Darwinia can be alot of fun.