While installing Linux including configuration
After you have selected your distro, read the installation guide, prepared your hard drive,and made a list of your hardware, it’s time to install and configure Linux. Much of the configuration process is done during the installation process; so if you have your list of hardware handy, it will make this task a lot easier.
Recent, modern distributions often deliver so-called liveCDs. You can directly boot from the CD without touching your current Operating system on the hard disk. You can install it then directly from the live running Linux, even surfing the web during the process - when installing, however, your hard disk gets touched, so make sure you do the partitions well, if you want to dual-boot.
Booting The boot process - SysVInit or Upstart, GRUB and LILO.
Lose Windows Boot - Windows no longer boots…
Screencast of a Suse 10.1 installation - Requires Flash
Modem Configuration - Configuration of various types of dialup modems
Printer Configuration for lpr using Apsfilter - Printer Configuration for lpr using Apsfilter by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware
Let's get some 3D-Eye candy - While TV-commercials are in awe about Windows Vista, 3D-Desktops have been around in Linux for quite a while. But just together with the launch of Vista, they became easy to install. So, if you want to save some money for new hardware, this is how I installed a “Wow-class 3D Beryl Desktop” on my P4 laptop…and that is over three years old by now!
Linux Distros - As you might know, Linux is only the main part of the system you are going to install. There are many other applications that are needed in order to actually do something useful with a computer. All those applications are bundled together into packages and put on CDs by so-called Distributions. These distributions, or “Distros”, also provide a program that leads through the installation process, as well as programs that help configuring the system after the installation. Modern distributions include just about all the software you will ever need in Linux, provided that this software exists. You will find links to organizations which offer Linux-Distributions in the “Links” section here on LBo.
Install on Older Computer - Older computers have slower processors and less RAM. This requires special consideration.
Apt for Webmasters - Include a link in your webpage which starts the installation of a particular application.
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