One weakness of the knoppix-installer script is that it does not ask you to enter your time zone during the installation process. You are also not asked if you want to set your hardware clock to local time or UTC. Solving these issues is not hard, though not particularly intuitive. In order for this to work, you'll still have to first run tzconfig or tzsetup to set the correct time zone.
There is a good deal of overlap between the two, but you'll probably want to explore the KANOTIX menu first since that's a feature of this operating system.
This will set up your Ethernet port you do have an Ethernet port, don't you? As soon as you've made the OS aware of your Ethernet port, I'd advise setting up a firewall.
You really ought to do this before attempting to connect to the Internet. I personally find Guarddog to be the best firewall around, though a complete Linux newbie might be slightly intimidated. Don't be - just plunge in. The main thing to know about Guarddog is that it blocks all ports by default, so you've got to unblock a few in order to be able to connect to anything.
Some people will also want to unblock ping , though this makes you more visible on the Internet invisibility is a good thing. This should be sufficient for most users, but look through the list of services to see if there is anything else you need access to. If you're an ADSL user, at this point you'll probably want to configure your connection. Either way, you'll be asked this question: Start DSL on boot? If you need that, you could look into kdsl , but it is not yet a part of KANOTIX mainly because its functionality is still rather limited.
You could also set this up with sudo see "man sudo" to avoid the need to become root but a detailed explanation for doing that is a more complex task than I wish to go into for this review. Linux has supported wireless networks for several years now, but only since around kernel 2. If you have a wireless card that is not supported by the kernel, you may still be able to get it working with ndiswrapper. This allows you to "wrap" a Windows driver so that it magically works with Linux. To find out which Windows driver you need, check out the ndiswrapper page on SourceForge.
Once you know the correct driver and have downloaded it from somewhere, the procedure for loading it into KANOTIX is: ndiswrapper -i driver. Just booting my laptop from the CD, the Centrino was detected and the proper driver ipw loaded. That's all easy enough, but it will get slightly more complicated if you've installed KANOTIX to the hard disk and then configure your Ethernet network.
Most probably you will have four steps to getting online: 1 You may have to manually load the driver by typing this as root : modprobe ipw Note: I've been assured that step 1 won't be necessary in the next release of KANOTIX.
This step might not be necessary if you're connecting to an open WLAN that doesn't require authentication. Your Ethernet port will probably be eth0. This ought to do it: ifconfig eth0 down ; ifup eth1 That will probably be all you need to do. If it still doesn't work, try this command: pump -i eth1.
Once you have succeeded in getting online, you might want to give your firewall a test. There are a number of online sites which will hammer on your firewall if you grant permission.
You can find these services by Googling for "port scanner test". With any operating system, it's always a good idea to see what services daemons you've got running, and to turn off any services that you don't need. Remember, the more services you've got running, the greater the chance that script kiddies will be able to hack into your system.
Perhaps the best way to see what's running is to use the netstat command, like this: netstat -an more Screenshot 2: Output of netstat What's important to note here are those services that have a state "LISTEN" in all caps. If you will be attaching your computer to a printer, you will probably want to keep this enabled. Since I never attach my laptop to a printer, I've decided to disable this.
On Debian-based systems, the way to disable cupsys and other services is to run the following as root: update-rc. Only upon the next reboot will the change go into effect. If the above sounds a tad complicated, actually it is.
It would be a very good idea to run rcconf and enable Guarddog so that it starts up every time you boot. If you have a laptop with a Centrino or AMD64 processor, you may want to use rcconf to enable powernowd , a fantastic power-management daemon. I started powernowd and watched in amazement as my CPU temperature dropped by 15 degrees Celsius in 10 minutes. This might be a good time to point out just what tool I use to find out the CPU temperature.
I use drumroll please gkrellm , which actually reports a number of interesting things about your setup. Despite the name, apt-get has nothing to do with getting an apartment, but rather getting software using Debian's APT Advanced Package Tool.
Nevertheless, you may want to install some additional packages from the Debian archives. Before you can do that, you need to update the package database on your machine. The process may take a few minutes depending on your connection speed. Now that your package database is up-to-date, you can run the nice user-friendly point-and-click Debian package manager front-end, Synaptic.
You will, of course, need to know the name of the package you want - the best way to find out is to download the Unstable Package List. If you're not afraid of the command line, you can also search using the "apt-cache search" function - for example to search for all packages related to "emacs", do this: apt-cache search emacs Admittedly, not everyone has the same tastes in software as I do, but a few Debian packages I invariably install include koffice, gftp, emacs21, ispell, gtksee, gqview, antiword, mailfilter, xcdroast and units.
Now that you are online, you can install it if you like: apt-get install kdsl. Some people avoid text-mode like the plague, but I personally find it occasionally useful. Therefore, I prefer to have my computer boot into runlevel 2 text-mode and start KDE manually with the startx command. However, not everyone likes this kitchen sink approach, and I generally prefer a more lightweight window manager. The Debian way of changing the default mouse pointer is to run the following: update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme You'll then be prompted with four alternatives, of which you can choose one.
One other thing I changed was the default editor from vim to emacs21 , but many other users may prefer nano which is easy to use. Free software doesn't make the cash register ring, so it should come as no surprise that KANOTIX doesn't include a toll-free hotline for support.
Another thing that you can do is send Joerg some feedback. I have found that more than any other distro I've used, the developers of KANOTIX are willing to listen to suggestions and make modifications that users request. The developers take users' suggestions seriously and constantly make improvements.
Laptop users will be particularly jazzed with all the optimizations that make mobile computing easier. In short, this is Debian with pizzazz, and any Linux geek worthy of the name should check it out. Keep your eyes open for the next release, coming soon to a server near you. Copyright C Robert Storey Verbatim copying and distribution of this article is permitted in any medium, provided this copyright notice is preserved.
Note: If you'd like to discuss this article, please do so on the DistroWatch Weekly page. If your Windows system fails to boot due to system crash, blue screen and damaged hard drive, please refer to case 2.
If your Windows 10 computer still can boot smoothly, please follow the steps below to reset your Windows PC. For that:. Step 1. Step 2. In the pop-up window, navigate to the Recovery section at the left pane and click on the Get started button under the Reset this PC option at the right side of the window. Step 3. Then you will see the 2 options whether Keep my files or Remove everything. Here you can choose one based on your needs. Step 4. Now, follow the on-screen prompts to complete this resetting PC operation.
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Click on Finish to exit the window. Here you need to confirm the Language , Time and currency format , and Keyboard or input method to install.
After that, click on Next. Click on the Install now button and enter the license key. Tick the checkbox for I accept the license terms and click on Next. Then you will see 2 options: Upgrade Install and Custom Install. Here we take the latter for example. Select a drive to install Windows 10 and click on Next. Step 7. Now, Windows 10 will be installed automatically.
You need to wait for some time. I believe that you will reinstall Windows 10 smoothly according to the above full guide. However, the above method will sacrifice all the data on your hard drive.
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