Notes

January 5, 2012 Notes

Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture) - is the codename for Intel's 22 nm die shrink of the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture. The first to use tri-gate ("3D") transistors...
Intel also plans a new 7-series Panther Point chipsets with Ivy Bridge that will come with integrated USB 3.0.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)

January 5, 2012 Notes

Shuttle SH67H3 Windows Home Server 2011 Build
http://www.alanraul.com/whs/

HP Micro Server N40L
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06b/15351-15351-4237916-4237918-4237917-4248009-5153252-5153253.html?jumpid=reg_r1002_usenc-001&lang=en&cc=us

HP Micro Server N40L Purchasing Links:
http://www.amazon.com/HP-Micro-N40L-Nhp-Svr/dp/B005KKJPCO/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859107052&Tpk=n40l

Linux Beginner Training at SCALE 10X
https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale10x/events/linux-beginner-training-scale-10x

Ultimate Edition was built from Linux Mint and has been dubbed ULTAMINT.
http://ultimateedition.info/

December 8, 2011 Notes - Thanks to Ben H. for filling in.

The Linux Action Show - Linux Mint 12 Review
A very concise but informative review.
Starts at 36 minutes and ends at 52 minutes
http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/14653/linux-mint-12-review/

Linux Mint 12 Lisa Review: Magnificent is the Word!
http://www.techdrivein.com/2011/12/linux-mint-12-lisa-review-magnificent.html

Linux Mint 12 MATE
http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2011/12/02/linux-mint-12-mate/

Linux Mint 12 GNOME 3
http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2011/11/30/linux-mint-12/

November 10, 2011 Notes

OpenMediaVault (Submitted by Alan R.) is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. OpenMediaVault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices, but is not limited to those scenarios. It is a simple and easy to use out-of-the-box solution that will allow everyone to install and administrate a Network Attached Storage without deeper knowledge.
http://www.openmediavault.org/
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/openmediavault/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMediaVault

TonidoPlug (Submitted by Ron J.) is a tiny, low-power, low-cost personal and small-business server and NAS device powered by Tonido software that allows you to access, share and sync your files, music and media from anywhere.
http://www.tonidoplug.com/
https://store.tonido.com/

September 8, 2011 Notes

Giver is a simple file sharing desktop application. Other people running Giver on your network are automatically discovered and you can send files to them by simply dragging the files to their photo or icon shown in Giver. There is no knowledge or set up needed beyond what the person looks like or their name to use Giver.

Here's a screen capture of Giver running on three Linux boxes at my house.
TRIVIA: All my computers are named after kayak models manufactured by Ocean Kayak. My servers are named OCEAN, OCEAN2, etc.

By default Linux Mint 11 has Giver preinstalled. If you are using another distribution, check to see if Giver is installed and if not please install Giver before the LUG meeting.
http://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/giver
http://code.google.com/p/giver/

To demonstrate Giver we will send the user needed distributions and other needed files over the network at the Training Center.

We will also demonstrate how to share a folder in Nautilus with Windows. Access from a Windows machine is a breeze. Hit the Windows key and R which will bring up the Run command. Type in  \\thecomputername In our demo we will use \\frenzy You now have read/write access to the shared folder on your Linux machine. If you have media content in the shared folder it's available on media players (ex. WD Live) on your network.

Reinstall grub2 from a LiveCD
 http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/245
sudo mount /dev/sdXY /mnt  example sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sdX  example  sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda

August 11, 2011 Notes

How to install nearly any Linux distro using a USB flash drive and UNetbootin
 http://liliputing.com/2011/07/how-to-install-nearly-any-linux-distro-using-a-usb-flash-drive-and-unetbootin.html

Create a Persistent, Bootable, and Virtualized Linux USB Drive with LiLi
http://www.howtogeek.com/65888/create-a-persistent-bootable-and-virtualized-linux-usb-drive-with-lili/

Konoppix 6.7
http://knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix67-en.html

July 7, 2011 Notes

Lightweight Portable Security - creates a secure end node from trusted media on almost any Intel-based computer (PC or Mac).
http://spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm

June 9, 2011 Notes

FreeNAS is an embedded open source NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD
http://www.freenas.org/

How To Build Your Own Network-Attached Storage with FreeNAS 8 (Submitted by Don J.)
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/84270-how-to-build-your-own-networkattached-storage-with-freenas-8

Turn an Old Computer into a Networked Backup, Streaming, or Torrenting Machine with FreeNAS
http://lifehacker.com/5822590/turn-an-old-computer-into-a-networked-backup-streaming-or-torrenting-machine-with-freenas

Dell & HP have software that writes into the MBR that corrupts grub2
A learning experience...

Dell i15R-1748MRB Core i3-350M 2.26GHz
Windows 7 64-bit
Hard drive has been pre-partitioned with a DATA and Linux partition

1) Installed Linux Mint 11 64-bit RC from a USB flash drive
2) Rebooted into Linux and works AOK
3) Rebooted into Windows 7 and works AOK
4) Rebooted again and the following error appears:
"no module name found"
"Aborted. Press any key to exit"

I did steps 1, 2 and 3 and the same error appeared.

I found that some Windows programs write into the extended MBR (the first 63 sector of the hard drive), even though this is reserved for booting purposes. This overwrites some of Grub 2's boot code and booting fails. The same problems can occur with Legacy Grub, but not as often since Legacy Grub uses a much smaller part of the extended MBR.

I rebuilt the Windows boot environment using the following commands:
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
More information can be found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

After successfully booting into Windows 7 I uninstalled Dell DataSafe.

I then reinstalled Linux Mint 11 64-bit RC from a USB flash drive. I could have restored GRUB but decided I want to do a clean install. It's also very fast to install from a USB flash drive. Everything works AOK!!!

Update: I installed the final version of Linux Mint 11 with no issues.

May 5, 2011 Notes

WEARABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER (Submitted by Joe S.)
http://www.wearablepersonalcomputer.com/

How To Build Your Own Network-Attached Storage with FreeNAS 8 (Submitted by Don J.)
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2384870,00.asp

Intel Looks to New Interface that is Faster than Thunderbolt (Submitted by Alan R.)
http://goo.gl/EQvVe

Intel 3d 22nm 3-D Tri-Gate Transistors (Submitted by Joe S.)
http://goo.gl/oRLPK

April 9, 2011 Notes

The Story of Linux: Commemorating 20 Years of the Linux Operating System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ocq6_3-nEw

LinuxLive USB Creator - (Submitted by John B.) is a free and open-source software for Windows. It creates portable, bootable and virtualized USB stick running Linux.
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/

Shuttle XPC SH67H3 Barebones Computer (Submitted by Alan R.)
http://www.shuttle.eu/products/mini-pc/sh67h3/overview/

March 10, 2011 Notes

How to Configure the Linux Grub2 Boot Menu the Easy Way
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/43471/how-to-configure-the-linux-grub2-boot-menu-the-easy-way/

HOWTO: Grub Customizer
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10340183

February 10, 2011 Notes

iTwin - The iTwin is composed of identical halfs that resemble a standard USB drive. One half goes into your home computer, and the other goes on the road with you. Wherever you plug in that second half, you have a secure, encrypted remote Internet connection to your home computer.
http://www.itwin.com/

Ben Nanonote (Submitted by Ron J.) is a TINY portable computer with a remarkably passionate, open source attitude about software and hardware. It ships with a customized OpenWRT OS, but people also Run Debian, and another distro called JLime.
http://sharism.cc/
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://nanl.de/blog/2011/02/ben-nanonote-able-to-control-radio-power-sockets/

January 6, 2011 Notes

12 Commands Every Linux Newbie Should Learn
http://goo.gl/VsTbP

htop - an interactive process viewer for Linux
http://htop.sourceforge.net/

November 11. 2010 Notes

Command Line Interface Intro Special Edition from PCLinuxOS
http://pclosmag.com/index.php/latest-mag/25-command-line-interface-intro-special-edition

October 7, 2010 Notes

LibreOffice is the provisional name of a community-led fork of OpenOffice
http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/

Ninite for Linux
http://ninite.com/linux/

High-Speed Data Link (HSDL) - is a interface to revolutionize solid-state storage performance
http://www.ocztechnology.com/aboutocz/press/2010/397

IronKey - The World's Most Secure Flash Drive
https://www.ironkey.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronKey

IronClad - Lockheed Martin has partnered with IronKey to produce a bootable version of an IronKey drive, branded the IronClad. IronClad drives combine IronKey hardware with customized virtualization and security software that enables the drives to house and boot an entire operating system, applications and files from the USB drive.
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/products/ironclad/

MXI - has a wide range of secure portable storage products and solutions that are designed to meet the needs of the most security-conscious mobile clients.
http://www.mxisecurity.com/en/products

ASUS Skype Videophone Touch SV1TWv
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=EHtzdEQ4EbuHfw5q
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=8NtigJONrWERsavj
http://www.amazon.com/Skype-Videophone-Touch-SV1TW-Silver/dp/B002LASE7S/

Spinrite - hard drive data recovery software
http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

PhotoRec - Digital Picture and File Recovery
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhotoRec

Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Web Hosting
http://mediatemple.net/

September 9, 2010 Notes

Universal USB Installer – Easy as 1 2 3
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

August 5, 2010 Notes

Remastersys Demo - This program will allow you to create a customized Live CD/DVD or to backup your entire Linux operating system with your data to an installable Live CD/DVD.
http://remastersys.sourceforge.net/
http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/ubuntu.html

HDDBOOST submitted by Earl K.
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=HDDBOOST

Opera Unite submitted by Ralph S.
http://unite.opera.com/

Battery University submitted by Eugene R.
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/

July 8, 2010 Notes

Dreamlinux Demo submitted by Charles K. If you like "The Doc" in MAC, you will like this distro.
http://www.dreamlinux.net/
http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php?topic=6677.0

The Seagate FreeAgent DockStar was shown by Ron J. at our Linux meeting section entitled "What's New in Tech." A very interesting device...

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/network_storage/freeagent_dockstar/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VVmJownZJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM4JkZQA-YE
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-DockStar-Network-STDSA10G-RK/dp/B002MRRU6G/

LiveUSB Drives: Why, How-to, and Where At submitted by Ron J. This is a refresher for people who want to boot Linux from a USB flash drive.
http://www.tildehash.com/?article=liveusb-drives-why-how-to-and-where-at

Damn Small Linux is now considered to be a dormant Linux distribution.
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=damnsmall

June 10, 2010 Notes

Even though this is a LUG you must know Windows technology so Linux can coexist.
boot.ini = XP
Bcdedit = Vista/7 Boot Configuration Data  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcdedit#Boot_Configuration_Data
EFI System partition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFI_System_Partition
Extensible Firmware Interface http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface
Advanced Format Drive Technology http://www.wdc.com/en/products/advancedformat/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2888
http://hothardware.com/Articles/WDs-1TB-Caviar-Green-w-Advanced-Format-Windows-XP-Users-Pay-Attention/

http://www.ubunter.com/

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13535/move-window-buttons-back-to-the-right-in-ubuntu-10.04/

http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-post-install-guide-what-to.html

May 7th, 2010 Notes

Free Your Machine Installation Script
http://urbanunderworld.net/software/linux/fym/

Amahi Home Server - Making Home Networking Simple
http://www.amahi.org/

Mythbuntu
http://www.mythbuntu.org/

TeamViewer full version - Linux
http://teamviewer.com/download/

Older Notes

System76
http://www.system76.com/

Customizing Grub2 boot menu
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1296225

Misc

text editor = /etc/lsb-release
command line = run lsb_release -a

Windows 7 will run 120 days for free
From a command prompt in Administrator mode type "slmgr /rearm"

ntfs-config