Archive January, 2008
Wikidot now available on AGPLv3!
[ Thursday, 31 January 2008, michuk ]
A great wiki engine behind Wikidot.com is now free software as Wikidot Inc owners: Pieter Hintjens and Piotr Frąckowiak released the code on AGPLv3 license just today. This is great news for the Internet as Wikidot is one of the most advanced wiki engines out there, leaving MediaWiki and TWiki far behind.
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SLAX on USB Drive
[ Monday, 28 January 2008, Keyto ]
How to run SLAX-a 6.0 (still in RC state) on a USB memory stick straight away? It’s simple and what you have to do to achieve that is as follows. But how does it actually work? This is a completely different story…
Writing a thesis with LaTeX
[ Monday, 21 January 2008, TLu ]
A dissertation is composed of two elements: the content and the form. The author is certainly the person best qualified to speak about the content. We, however, will focus on the form. We are going to see how to get a fine composition with low time expenditure using LaTeX.
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SLAX 6.0: How does it work?
[ Sunday, 13 January 2008, Keyto ]
I don’t like Slackware. No, please! Do not stone me right away! Slackware is a very good operating system. It’s just not “compatible” with my nature. It’s the oldest Linux system, probably the only distro fully compatible with the original foundations of UNIX systems, and working according to the DIY paradigm (Do It Yourself). It […]
Installing Linux in PXE mode
[ Wednesday, 9 January 2008, michuk ]
Installing Linux is trivial nowadays. You just need to download ISO image, burn it on CD/DVD and reboot the machine. But, what if… the computer doesn’t have a CD drive? Well, don’t worry. In such case you can install Linux directly through the net. This is called PXE and in this article you’ll learn how to use it.
How to burn a Linux CD (an ISO image)?
[ Wednesday, 2 January 2008, michuk ]
To be able to install a GNU/Linux distribution you need to burn a downloaded ISO image on a CD/DVD disc. At least this is the simplest way to achieve this goal. In this tutorial I am going to describe an easy way to do this under Windows and Linux operating systems and how to prepare your PC for a Linux OS.

