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10 questions linked to/from Is it possible to install a linux desktop environment from a live cd?
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How can I fix/install/reinstall grub?
So I started out with a 250GB HDD, the stock drive from an EeePC 1015pem that I am trying to turn into a MintBook. The drive is physically operable, but all data has been nuked, including the old OS. ...
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Debian vs Debian Live?
Debian 9.7 released today,
I wanted to update my pendrive but as I go to the release page there are offline installers, links below
Debian 9.7 "Current"
and
Debian 9.7 "Current - live"
I am well ...
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Debian doesn't boot after plugging new graphics card
Recently, I've replaced a basic ATI card to NVIDIA GeForce 750 Ti. Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu work fine, but Debian cannot even boot. After selecting standard boot:
And after boot in recovery mode:
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I ...
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wget downloaded file names with absolute path for use with apt-get
I'm looking for a way of updating a machine that is offline. For that purpose I found this explanation using --print-uris from apt-get. I have successfully installed new packages (and dependencies) ...
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Why does Debian include "cdrom" in sources.list?
Here's my sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0.0 _Wheezy_ - Official amd64 CD Binary-1 20130$
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0.0 _Wheezy_ - Official amd64 CD Binary-1 20130$
deb http://...
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Can't find ubuntu-desktop package on ubuntu desktop iso
Trying to add a desktop environment to Ubuntu Server 13.10. The machine is offline and needs to stay that way for a while. I burned the Ubuntu Destop ISO (ubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64.iso, nabbed here) ...
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Centos 7 offline update
I want to upgrade my Centos version 7.8 to 7.9 or 8. But my system is not connected to the internet. And I can reach remotely with ssh and sftp to the this server.
Is there a way to do this update ...
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Debian netinst with usb modem
Im trying to install 64-bit debian on machine with windows and I have no way to connect internet over ethernet at this moment.
I have only ZTE USB modem and Nokia N900 linux mobile phone with wifi ...
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How to Run `reinstall xkb-data` for Broken Installation in Live USB?
I would like to run the following command for the installation that has broken /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us. Editing the file, restarting, just puts the false parameters there back again and again.
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Installing gcc offline on a Debian based distro
I installed Kubuntu 14.10 and it doesn't come with gcc compiler. Since I currently don't have Internet access on my laptop, I got the offline version (a tar.gz file) from a friend but I don't know how ...