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Linux Mint is kind of taking of the reigns of being one of the most popular linux distros. Like installing any operating system the traditional way, you can run into roadblocks.  For example, you may not be able to burn a linux cd, the machine you want to load linux on has a broken cd/dvd rom, or a host of other reasons. What we are about to do is what is known as pxeboot networking. Another words we will use a web server to get us started with a linux install on a system. Traditionally you actually had to have several servers to do the network install. You had to modify a Dhcp (Ipaddress servers) server,  a Tftp (boot files) server, and among other systems which generally required a lot of setup and the blessing of the system administrator, I tried this with the python web server, but you have to have all the files in one directory from what I could see.  I just did not want to take the time to do it. $  python -m SimpleHTTPServer I went ahead and used the ...

Ever not wanted a majority of software that default installs include. Here is a way to make a trimmed down desktop and then surgically install the gui applications you prefer.  During the install, un-check all options including the Desktop environment (excepting additional basic utilities if it is shown such as in a network install). We will manually install the desktop. Finish the install. The after the reboot, you will want to log in. Do not be surprised at the mouse environment missing. We are almost there.  Then you will want to do the following installs in two separate lines. $ sudo apt-get install lxde xorg Instead of adding all the video drivers, you could just do the one for your video card if you know it. $ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-all Test the install with: $ startx You should get a desktop. The next time you reboot, you should automatically come to a gui login.   Then in the gui environment, you can set up your applications much easier wi...

To be honest, I do not spend that much time on Unix history. You could probably get a better idea of the history at:  http://www.robotwisdom.com/linux/timeline.html or www.groklaw.net Android was originally very loosely based on Linux at it's start. Now who knows. What is ironic is that Microsoft according to news reports allegedly earns almost a half billion dollars each year off of Android with their alleged software patents. Not so long ago A company called SCO claimed ownership of Unix via Novell and also claimed that Linux was directly a copy of unix. That assertion was clearly rebuked by the courts. SCO now allegedly in bankruptcy still wants to assert the same argument. They are still in Court with IBM over that assertion. www.groklaw.net has all the details. See also www.eff.org . Linux was developed by Linux Torvalds who still has a great say in how linux is developed. Since it is a free as in speech operating system, many derivatives have been developed. In fact, if you ...