How to install Lucid puppy Linux on a hard disk using live cd.

Puppy Linux is a special build of Linux meant to make computing easy and fast.It is lightweight but powerful. Puppy requires only very few seconds too boot up to. Everyone wants to know how to install both Windows and Puppy togather in a single Pc but majority don't know. So here is a tutorial that will help you to set up Dual boot on your system.I am assuming that you have windows as primary operating system on your computer right now. You can follow the steps as given below:-

• Download lucid puppy linux from here.save it .
• Write that .iso file to a disk using a disk writing software such as nero or burnfree.

• Go to the computer you want to install puppy.open the CD/DVD drive and put in the live CD/DVD you just made.
  
   

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Boot up the live disk.wait 5 seconds  for normal boot up .then in some seconds you will see the puppy screen.

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• Click on the install icon you see on the desktop.

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• Now click on the button right to “click to run the Universal Installer:” statement.
  
    

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From the new pop up select “internal(IDE or SATA)hard drive.

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In the next pop up you will be shown the hard disks on your system.click the required one .if you have only one hard disk you will be shown only it.click it and press ok!

• Puppy linux will scan all the drives on your hard disk and show you in next pop up.here select a drive of your choice.be care full do not end up selecting the windows drive .If you want to edit the partition table click on  the icon in the middle option named “Filesystem in partition”.when you click it GPARTED pops up.GPARTED is a tool to edit the partition table.You will be given a warning by GPARTED in a pink screen just click “okey” and go ahead.

• Select the partition you want to edit then edit it as per requirement. click “apply”
  
  
  

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• Then again puppy would pop up the hard disk list .select the one you edited.Then puppy linux would scan the partitions on the hard disk.select the required partition.
• Now you will get a pop up named “Puppy Universal Installer” this pop up box shows you the partition size and file system.just click “ok”.

• Another pop up box comes up “Puppy Universal Installer” it will ask you where the puppy files are you will have to options below “CD” and “DIRECTORY”.

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Click on CD and move forward.Another pop up box pops up named “Puppy Universal Installer” again .this box asks you if you have the LIVE CD  in the CD/DVD drive or not.As we have booted from the live disk it must be inside so click “OK”.

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-->Rest are normal installation procedure like naming computer,giving time zone etc.  

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There you go. Now the setup is complete. If you want any help or has any questions, feel free to ask us. Put down a comment and we will help you..

 

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How to download youtube videos in Debian ,Ubuntu and Linux Mint

So many of the new windows user who migrate to linux complain about trouble downloading videos from youtube.So friends i give you the most simple solutions ever and after this you will love your linux much more.

A.LOOK IN THE TEMP FOLDER

Follow the following step :

• Go to where your video which you want to download is
• let the video buffer its full length
• Minimize your browser [DONT CLOSE IT -----NO NO !!!]
• Go to DESKTOP>COMPUTER>FILE SYSTEM>TEMP
• WHAM BAM  you will find your video here ..copy paste it to your desktop ....rename it now you can watch the video again and again ........
• You can close your browser if you want !  :-)

 NOTE :-

1. i did this on ubuntu 10.10 , mint 9 and debian 6.0 with firefox morzilla........i have not tried this any other browser or distro .I will let you know i there is any other way to do this !!!

2. This can be done for video in any website ....youtube was just an example !

 B.YOUTUB-DL

There is a software thats available in your package manager ,its named youtube-dl.youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other sites that don't provide direct links to the videos served.

Youtube-dl allows the user, among other things, to choose a specific video quality to download (if available) or let the program automatically determine the best quality video to grab. It supports downloading entire playlists and all videos from a given user.Currently supported sites are video.google.com, youtube, photobucket, and metacafe.You can get youtube-dl from your package manager.

C.THE KISS WAY ;-)

• Go to where your video is - for example it is at "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z_liq2su2w"
• Now you add the word kiss before youtube in the link ---"http://www.kissyoutube.com/watch?v=0z_liq2su2w".
• Hit enter and it will redirect to aveyoutube pages from where you can save youtube video easily ,it also allows you to save them in the format that you     want ,like .flv,mp4 and also give resolution choice .
• If it's your first-time, a warning box may pop-up - just select "Run" to continue. This is perfectly safe and will not install software.

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• A list of download links will appear. Right-click on the format you want and select "Save As..." to start your download. That's all!
  
  
  

NOTE:-

You can still use firefox extensions and softwares like youtube-dl to download video,this is a method where you dont require any software installed. I recommend users to go for this.. have any comment??? Do drop it down..

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