A series of blog posts about running Ubuntu from a USB flash drive
After installing Ubuntu on a stick the system will let you in without asking for a password. What happens is that the display manager LightDM will auto-login the built-in ubuntu user. While for many people it may seems convenient and fast I would like to have the system protected by a password. If you think … Read more
I wanted to connect to an OpenVPN server from my Ubuntu on a stick. There are different clients but the one I liked was the Linux Network-Manager GUI for OpenVPN. To install it you need to enable the Universe repository first: sudo add-apt-repository universe sudo apt-get update and then type: sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn After … Read more
After I installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS I found that the Bluetooth drivers and utilities were already installed. I paired my Bluetooth headset Jabra BT620s without any problems. Unfortunately I could not make it to be the default device for playback or this was what I was trying to do similarly to the way you would … Read more
This is the first in a series of blog posts that talk about running Ubuntu from a USB flash drive. Ubuntu (/u:’bu:ntu:/ oo-BOON-too) is a Debian-based Linux operating system. For more information about the operating system itself, please check Ubuntu (operating system) on Wikipedia. Now that you know what Ubuntu is you may still wonder … Read more