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Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.9 installation guide

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This short walkthrough describes how to get the linux kernel version 3.9.0 (latest version at the moment of writing) working under Ubuntu Linux without having to compile it yourself.

This guide should work with the latest version of Ubuntu Linux and most Ubuntu-based distributions including Mint. The included kernel files have been compiled using the generic Ubuntu configuration.

Installation Guide

  1. Download the kernel headers package: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.9-raring/linux-headers-3.9.0-030900_3.9.0-030900.201304291257_all.deb

    And the appropriate package for your system
  2. And the accompanying compiled kernel image:
  3. Install the files in the same order as downloaded above.
  4. In the terminal run:

    sudo update-grub
  5. Reboot and select the kernel from the bootloader menu

The source can be found on www.kernel.org

I will post the latest version of the 3.9 branch in comments below.

Raspberry Pi LAMP installation guide

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This short guide teaches you how to turn Raspberry Pi into a LAMP server.
LAMP stands for Linux Apache MySQL PHP

Step 1: update the Raspberry Pi OS to the latest version:

sudo apt-get install -y rpi-update
sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Step 2: install Apache Webserver and create permissions:
sudo apt-get install -y apache2 apache2-utils
sudo groupadd -f -g33 www-data
sudo chown pi:www-data /var/www
sudo chmod 775 /var/www

Step 3: install PHP and mod_php
sudo apt-get install -y php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-common mysql-client
sudo apt-get install -y php-pear php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-idn php5-imagick php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-mhash php5-ming php5-ps php5-pspell php5-recode php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-json

Step 4: Install MySQL and phpMyAdmin

sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server
mysql_secure_installation
sudo apt-get install -y phpmyadmin

Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.8 installation guide for ARM processors

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This guide explains how to install the Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.7.0 on an ARM system using the ArmHardFloatPort.

Installation Guide

  1. Download the kernel headers package;

    linux-headers-3.8.0-030800_3.8.0-030800.201302181935_all.deb
  2. And the appropriate package for your system;

    linux-headers-3.8.0-030800-omap_3.8.0-030800.201302181935_armhf.deb
  3. And the accompanying compiled kernel image;

    linux-image-3.8.0-030800-omap_3.8.0-030800.201302181935_armhf.deb
  4. Install the files in the same order as downloaded above.
  5. In the terminal run:

    sudo update-grub
  6. Reboot and select the kernel from the bootloader menu

The source can be found on www.kernel.org

Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.8 installation guide

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This short walkthrough describes how to get the linux kernel version 3.8 (latest at the moment of writing) working under Ubuntu Linux without having to compile it yourself.

This guide should work with the latest version of Ubuntu Linux and most Ubuntu-based distributions including Mint. The included kernel files have been compiled using the generic Ubuntu configuration.

Installation Guide

  1. Download the kernel headers package;

    linux-headers-3.8.0-030800_3.8.0-030800.201302181935_all.deb
  2. And the appropriate package for your system
  3. And the accompanying compiled kernel image;
  4. Extra files;
  5. Install the files in the same order as downloaded above.
  6. In the terminal run:

    sudo update-grub
  7. Reboot and select the kernel from the bootloader menu

The source can be found on www.kernel.org

Fedora Linux – Ramoonus Edition

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This guide describes my customisations done to improve the Fedora Linux to my preferences.

Open the terminal and run:

sudo su
yum localinstall --nogpgcheck -y http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
yum install -y presto wget
yum update
yum install -y AdobeReader_enu dkms java redhat-lsb redhat-lsb-graphics redhat-lsb-printing flash-plugin pidgin google-chrome-stable Firefox   msttcorefonts