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Its a kind of boot which directly loads the OS without actually installing it. Its good for trying out and demonstration purposes and for kiosks.

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Graphic issues with live Ubuntu

When I try to launch live Ubuntu (tried 17.04 and 16.04) from USB on my computer, the screen's flickering and then turns into this. I've experienced some issues with ubuntu on this computer before (...
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Ubuntu 13.10 amd64 Live-USB Not saving

So this week I have been messing around with my USB drive. I decided to make myself an Ubuntu Live-USB drive (as I have done in the past). So I downloaded unetbootin and Ubuntu 13.10 amd64 and set the ...
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Desktop items not showing because of compiz live wallpaper

I have installed compiz live wallpaper. It works fine but it doesn't show my desktop items. I have to open my home folder and then access them in the ~/Desktop folder. How can I get my desktop to ...
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apt error while using boot-repair in a live session

I have ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop. I installed windows alongside it and grub doesn`t work anymore (as expected), so I used a live ubuntu 20.04 flash to install and use boot-repair. Boot-repair ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS live: Low screen resolution available

I use windows and want to install Ubuntu 20.04 on my Lenovo ThinkPad t440, so tried Ubuntu live environment to know do I like it or no. I saw that the screen resolution is low and the available choice ...
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Boot Repair thinks it’s not in a live environment (19.10)

I added the universe and multiverse repos required to install boot-repair on a 19.10 live environment, but when I run it, it thinks it’s on a real Ubuntu installation rather than a live environment. ...
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How do I remove flat-remix from an installed system using a live system?

I've installed flat-remix and restarted my device, but now I can't log in because my language was set to Persian, and now I can't change it to English. I can edit my files from live Ubuntu. How can I ...
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Changing the name of the Ubuntu partition?

I know the procedure for changing the label of a volume: open GParted, click the disk, right click the partition, select Label File System. But when I try to apply the procedure to the partition that ...
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(K)ubuntu Live and data partition on one flash drive

I'm trying to partition a USB drive with a bootable partition using Kubuntu 18.04.1 and a data partition. What I'm trying to accomplish is the following: Use GPT partition table to UEFI Boot 2GB ...
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Cannot start X on my computer at all

https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pwnc8.jpg This is from a verified Live USB running Ubuntu 17.10 Artful. Specs are as follows - Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 board - AMD FX-8350 - Powercolor PCS HD7870 MYST - 8GB ...
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Did Ubuntu switch from overlayfs to aufs between 16.04.1 and 16.04.2?

In Ubuntu 16.04.1, booting a live USB and typing mount reveals that / is mounted as an OverlayFS with a squashfs filesystem as the lower directory and a ramdisk as the upper directory. However, ...
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custom ubuntu live CD: NetworkManager not working

I'm trying to build up an ubuntu live cd from scratch but I'm failing with the automatic configuration for the network interface card. The live cd is booting into desktop but NetworkManager is stuck ...
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Can I install a Live CD ubuntu onto my hard drive

I have installed and used Bootable USB's to install or run Ubuntu. I want to create say a recovery drive lets say /dev/sda1 is /efi/boot /dev/sda2 is /dev/sda3 /home /dev/sda4 is the recovery drive ...
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making windows install with WINUSB on live usb system

I am trying to make a windowsXP install usb with winusb. I get a winusb exit code 256. This error occurs whether i format the drive fat32 or ntfs. Ive tried the created usb and grub seems to load ...
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Systemback Live Image

I just used Systemback utility to create a live image of my 14.04 installation. I added the "include user data files" option. Now, my installation is over 100Gb, but the generated image was just ...
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Why does the Ubutu 14.04.1 Desktop AMD64 tell me "(initramds) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system"?

I'm trying to install Ubuntu onto new built PC without an OS. I burned Ubuntu 14.04.1 Desktop AMD64 onto a disc and inserted that into the disk drive and set the boot priority to the disk drive first. ...
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Ubuntu Live CD is Frozen - How to Recover?

I'm in a tricky situation. I'm running Ubuntu from a live cd. I think I have too many firefox pages and tabs open, so the computer is frozen. However, I have some unsaved, and very important, text ...
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Error openning my hard-drive

I'm trying to open my main hard drive (on live environment - my ubuntu is on usb device) but I got the following error: Error mounting /dev/sda1 at /media/ubuntu/C0F89410F89406B6: Command-line `mount ...
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All drivers work perfectly when using 'Try Ubuntu', but wireless breaks after installation

I have been able to boot and run Ubuntu perfectly off of my USB in 'Try it now' mode. It lets me select the proprietary drivers for my Broadcom wireless on my Alienware 17 with no flaws. After I ...
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Mounting the Live-USB partition

It is possible to mount the partition where the ISO extracted (Or we can say the root partition of a Live-USB ) not as Read-only but as read/write-able partition ?
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Create a LiveCD Distrobution .iso From Scratch

What have I done: Started with the Ubuntu Mini.iso 20.04 I have basically created a custom build in a VM environment I have installed xfce4 as the the Desktop engine. I have installed Nemo and set it ...
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How do I make /boot/efi writeable under a Live Session?

I am trying to fix a specific problem (this problem) and a solution that somebody else has suggested involves me re-naming a particular file under a live session of Ubuntu... But I cannot seem to make ...
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Cannot Create Directory "No such file or directory"

I'm attempting to copy some old files out of a bricked windows drive - using the "Try Ubuntu before installing" method- before I reinstall a clean copy of Windows onto it. When I load up the trial ...
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Install Button on Live CD does not work

Maybe this question is widely known by all of you and I am still too newbie / new to Linux to know this, but I am going to say it anyway. Well, I am facing a problem while trying to install Ubuntu 18....
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File Visiblity in live linux version

Q. How can we make file visible, which an user have created earlier while working with Live -Linux version. The file should be visible when system restarts.
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Does Ubuntu LiveCD automatically create a SWAP partition?

Forgive my noob-tastic question, but I'm very confused by what I'm seeing. I was trying to recover a drive, and was always told to make a LiveCD and run that. When I ran the LiveCD from boot, I ...
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Boot 15.10 Live ISO from HDD

Ubuntu 15.10 Live ISO doesn't load from my non-linux partition, but 12.04 iso does boot. Here's my 40_custom script for 12.04: menuentry "ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso" { loopback loop (hd0,3)/...
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portable operating system on mac

I've a Macbook pro 11, 2. I want to use ubuntu as a portable operating system from pen drive. It means that I don't want to install it to disk instead i want to install it on a pen drive and be able ...
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problem with live lubuntu application installation

When I install any applications in live OS mode and after shutdown all the applications were lost. Please someone help me to solve this problem so that I can save my applications in live OS mode even ...
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I can't use my wifi connection in a live environment after restarting

I am using live mode of Ubuntu 12.04. Every time I activate the additional drivers and restart the system, the wireless connection is still grayed in the options, and the driver is still deactivated.
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"no screens found" on Acer Aspire V5-122; Live Disk

Trying to do a 13.04 Live Desk on Acer Aspire v5-122, which has the touch screen. Seems to be going OK at first, but then drops to command prompt with the X server reporting that no screens can be ...
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