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Mount and Unmout ISO Files in Ubuntu

June 15th, 2009

Mount ISO File

First you need to make the directory to put the ISO file into using the following command

sudo mkdir /media/isodir

Then use following command

sudo mount your_image_file.iso /media/isodir/ -t iso9660 -o loop

Now you should have your iso file mounted, and accessible from your desktop.

Unmount ISO File

Just use following command

sudo umount /media/isodir

Khalil Majdalawi Linux ,

Linux usage share for client devices

May 4th, 2009

Net Applications, a Web site analytics company, just published their April 2009 Web users survey, Market Share, and they found that “Linux usage share on client devices has surpassed 1% for the first time and we still have 99% to go and i think it can make it , thanks to some powerful distributions like Ubuntu,Fedora and OpenSUSE.

market_share

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Moving from Ubuntu 8.04 to 9.04

April 28th, 2009

So finally i got free time to upgrade to new Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 , i was using Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 for long time and it was awesome but now its time to move , and here some new features i liked or noticed at first use for the new release :

  1. New Ext4 file system support
  2. Faster boot time almost 20 sec “wow” check this video
  3. New network manager and its way better and easier comparing to 8.04
  4. Nautilus 2.26.2 and tabs thing very useful
  5. New notification area which rocks 9_04_notify_area
  6. The shutdown/restart/suspend options have been taken off the System main menu
  7. Wallpaper transformation

last thoughts :

comparing to 8.04 its way faster,better and sexier :D , and here is my desktop final look

ubuntu_9_04_screenshot

Khalil Majdalawi Linux, Management , ,