Backing up things is always important and while it can be done manually here is a neat way to organize folders/files and transform them to become iso images.
First you need to install a program called genisoimage. (Debian family: apt-get genisoimage / Arch: pacman -S genisoimage / Gentoo: emerge genisoimage) Continue reading
Here is a short guide on how to install Arch Linux. You should use a live cd/dvd instead of the minimal ipxe image: I had some considerable problems downloading material with the minimal image – the problems were absent on the bigger image. Backup your important files before you continue. You can get Arch images from here: https://www.archlinux.org/download/ Continue reading
If you want to create a new user in a terminal client you can easily do so with the useradd command. To use useradd you will need to be a root user (which is a result of typing su root OR sudo su inside a terminal).
When using Gentoo sometimes you face the situation that you just need to add something to your keywords file. More specifically portage will tell you something like: the following keyword changes are required in order to install packages x and y…
Keywords are basically words, whill tell your Gentoo box what is suitable or desired to be installed in your box. Keywords can also be used to install packages, which are not so stable in general use – so caution is adviced before actually enabling any extra keywords.