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How to install Snow Linux 4

To install Snow Linux 4

Snow Linux is based on ‘ Raring Ringtail’ of Ubuntu 13.04. It has the default desktop environment as MATE 1.6 and Cinnamon 1.8. It uses the latest technologies and updated packages. Installation of Snow Linux 4 is explained in this manual.

To install Snowlinux 4 E17 Desktop

First download the Snowlinux 4 E17 Image file from the following link,
ftp://linuxfreedom.com/snowlinux/download.html


After downloading, boot it to a DVD or pendrive. Once installation is started the following screen appears.
Click start Snowlinux.

Double click install Snowlinux icon

Choose your preferred language.

Select the Time zone you prefer.



Choose your Keyboard layout.

To start with the partitions, click yes to proceed further.


Click Edit partitions.

Click add icon to create a new partition in the free space.

Create the following partitions as primary.

Boot partition
Size : 300 MB
File system : ext4
Label : boot

Swap partition
Size : 2 GB
File system : linux swap
Label : swap

Root partition
Size : 17 GB
File system : ext4
Label : root

Navigate to Edit &rarr Apply all operations.

Right click the boot partition and edit as follows.
Mount point : /boot
Format as : ext4

Right click the swap partition and edit as follows.
Mount point : swap
Format as : swap

Right click the root partition and edit.
Mount point : /
Format as : ext4

After creating the partitions, Click forward.

Enter the name, password and hostname details and click forward.

Next Install GRUB bootloader and click forward to proceed further.

It displays the Summary of the installation settings. Check it and click install.

Installation process starts.

Installation completed.

After installation, Reboot the system.



The Login screen appears, use the login credentials to enter into the Snowlinux homescreen.



Click File explorer to view the files in Snowlinux.

Go to menu option to view the settings and other details.

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FAQ
Q
What Hardware Is Supported?
A
A minimal Linux installation requires a machine for which a port exists, at least 2Mb of RAM, and a
single floppy drive, but to do anything even remotely useful, more RAM and disk space are needed.
Q
What Platforms Does Linux Support?
A
Linux runs on almost every general−purpose computer made in the last 10 years. It runs on systems as
small as PDAs (for example, the Sharp Zaurus) and on systems as large as IBM mainframes.
Q
the link is not working give any other link ?
A
you can try this one, http://www.snowlinux.de/
Q
can you give me link to download snowlinux with cinnamon desktop ?
A
Please refer the following link http://iso.linuxquestions.org/snowlinux/snowlinux-2-cinnamon/
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what are the minimum requirements for this OS?
A
you can refer in it's official site, http://www.snowlinux.de/