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Genuinity and integrity check for bittixlinux9-kotka-xfce-dvd-amd64.iso
In
Linux:
Download needed files from https://www.bittix.org
sha256sum.txt
sha256sum.txt.sig (signaturefile)
Acquaire public keys (if you have not yet done that):
bash
gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys B51B1A12C8BD6DAD
Compare that it´s the same <KEY_ID> with the KEY-ID from https://www.bittix.org , it will be signed by Mikko Silvennoinen
gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys <KEY_ID>
Check the signature:
bash
gpg --verify sha256sum.txt.sig sha256sum.txt
If the signature is right, you will see a message saying, that the signature is good and trustworthy,
which means that the sha256sum.txt has not been altered from the original.
Check yourself the sha256sum.txt file:
bash
sha256sum -c sha256sum.txt
This command will check, are the file´s sha256sums the same as in the sha256sum.txt file.
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On linux
Linux Mint
https://www.linuxmint.com
Linux distros
https://www.distrowatch.com
For writing iso-files to usb-stick on Linux machines:
Unetbootin
https://sourceforge.net/projects/unetbootin/
It´s a livelinux iso Download the Bittixlinux9 .iso from
Archive.org :
https://archive.org/details/bittixlinux9-kotka-xfce-dvd-amd64
Be warned this is a big file 2.5 Gb.
Download also the md5sum.txt to check the integrity of file with md5sum and or sha256sum.txt and sha256sum.sig files to check file integrity with them as instructed here and in Archive.org, from:
https://archive.org/details/checking-instructions
Download all the files, so you´ll get the .zip file with also the .sig file which has the signature.
This is an old version and not updated.
Username: bittix
Password: bittixlinux9
It is based on debian wheezy.
It can ́t handle uefi boot.
It is live linux, boot system is from old Slax.
Languages: Suomi (Finnish), English, Keyboards Finnish, English, Russian, Japanese.
Has OpenCPN gps chart plotter software with older USA marine charts.
Usually used with usb gps-receiver device.
And more.
On Windows install first e.g. rufus.exe from https://rufus.ie or etcher from https://etcher.balena.io , to be able to write the iso-file correctly to the
usb-stick.
On linux you can find similar programs but native linux versions like mintstick on Linux Mint, well in it that comes out of the box when installing Linux Mint.
Put the usb-memory-stick in computer and while booting press certain keys to be able
to choose the boot device or to change the order of devices in bios.
On HP laptops it is F10, on many others it is F2 or F12, sometimes the del key. I
recommend you google the info about your computer. Once you get into the bios
settings, while the usb-stick is in computer, change the boot order so that your usb-
memory stick is the first boot device.
If you first format the usb-stick on linux e.g. with Gparted you can to be certain to
activate the boot flag on the stick.
All said above applies to all linux install .iso files I know, and can be used to install also other
linux versions and distros.
Some times you have to make room on your harddrive for linux.
Usually that means shrinking the Windows C: partition.
This can be done with Gparted. Gparted is a linux program.
There is also a live linux distro called Gparted. It is small, you can use that to do the trick for Windows, if
you want to keep the Windows too. If you are using or upgrading to Windows 11, don't ever install linux as dualboot on the same machine as Windows 11, Windows 11 will break the boot menu. Instead you can install linux in place of Windows as the only os on the machine, but Bittixlinux9 can only be installed on a usb-stick, by burning the iso-image on it with rufus.exe or etcher or with linux program like mintstick or from command line commands, but that is only for advanced users.
The project pages are in https://sourceforge.net/projects/bittixlinux9/ .