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How to install TigerOSv28 on a Live USB

By: Olivia A. Gallucci
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Table of Contents Obtain a USB Formatting a USB Download TigerOS Make the USB bootable Download an image writer program Write the ISO to the USB drive Etcher GNOME Disks Universal USB Installer Try live booting if possible What is live booting? Why live boot before installation? Finding missing drivers Downloading missing drivers Installing After…

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Part III: Contributing to Open Source Communities at RIT

By: Olivia A. Gallucci
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This is the third part of a three part series. Read part II here. I continued working with TigerOS for my second large contribution, so I could complete my installation guide. In other words, my second contribution is a continuation of my first contribution, so I did not need to ask for a new project. …

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Part II: Contributing to Open Source Communities at RIT

By: Olivia A. Gallucci
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This is the second part of a three part series. Read part I here. I worked with TigerOS for my first large contribution. TigerOS is a small project, so there are many help requests. In other words, I had a lot of opportunities working with TigerOS. Tim Zabel—the current maintainer of TigerOS—sent me a help…

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Olivia Gallucci ice skating with RITSEC

Part I: Contributing to Open Source Communities at RIT

By: Olivia A. Gallucci
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The goal of this project was to contribute to an open source community by remediating a bug fix request. First, I looked for requests through Fedora and Ovio. I saw that TigerOS—a Linux distribution created by students at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)—had a few issues listed on Fedora’s easy-fix page. I liked the idea…

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