This is a brief 5 minute video tutorial that will show you how to clean out older Linux Kernels from within your Peach OSI installation after an update has been delivered via the standard update process in Peach OSI. We will be using Ubuntu Tweak and Grub Customizer to complete the removal - both of which are pre-installed on every Peach distro. You will not need to know and Linux Terminal commands all all the changes will be done with simple mouse clicks in the afore mentioned applications. It really is simple . By using the latest Linux Kernels as issued by Ubuntu and Xubuntu - you will help to insure that your PC is running at its utmost and as secure as is currently available. Please note the updated application name to use in this video is Ubuntu Cleaner now that Ubuntu Tweak has been deprecated.

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When you first begin using Peach OSI Patriot - You might want to boot from a USB device, like an external hard drive or a flash drive. When you boot from a USB device, what you're actually doing is running your computer with the operating system that's installed on the USB device. When you start your computer normally, you're running with the operating system installed on your hard drive. Follow these easy steps to boot from a flash drive or an external USB hard drive. Depending on the age of your computer you should be able to boot your computer with a USB device in one of the following ways.

Method 1 - Usually used on older computers - Boot to USB by editing your BIOS settings.

Note: Creating a bootable flash drive or configuring an external hard drive as bootable is a task in itself. Chances are that you made it to these instructions because you already know that whatever USB device that you have should be bootable after properly configuring your computer's BIOS.

Side by Side Comparison - Linux Versus Windows

One of the questions that I receive a lot is - "What is Linux/Peach OSI Patriot and how is it different than Windows?" It is a simple question that deserves a simple answer. Oh if life were that simple. None-the-less, with a little help from those far more adept at writing than me, below I've listed what most concur on the differences between Linux/Peach OSI Patriot and Windows. This article is especially for my father-in-law who drilled me recently to explain the differences.