Linux Mangaka Mou - An interesting distribution for Anime & Manga fans

Despite only having a share between one and two percent in the desktop and laptop OS market there are Linux distributions to chose from. This huge variety includes also versions customized for special topics like the 'Mangaka' Linux - especially for fans of Japans famous anime and manga.

The 2,2 GB DVD iso image was released this September 2015 and the distribution itself named 'Mou' is based on Ubuntu. It includes an interesting amount of software especially for graphics, audio, video and Japanese learning software.

After a flawless installation process you'll face an inviting desktop background with the picture of a rice field before you have to get through the already included software.

It delivers a great package of software including LibreOffice, Python programming or HandBrake (to convert DVDs to video files). 

Basic browsers are Firefox and Chrome and messenger like Pidgin and Thunderbird as a mail client are also part of the package. 

Definitely check that one out!

Virtual Box and 64 bit: Quick fix

By now it's also possible to install 64 bit systems within Virtual Box - as long as your computer is ready for that. But what if that's the case and you still don't see any option listed to create such a machine?

I can give you two things to check in order to solve that:

First: Go to BIOS/UEFI and check if the virtualization technology is activated. Easy, but often forgotten.

Second, check if no other Virtual Machine software is blocking Virtual Box - for example HyperV. If that's the case and you don't even need HyperV (which is included in Windows 10), remove it by going to Programs and Features.

A reboot is possibly necessary, but afterwards you can start Virtual Box, create a new VM and see also see 64 bit versions in your selection.

Linux PC Linux OS BR - Installation

There are so many Linux distributions all over the world - today I will the Brazilian version of PC Linux OS.

How should I better test a new operation system than using a virtual machine. The free available Virtual Box is always a good start.

I downloaded the ISO image pclos_br_e_17_2013.4 and bootet it within a new virtual machine. After booting the image you're welcomed with the PCLinuxOS logo in the colors of the Brazilian flag.

The DVD boot screen

After you've chosen 'Install PCLinuxOS' the installing process will start.

The system is booting and the first decision you have to make is the chose the keyboard layout. As usual for a Brazilian distribution the default layout is 'Brazilian' - of course I chose a familiar one and continued.

Then you can change the partitioning settings for the virtual disk if you like.

In the next step you'll see the regular warning, that all data will be lost after if you chose to continue. Because it's a new created empty virtual hard drive - it doesn't matter!

The installation process will take a couple of minutes - even in a virtual machine. After that you can make some settings for the bootloader before you reboot.

Shortly after that, the computer will restart after the confirm that with 'Finish'.