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Guide to Operating System Resources

Basic maintenance

Preventing Trouble on Windows through Regular Maintenance: basic preventive medicine for your PC

Maintenance and upgrades

Disk-Cloning in Libraries: capture a particular configuration of software and operating system and replicate it on other PCs
Installing Windows XP Service Pack 2: One Librarian's Experience: the process and potential problems (from 2005)
Protecting and Restoring Software and Data: protect the software (the operating system, installed programs, and configuration) and data (user-created files and folders)
Upgrade and Maintenance Brainstorm

Open source operating systems

An Introduction to Ubuntu: the pro's and con's of this free and secure open source operating system
Creating a "System Rescue" Bootable CD: run a Linux operating system entirely from the CD-ROM drive and RAM
Creating a Knoppix Bootable CD: run the Knoppix version of Linux entirely from the CD-ROM drive and RAM
Wondering about Linux?? Listen to this... (discussion): library staff talk about converting to open source

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Bootup Problems

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Type	Title	Posted By
	An Introduction to Ubuntu A free, stable, and secure operating system that you can try out risk-free, open-source Ubuntu comes at a tempting price and offers many of the advantages of popular commercial operating systems such as Windows and OS X.	Sharon Streams
	Upgrade and Maintenance Brainstorm A list of ideas and resources on Upgrade and Maintenance collected from the Rural Library Sustainability workshops, training institutes, and from other discussion areas on WebJunction.	WebJunction Central
doc	Introduccion a Windows This lesson plan in Spanish is used in the Chilean Public Library program, 'BiblioRedes: Abre tu Mundo,' and can be used to teach staff or patrons a basic understanding of the Windows XP operating system.	WebJunction Central
	Protecting and Restoring Software and Data This article focuses on protecting the software (the operating system, installed programs, and configuration) and data (user-created files and folders) on any public access computer.	WebJunction Central
	Installing Windows XP Service Pack 2: One Librarian's Experience Should you install the new Service Pack for Windows XP? What problems can you expect along the way? Michael Sauers of the Bibliographical Center for Research shares his insights.	WebJunction Central