Ixlo Live USB Linux Utility/Rescue System

Ixlo Live is a Linux-based system that runs from a USB flash drive. It includes Clonezilla, GParted, and a range of useful and important command-line tools and utilities.

Ixlo Live is created using Debian Live which makes it easy to create your own Linux-based live distribution.

It uses KDE Plasma for the desktop, custom configured to be minimal yet elegant.

It also includes VSCodium (free, open-source build of VSCode) and it
uses Vimpager as a substitute for the less pager. Vimpager leverages Vim’s syntax highlighting to provide mind-blowingly excellent code-fencing for Markdown and other documents.

I initially created the Ixlo Live USB Linux utility/rescue system for my own purposes as there was no other live Linux USB system available with all the features and utilities I needed on a single system.

Ixlo Live can be downloaded via Bittorrent using this magnet link.

There are always more tweaks to be done and things to be added.
If you notice something missing or have any suggestions please let me
know!

System Requirements

Ixlo Live needs a USB flash drive larger than 2GB. I also recommend using a USB 3.1 gen 1 or higher drive. Kingston makes great, inexpensive drives such as their DataTraveler series.

Install

Once you’ve downloaded the ixlo-live ISO you can simply transfer it to a USB flash drive using the cp command:

cp ixlo-live.iso /dev/sdX

where X is the device number for the USB flash drive. I recommend to run the command:

sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdX | grep model

first to verify the device name.

Beware that this will overwrite the existing contents of the target device so use caution when running this command.

To create a USB flash drive under Windows you can use Rufus or similar tools.

Ixlo Live currently only supports the PC x64 architecture. If you would like a build for a different architecture such as for Mac please consider donating below.

Usage

Insert the USB flash drive into your computer and boot from it.  To
get your machine to boot off the USB device it may be necessary to
press a hotkey during startup such as F12 or <Enter> to select a
temporary boot device.  If this doesn’t work, check your BIOS settings.

Once the USB device has been selected and IXLO Live boots simply select the default boot option “Live System” by pressing <Enter>.  IXLO Live will boot to the KDE desktop.  

You can configure networking by selecting the Network Manager icon which is on the right side of the panel. 

The display resolution can be changed by right-clicking on the desktop and choosing Configure Display Settings. Note that because this is a live system you cannot adjust scaling.

The keyboard layout can be changed by going into System Settings -> Input Devices -> Keyboard -> Layouts tab. The default layout is set to a US keyboard with the right Alt key acting as a compose (or modifier) key. This enables you to input a wide range of characters by pressing the right Alt key to activate compose, then pressing a second key to create a wide range of symbols.

Most of the modifiers are intuitive. For example, to input the é symbol, you type: ralt + ‘ + e. To input è type ralt + ` + e. To input X₂ type X + ralt + _ + 2. X² is input with X + ralt + ^ + 2.

Note that Firefox is configured to use NoScript Security Suite which by default blocks scripts on all sites.  For a live system this is good because it can dramatically decrease resource consumption of web pages.  However you may need to allow JavaScript on web pages in order for them to view correctly.  To do this clock on the NoScript icon which is to the right of the address bar and select either “temporarily trusted” or “trusted” for any site(s) you want to view.

To become superuser in a terminal simply type sudo -i   Sudo will not prompt for a password.

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