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{{Admon/important |No longer maintained|Due to low demand for this image I am no longer able to keep the ICT USB Stick project up to date. Effectively that means it's obsolete and no longer usable. Sorry!}}
= Description =
= Download and Install =
# You'll need an [http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=11_180_181&item_id=058767 ADATA UV128/32GB USB stick]. You can use a different one with comparable read/write performance (a more expensive one isn't necessarily better) but it has to be at least 31,037,849,600 bytes in size. A USB3 stick is highly recommended, even if you're using it in a USB2 port (the flash inside is faster).
#*[[Image:ADATA32.jpg]]
#* Write your name and email on it! It really does happen that someone will find your stick and will try to return it, but only if they know who it belongs to!
# Once you have the stick, insert it into your computer, preferably into a USB3 port (it's either blue in colour or has SS writen on it, short for SuperSpeed).
# Download the compressed image from here:
#* [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/~andrew.smith/ict-usb-sticks/linuxmint-17.118-cinnamon-64bit-seneca-ict-20152016-v4v2.adata32.img.zip linuxmint-17.118-cinnamon-64bit-seneca-ict-20152016-v4v2.adata32.img.zip]
# Then unzip it. You'll obviously need enough disk space for that, a total of probably 36GB (one compressed + one uncompressed file). Note that in the open lab you should use 7zip to extract the archive, the Windows built-in zip extractor doesn't seem to work for this large file.
# Write the image to your USB stick:
#* If you're currently using linux - you can use the dd command to write to the USB stick. Make sure you write to the device file (e.g. /dev/sdb) and not any existing partition (e.g. /dev/sdb1). You'll need root permissions to be able to write to that device file.
#** e.g. dd bs=4K if=linuxmint-17.118-cinnamon-64bit-seneca-ict-20142016-v4v2.adata32.img of=/dev/sdb
#* On windows you'll need to use [http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ Win32 Disk Imager]. It's a free program.
#**[[Image:Win32DiskImageWriter-ict-usb-stick.png]]
= Problems =
Please go to [https://littlesvr.ca/bugs/buglist.cgi?component=All&list_id=19&product=ICT%20USB%20Sticks&resolution=--- bugzilla] to see existing problems and file a bug (feature and requests are very welcome). Or if you can't be bothered to register there, [http://littlesvr.ca/contact.php?source=ICT%20USB%20Sticks send Andrew and an email].
= Changelog and Older Versions =
* ict-20152016-v5 v1 (current version): [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/~andrew.smith/ict-usb-sticks/linuxmint-18-cinnamon-64bit-seneca-ict-2016-v2.adata32.img.zip linuxmint-18-cinnamon-64bit-seneca-ict-2016-v2.adata32.img.zip]** Upgraded to Linux Mint 18 base (which includes new version of Firefox and Java 8)* ict-2016-v1: [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/~andrew.smith/ict-usb-sticks/linuxmint-17.3-cinnamon-64bit-seneca-ict-2016-v1.adata32.img.zip linuxmint-17.3-cinnamon-64bit-seneca-ict-2016-v1.adata32.img.zip]** Upgraded to Linux Mint 17.3 base** Gave the EUFI GRUB boot menu options better titles.** Disabled automatic screen locking in Cinnamon** Updated the Firebug extension in the profile and Firefox/Flash via the distribution channel.** New version of Google Chrome* ict-2015-v5: [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/~andrew.smith/ict-usb-sticks/linuxmint-17.12-cinnamon-64bit-seneca-ict-2015-v5.adata32.img.zip linuxmint-17.12-cinnamon-64bit-seneca-ict-2015-v5.adata32.img.zip]
** Upgraded to Linux Mint 17.2 base
** sutdent user's password is now student instead of blank
