First of all let me thank you and congratulate you in your choice. You won't be disappointed.

- What is PROTECH?

Protech is a light and complete live security distribution based on Ubuntu Linux.

- Who supports PROTECH?

Techmasters do. Me (Pintas) & M4sterguru.

- Do I have to install PROTECH on my hard drive?

No. You can run Protech from the Live-CD, but we recommend instalation.

- Is there a 64 bit version of PROTECH?

No, not yet, but you can install a kernel to suit your needs. Be aware that some functionalities (like NTFS writting) will not work propperly, or will not work at all on x64 systems.

- Does it work with multi-processors?

It should! Although it hasn't been tested thoroughly, it works nicely in m4sterguru's dual-cpu.

- What about Sata drives?

Again... it should work ok, but it has not been tested yet. Try it at your own risk.

- Does it come with a warranty?

None whatsoever! The only warranty i can give you is that we'll try to provide you with the best support and updates we can.
Read Terms of Service (TOS)

- How do I install it?

Just open the fluxbox menu (right-click on desktop), click Home, Install, follow instructions. You can click on the 'Skip' button when the installer starts downloading packages. If you don't, you should :

# sudo apt-get autoremove

from the console once installed, so you can keep your instalation clean and tidy.

NOTE: Some issues can occur creating the partitions with the installer. If you have such problems, please try to use GParted to delete the root partition ('/') and then run the installer.

- Will this erase other O.S. partitions i have installed?

I doubt that very much! I never had a simillar problem with it, but you should always backup before you mess around with partitions.

- I can only have one instance of Tilda (F1 transparent console) working. Why?

Well, you can change that by changing the permissions on .tilda/locks folder in your home directory to read/write. Be aware that you shouldn't exit Fluxbox without deleting any lock file in the locks folder, so you don't have any configuration popup when you start X again. You can also use Ctrl+Shift+T combo to open a new tab in Tilda, that works nicely for me.

- How do I change my wallpaper?

Edit your startup file and point it to your wallpaper location.
See http://www.fluxbox.org

- How do I change Fluxbox style?

You can add any Fluxbox style you want to the /usr/share/fluxbox/styles directory and choosing it from the Fluxbox menu.
See http://www.fluxbox.org

- Howto lock screen?

Hit WinKey+L combination. (Note: this in not safe in Live mode, as it can easily be bypassed switching to another virtual terminal.) See ~/.fluxbox/keys file to familiarize yourself with shorcuts. Note: Mod1=Alt and Mod4=WinKey

- Howto enable Tor and Privoxy in Opera?

Tor & Prixovy are already installed and configured to use in Opera. To enable, simply click the 'Proxy' button to enable Tor and disable 'Java' button in Opera main window to browse the web anonymously (disabling of plugins and javascript is also advised)
You can now browse to http://showmyip.com to see if you're ip changed.
You can also open http://config.privoxy.org/show-status to see if privoxy is also open this link in your browser: http://p.p/ or http://config.privoxy.org/show-status
to make sure privoxy is up and running.

- Hardware problems?

For hardware problems you should visit http://ubuntuforums.org PROTECH is based on Ubuntu and you will find lot's of answers there.

- How can i get 3D acceleration?

For Nvidia cards you can install nvidia-glx from the console, with:

# sudo apt-get update
# sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
# sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
# sudo nvidia-xconfig

Reboot.
And that should do the trick for nvidia graphics cards.

For ATI, you can try this:
(Taken from Ubuntuforums)http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=349846&highlight=ati+driver

# sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
# sudo depmod -a
# sudo aticonfig --initial  # To configure your card
# sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=xv
# sudo mousepad /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add the following to the bottom of the file:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Reboot.
Hopefuly, that will work.

The generic drivers do not support 3D acceleration. These configurations depend on the card you are using. If these solutions don't work for you, remember there are other options you can try.

- How to read/write in NTFS?

Just run ntfs-config as sudo, that's pretty much self-explanatory. Easy!

- Hamachi doesn't work right, why?

There are several problems with gHamachi (the hamachi GUI). You can wither use hamachi from the console or wait for a new release of the GUI. A shortcut was added for you to exit hamachi.

- Howto configure DHCP?

DHCP should be configured automatically, but here's a program installed called wicd (the network manager) that allows you to configure your network connections (supports wireless with wpa) with no trouble.

- Howto setup a PDF printer?

Open http://localhost:631/admin?OP=add-printer in your browser;
Set name and description;
Select 'Virtual Printer (PDF-PRINTER)';
Select Postcript; Select 'Generic postcript color printer;

Use your username and password.
If your using the live cd, you should set a password for root as such:

# sudo passwd
and use root and root password as respective username and password.

Optional: Open Printers tab and 'Set as Default'.

You can also add the printer through Apps -> System -> Print & Scan -> Printer Manager (this way you don't have to input any user password.


- Howto set public_html directory in home directory in XAMPP?

# mkdir ~/public_html

Link to /opt/lampp/htdocs

# sudo ln -s ~/public_html /opt/lampp/htdocs/$USER

Now any files and folders you place in ~/public_html will be published to your personal webserver.
Bookmark http://localhost/username to make this easy to access.

SECURITY WARNING
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#381
Open holes:
The MySQL administrator (root) has no password.
The MySQL daemon is accessible via network.
ProFTPD uses the password "lampp" for user "nobody".
PhpMyAdmin is accessible via network.
Examples are accessible via network.
MySQL and Apache running under the same user (nobody).

This doesn't leave your whole system wide open, but someone could hack your XAMPP installation, so be wary.
To fix most of the security weaknesses open a terminal and run:

# sudo /opt/lampp/lampp security

- Using a laptop? Setup Battery monitor.

# mousepad ~/.conkyrc

find

${color #6FA637}Bat: ${color }${execi 45 ~/.scripts/readbattery.sh}

and copy it to the end of the file.

# killall conky

ctrl+f2

# conky -d

You should now see your battery state displayed in your screen.

- Flickering Conky?

Open your xorg.conf file

# sudo mousepad /etc/X11/xorg.conf

add:

Load "dbe"

to the Modules section.