Enjoying a simple computing experience is just a few steps away

Note: Please download the ISO first

Step 1. Choose a boot method

CD
CD-ROM
USB
USB
VM
Virtual Machine
GRUB I-ODD PXE
Even More

New: Buy a premade USB drive!

Step 2. Select your OS



Windows 2000, XP, Vista


Windows 7, 8


Linux (Gnome 2, 3)

Linux (KDE)

Download FreeISOBurner

Download FreeISOBurner
Open FreeISOBurner.exe

Burn ISO to disc

Press Open
Browse for justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.iso
Select Optical Drive
Insert blank CD±R, DVD±R, or DVD-RW
Press Burn
Reboot/Restart the computer

Boot from CD-ROM

Some computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to access boot menu
Common hotkeys are F8, F12, TAB, C, Right-Click

Select CD-ROM to boot

OR



All computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to enter BIOS setup
Common hotkeys are ESC, F1, F2, F8, F10, F11, F12, DEL


Change Boot order/priority to CD-ROM 1st (top of the list) using on-screen instructions
Save and exit

Bootloader

SYSLINUX boot menu
Select entry with and Enter
Splash screen

Burn ISO to disc

Windows 8 Note: click top left corner to access Desktop

Open Downloads folder
Right-click on justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.iso file
Select Burn disc image
Insert blank CD±R, DVD±R, or DVD-RW
Press Burn
Reboot/Restart the computer

Boot from CD-ROM

Windows 8 Note: newer computers come with UEFI and "Secure Boot" may cause problems
Some computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to access boot menu
Common hotkeys are F8, F12, TAB, C, Right-Click

Select CD-ROM to boot

OR



All computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to enter BIOS setup
Common hotkeys are ESC, F1, F2, F8, F10, F11, F12, DEL


Change Boot order/priority to CD-ROM 1st (top of the list) using on-screen instructions
Save and exit

Bootloader

SYSLINUX boot menu
Select entry with and Enter
Splash screen

Burn ISO to disc

Open Downloads folder
Right-click on justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.iso file
Select Write to Disc...
Insert blank CD±R, DVD±R, or DVD-RW
Press Burn
Reboot/Restart the computer

Boot from CD-ROM

Some computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to access boot menu
Common hotkeys are F8, F12, TAB, C, Right-Click

Select CD-ROM to boot

OR



All computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to enter BIOS setup
Common hotkeys are ESC, F1, F2, F8, F10, F11, F12, DEL


Change Boot order/priority to CD-ROM 1st (top of the list) using on-screen instructions
Save and exit

Bootloader

SYSLINUX boot menu
Select entry with and Enter
Splash screen

Burn ISO to disc

Open K3B program
Select Burn Image
Open justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.iso in Downloads folder
Insert blank CD±R, DVD±R, or DVD-RW
Press Start
Reboot/Restart the computer

Boot from CD-ROM

Some computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to access boot menu
Common hotkeys are F8, F12, TAB, C, Right-Click

Select CD-ROM to boot

OR



All computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to enter BIOS setup
Common hotkeys are ESC, F1, F2, F8, F10, F11, F12, DEL


Change Boot order/priority to CD-ROM 1st (top of the list) using on-screen instructions
Save and exit

Bootloader

SYSLINUX boot menu
Select entry with and Enter
Splash screen
Mac OSX CD burning instructions coming soon...

Boot from CD-ROM

Hold C or option during boot

Bootloader

SYSLINUX boot menu
Select entry with and Enter
Splash screen
Step 2. Select your OS



Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8



Linux (GUI)

Linux (CLI)

Download Win32 Disk Imager

Download Win32 Disk Imager
Right-click win32diskimager.zip, Extract All
Open extracted folder, double-click Win32DiskImager.exe

Clone ISO to USB drive


Browse for justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.iso

Select USB Device
Press Write

WARNING: This will DELETE ALL CONTENTS of selected drive

Reboot/Restart the computer

Boot from USB

Some computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to access boot menu
Common hotkeys are F8, F12, TAB, C, Right-Click

Select USB to boot

OR



All computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to enter BIOS setup
Common hotkeys are ESC, F1, F2, F8, F10, F11, F12, DEL


Change Boot order/priority to USB 1st (top of the list) using on-screen instructions
Save and exit

Bootloader

SYSLINUX boot menu
Select entry with and Enter
Splash screen

Additional notes

Clone ISO to USB drive

Download helper script

git clone https://github.com/justbrowsing/justboot
cd justboot
./drivedetect --color
DeviceDrive ModelVendorCapacityUSB
==================================
/dev/sdaHitachiHDS101931.51 GBno
/dev/sdbGenericUSB DISK 20X119.00 MByes
/dev/sdcCorsairVoyager15.12 GByes
/dev/sddToshibaDT888298.09 GBno
/dev/sdeKingstonUSB FlashDisk3.71 GByes


Select a USB drive at least 1 GB in capacity.

Open UNetbootin
Select DiskImage
Browse for justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.iso
Select Drive
Press OK

WARNING: This will DELETE ALL CONTENTS of selected drive

Reboot/Restart the computer

Boot from USB

Some computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to access boot menu
Common hotkeys are F8, F12, TAB, C, Right-Click

Select USB to boot

OR



All computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to enter BIOS setup
Common hotkeys are ESC, F1, F2, F8, F10, F11, F12, DEL


Change Boot order/priority to USB 1st (top of the list) using on-screen instructions
Save and exit

Bootloader

SYSLINUX boot menu
Select entry with and Enter
Splash screen

Additional notes

Clone ISO to USB drive

Download helper script

git clone https://github.com/justbrowsing/justboot
cd justboot
./drivedetect --color
DeviceDrive ModelVendorCapacityUSB
==================================
/dev/sdaHitachiHDS101931.51 GBno
/dev/sdbGenericUSB DISK 20X119.00 MByes
/dev/sdcCorsairVoyager15.12 GByes
/dev/sddToshibaDT888298.09 GBno
/dev/sdeKingstonUSB FlashDisk3.71 GByes

Select a USB drive at least 1 GB in capacity.

WARNING: This will DELETE ALL CONTENTS of selected drive

cd ~/Downloads
sudo dd if=justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M
sync
Reboot/Restart the computer

Boot from USB

Some computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to access boot menu
Common hotkeys are F8, F12, TAB, C, Right-Click

Select USB to boot

OR



All computers: hold down key (varies) during boot to enter BIOS setup
Common hotkeys are ESC, F1, F2, F8, F10, F11, F12, DEL


Change Boot order/priority to USB 1st (top of the list) using on-screen instructions
Save and exit

Bootloader

SYSLINUX boot menu
Select entry with and Enter
Splash screen

Additional notes

Mac OSX USB instructions coming soon...
Step 2. Select Emulator
QEMU VirtualBox VirtualBox Alt

QEMU Script


Run commands
git clone https://github.com/justbrowsing/justbrowsing-remaster
cd justbrowsing-remaster
./qemu-iso ~/Downloads/justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.iso

Note: For resolutions greater than 1024x768 pass -vga vmware to QEMU
Select entry with and Enter
Choose virtual machine (QEMU + VMware)
Select a screen resolution entry with
OR edit entry with TAB and set display= to desired resolution
Press Enter to boot
Splash screen
(note: bootsplash not displayed with VMware driver)

Full QEMU command



Parameter breakdown


QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=alsaenvironmental variable to enable audio
qemu-system-x86_64QEMU executable
-enable-kvmenable KVM
-m 2000set RAM to 2GB
-machine type=pc,accel=kvmforce KVM
-cpu hostmatch emulated CPU to host system
-vga vmwareset GPU hardware to vmware driver
-soundhw ac97set audio hardware to AC97
-cdrom justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.isoset ISO to boot

Recommended: Use OVA Virtual Appliance

Open Virtualization Archive (OVA) is a portable Virtual Appliance bundle containing a Virtual Machine.
JustBrowsing .ova files make it easy to test JustBrowsing or distribute across a computer lab.


Download OVA file

OR

Convert ISO to OVA
git clone https://github.com/justbrowsing/justbrowsing-remaster
cd justbrowsing-remaster
./iso2ova ~/Downloads/justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.iso


Open Downloads folder
Double-click OVA file
Note: may need to run modprobe vboxdrv
Press Import
Press Start
Select entry with and Enter
Choose virtual machine (VirtualBox)
Select a screen resolution entry with
OR edit entry with TAB and set display= to desired resolution
Press Enter to boot
Splash screen

Alternate: Create Virtual Machine

Note: The OVA bundles a JUSTDATA labeled harddrive for the config file, use that instead.

Note: may need to run modprobe vboxdrv
Open VirtualBox
Press New
Set name (Just Browsing), type (Linux), version (Arch Linux)
Set RAM to allocate (not more than half host system's RAM)
Select Do not add a virtual hard drive
Press Continue on the warning
Press Settings
Select Storage
Empty CD/DVD drive
Browse for justbrowsing_YYYYMMDD.iso
Check the Live CD/DVD box
Press Start
Select entry with and Enter
Choose virtual machine (VirtualBox)
Select a screen resolution entry with
OR edit entry with TAB and set display= to desired resolution
Press Enter to boot
Splash screen
VMware install...
Step 2. Select PXE method

iPXE

HTTP

NFS

NBD

iPXE Server


iPXE Client


PXE HTTP Server


PXE HTTP Client


PXE NFS Server


PXE NFS Client


PXE NBD Server


PXE NBD Client




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