Sometimes you need to use someone else's computer. Maybe you're at a library, maybe you're at a friend's house helping them troubleshoot a new device on their network. Whatever the situation, sitting ...

Thanks to the flexibility of Linux, it's possible to run the OS directly from a USB drive, but is that the right approach? Here are the pros and cons.

Puppy Linux is a lightweight and versatile Linux distribution ideal for breathing new life into lower-end machines. It can be easily installed on a USB flash drive, providing a portable and secure ...

My Surface laptop finally started showing its age, and try as I might, there wasn’t much I could do to improve its performance. So I took the ultimate step: I installed Linux on a Microsoft Surface ...

Installing Ubuntu on a Windows computer is no different from dual-booting any operating system. In fact, it's easier than most, because Ubuntu is designed to be one of the most straight forward of ...

Want to run whatever browser you want and not be forced into Edge? Sick of being told to "upgrade" to Windows 11? Tired of one Windows 10 zero-day after another being exploited? I have a radical ...

The London-based British Linux distributor Canonical has just released Ubuntu 23.10 (“Mantic Minotaur”), the latest version of its extremely popular Linux distribution, which is mainly aimed at ...

Trying to install Ubuntu server on a hardware raid 1 array instead of the native linux software raid. The easiest method I found was to use a USB drive to host the bootloader. I'm sure there are ...

With the growing mobile workforce, IT administrators who run their critical applications on Linux are now faced with the requirement to install Linux on laptops ...

Windows might be your bread and butter, but you can dual-boot it with Linux if you want to tinker, or play around with a wider range of open source software. Whether you're using Windows 10 or Windows ...

I have an old Dell XPS M1330 with Windows 7 on it. It has a CD/DVD drive from which I can play movies and read other content, but for some reason I have not been able to boot into the Linux install CD ...

Running Linux on a Windows system opens up a world of possibilities for users who want to explore the power and flexibility of the Linux operating system. Whether you’re a developer, a system ...