Are you dual-booting Linux and Windows? If you'd prefer to have Windows boot up first, we'll show you how. Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay ...

August 15, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google One great alternative that will breathe new life into your Mac hardware (regardless of age): Install Linux on it ...

Google's Chromebox is a very cool piece of hardware -- sort of a reduced-price Mac Mini -- but not everyone will want to be limited by its webby Chrome OS environment. We'll show you how to run a full ...

For some time now I have gotten a slow but steady volume of requests that I write about UEFI firmware and EFI boot relative to installing and maintaining Linux. As a result of a casual comment I made ...

Android (Rooted): Whether you're troubleshooting a problematic PC or you just prefer working in your own OS with your own tools, keeping a Linux boot CD or USB key is a great way to take a customized ...

I got a number of requests about switching out from Windows to the latest and best Linux. For me and many other experienced Linux users, that's Linux Mint 19. You don ...

Partitioning your hard drive is part of the process and could affect your current data. Make sure to back up your system completely before you begin. Depending on the arrangement, you may need to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. You've got one of these lying around. Just make it has a 4GB ...

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 ...