Linux is a powerful and fully customizable operating system with an endless number of distributions that differ significantly from one another, offering complete personalization for all applications.

Live CDs, DVDs or USB drives let you run Linux without actually installing it. Here are five reasons why you should. In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for ...

Done With Windows? This Linux Distro Makes It Easy to Switch If you can't upgrade to Windows 11, or don't like what you've seen of it, install Linux Mint instead. Here's how to make the switch to an ...

OK, you've settled on which version of Linux you want to load on your old PC. Here's how to make it happen. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog ...

We all know about the possibilities for installing Linux on a hard drive. Sometimes, however, this option isn't good enough. Say, for example, you simply want to give someone a Linux CD that he can ...

In my recent column “Security Features in Ubuntu” (LJ, March 2008), I mentioned that the live CD method of running Linux from a CD-ROM or DVD rather than directly from a hard drive has important and ...

Last week we mentioned how a Linux live CD can save you in times of crisis. But the usefulness doesn't stop there. Help2Go has a tutorial up detailing how you can partition your Windows hard drive any ...

You have got your shiny new Windows 11/10 computer. You have been using it for a while now, and everything is fine. Then, without any warning, your hard disk drive or solid-state drive fails. The ...