The guide requires a thumb drive of 256 MB or larger, but other than that it should work on most USB drives. Also, in order to run Linux from your USB drive, your BIOS will have to support booting ...

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 ...

If you don't have an Ubuntu 8.04 Live CD then you'll need to download the .ISO file and burn one. Full installation gallery here Before we go any further I think that it's important that I point out ...

Installing Linux Mint on a Windows 8.x PC with Secure Boot on can be a pain, but on an XP system it's easy. So, if you're considering switching out XP for Linux Mint, here's how you'd go about it.

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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 ...

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 ...

Taking your first steps into the world of Linux can be a scary proposition. After all, we have a whole new world of terminal commands, desktop environments and applications to learn. Thankfully Linux ...