I can't tell you the number of hours I've wasted rebooting PCs. When you're constantly swapping hardware, trying out new software, and sitting on the bleeding edge of software support, you're bound to ...

In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for anyone to use and modify however they like, the operating system has been put to a lot of uses. Today, a vast number of ...

After many months of painstaking effort, the problems caused by Microsoft’s Windows 8 “Secure Boot” technology are finally being solved for Linux users. Now, the capability is quickly spreading, and ...

Facepalm: Microsoft recently released its latest batch of monthly security updates for Windows and other software products. However, a bug fix designed to address a Secure Boot vulnerability ...

The final release of Linux Mint 16 (Petra) Cinnamon/MATE came a little over a week ago, and the KDE/Xfce Release Candidates arrived this week. I decided to install all four of them, each on a ...

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 ...