Some operating systems can be a pain in the rear to install if you don’t happen to have an optical disc drive for your computer. But if you’re trying to install most Linux-based operating system such ...

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Installing Ubuntu from a USB drive on an older machine is easy if you have one key bit of information ... After a few extremely frustrating hours trying to install Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, the latest ...

One of the best things a Windows user can do for Defensive Computing is to have a bootable copy of Linux on hand. The classic reason being to rescue a broken copy of the operating sytem, but the much ...

As I reported earlier today, Lee over at the MiniNote User forums has posted a custom version of Ubuntu 8.04 that includes out of the box support for the HP Mini-Note’s WiFI and video hardware. The ...

Now that users have a general idea of what Linux is, this article will explain how it can be installed on a computer, along with the type of Distribution that should be used. Linux is an entirely free ...