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 ...

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Let's start by clearly stating what this post is, and what it isn't. It is a description of how I set up multi-boot for Linux systems, sometimes including Windows, using the GRUB bootloader. It is not ...

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 ...

Part 1 of this two-part series discusses ways to transition into Linux without leaving Windows behind all at once. Six months ago, I began a self-imposed experiment to see if I couldsurvive leaving ...

Is it possible to write to an NTFS partition after booting a PC with a Linux boot disk? I have a PC with a corrupt ntldr file on the C: drive that won't boot into Windows. I started the machine with ...

A colleague at work has 20+ scsi disks from pc's and sun's which need wiping before chucking, sizes vary from 11 MB (!) to I guess 2 GB. He needs a way to easily wipe them, I suggested a linux boot ...

When your PC stops booting, a boot drive is the electronic version of a defibrillator. If you can boot your PC, you can detect bad memory, chase bad sectors, change passwords, and recover data … all ...

Last week I described a free CD called dyne:bolic that promised video and audio production and streaming capability on a bootable GNU/Linux CD. See the dynebolic web site for more information. I was ...

Getting ready to back-up and format both. Should I format them both under fat and how many partitions should I make? I think I will put XP on first then try to put Linux on after that. I have read ...