Puppy Linux is a small (by design) Linux distribution that easily fits on a USB stick. If your computer has the ability to boot from a USB stick (which many do), this can benefit you in a number of ways.
1. If your hard drive fails, you’ve still got a working computer.
Obviously none of us ever [...]

In a move that’s seemingly insignificant but actually very significant, Ubuntu Linux is now available for purchase off-the-shelf from Best Buy.
Reasons why this is important:
When a software product “graduates” from the internet to being an actual in-store item, this means that non-nerds see it and will probably buy it. Why? Because it’s only $19.99 - [...]

In what has to be one of the coolest Linux LiveCDs ever released, there is a DVD distribution of Linux that is absolutely nothing but games, games and more games.
You can check it out here. It’s built on the Arch Linux distribution and there are 16 games available on it.
Compared to other distro releases, this [...]

The last time I looked at gOS I was not impressed. It looked like it had a long way to go. The operation seemed oversimplified and too watered down.
Even though I haven’t tried out the latest version of gOS, I might. Do you see the screen shot here? Does it remind you of an [...]

As regular regulars know, Linux Mint is my abso-frickin’-lute favorite of the *nix distributions out there. Why? I call it “The Ubuntu that should have been.” Linux people who deem themselves “power users” absolutely hate it because it’s too easy. But everyone else trying *nix for the first time loves it.
Linux Mint 5 is out [...]

Making the switch from Microsoft Windows or Apple’s OS X to Linux can be a daunting proposition for most people. There are a lot of negative myths, half truths and misinformation out there that scare many people off. Fortunately there are several ways to experiment with, and get to know, Linux that will not change [...]

This is yet another argument on why building a computer is better than buying a pre-built box.
Dell is one of the very few OEMs that offers consumer PCs bundled with GNU/Linux instead of Windows as an option.
But let’s say for the moment you don’t like Dell for whatever reason and decide to go with another [...]

The title of this article is a quote from a really good article called Linux is in Bed with Mom. The reason the article is so frickin’ good is because it completely nails what Linux is absolutely best at doing on the consumer end, that being the OS in an embedded system.
Part of the whole [...]

We all know that the OS wars will wage on until the end of time. You’ll have the Windows guys unenthusiastically entering the battlefield in their suits and ties. The Apple guys staggering into the battlefield in rainbow gear smelling like hemp. And the Linux guys will be tripping over their pocket protectors.
OK, see, I [...]

One of the most outright frustrating experiences using a Linux distribution is having hardware that absolutely, positively will not work with it for whatever reason.
But what if you’re building a box? Is there any way to find out what hardware will work best?
Yes. It’s called the Hardware Compatibility List or HCL for short.

If you are a Ubuntu user, you are probably well aware of the recent 8.04 upgrade release. As you know, you can either do a clean installation (format and install fresh) or an upgrade installation (install on top of your existing OS). If you are pondering which is best for you, then I recommend this [...]

First of all I want to say it’s very cool of FOSSwire to have posted an Ubuntu “Cheat Sheet” listing in a very easy-to-read rundown of terminal commands.
But in all seriousness, just looking at this sheet just gives you an itty-bitty glimpse into all the command line crap you have to learn with Ubuntu (and [...]

Would you believe me if I told you that 70% of Linux kernel development is performed by PAID employees in commercial enterprise? It’s true.
If you’re a Linux user, does that make you mad? Does that make you hang your head in shame?
It shouldn’t.
Personally speaking I was really happy to discover this. It means that big-biz [...]

The other day I got into a somewhat heated discussion about why Linux is a viable alternative desktop OS. Despite my best efforts, I was unable to move the other side past the rhetoric and myths that seem to surround Linux. It is because of this discussion that I am writing this…as a way to [...]

The Ubuntu folks have released version 7.10 of the popular Linux distro. This one is nicknamed Gutsy Gibbon. Ubuntu 7.10 adds an enhanced user interface, improved hardware support, multiple monitor support and integrated desktop search.
Installing Ubuntu Linux 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon”
Understandably, many Windows people want to give Ubuntu a try because it is popular and it [...]

I’ve been running a web and email server out of my house for three years. When I did the initial install I had experience with configuring Windows as a web and email server but Exchange was unstable and I hated having to reboot Windows servers to apply security patches. Sasser and Blaster had just made [...]