In the comments on my recent posts about installing Linux on a netbook for a novice user (see my recommendations and my own results), someone mentioned that figuring out the disk partitioning was very ...

If you can't upgrade to Windows 11, or don't like what you've seen of it, install Linux instead. Here's how to make the switch to an open-source operating system and install apps. If you've ever ...

As I mentioned last night, HP plans to make a utility available on its web site within the next few days that will let users either restore an HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition netbook to its factory default ...

The world of Linux is ready to welcome you, with a shower of free open-source software you can use on any PC: hundreds of active Linux distributions, and dozens of different desktop environments you ...

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.