Having recently completed the second issue of Hackett and Bankwell, I have been taking inventory of my accomplishments and lessons learned. Two years ago, I was working two jobs, writing Web software ...

One of Linux's strengths as an operating system is its ability to be configured and tweaked to suit your tastes. Using the command line allows you to issue powerful commands that are unavailable to ...

Once you've got your live USB, boot to your USB drive in your PC's BIOS, and your Linux distro will boot up. You could extend ...

The hype that spawned several Linux start-ups has vanished, but MontaVista Software still has faith that Linux is the foundation for success. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Even with today's fast, multi-core processors and a large amount of system RAM, waiting for a Linux computer to boot can be a slow and tedious process. Though you may never get your Ubuntu Linux PC to ...

Linux Mint is my top pick for Windows escapees—stable, familiar, and frequently updated. Cinnamon menu gains moveable search ...

A Linux start-up on the path to profits newsmaker Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth is ready for Ubuntu to make the leap from the desktop to the server room.

As the Linux operating system grows in strength and popularity given its open-source nature and customizable features, Pittsburgh, Pa.-based embedded Linux service provider TimeSys Corp. is forging ...

A secretive Manila start-up is developing software that, it claims, will allow virtually any Windows application to run on the Linux operating system. While fuzzy on details, the company, called ...

I'm trying to get a Puppy Linux 2.17 setup to work for a car PC that'll be booting off a CF card. So far everything works, with the FS only syncing to the CF card when told to, or when the system is ...

Virtual Iron Software, a small start-up, will formally debut its virtual computing environment that enables administrators in a corporate IT shop to link Linux-based servers into a network and allow ...