Linux has many ways to install applications, including Personal Package Archives in Debian and Ubuntu-based distributions. Here's how they work.

Why switch to Linux? More security, more privacy, and freedom from vendor lock-in. And these distributions are as simple to install and use as MacOS or Windows.

I'm ready to try joining that industrious four percent and installing Linux on my computers to use as my main OS, at least for a week. I'll blog about the experience here.

Update: You can also run Ubuntu 12.04, Puppy Linux, or other operating systems on the MK802. Ubuntu boots very quickly on the little computer, although performance is a little on the slow side.

Are you ready to make the jump to Linux, but scared of learning a whole new interface? Here's how to make unfamiliar Ubuntu look and feel like the familiar Windows 7 desktop.

This article is more than 6 years old. UPDATED GUIDE: How To Install Ubuntu Linux 18.10 Two surprising things happened this year in my personal tech life.

If you’re thinking about creating your own Linux distribution, it can be a really exciting project, especially if you want an OS that’s perfectly tailored to your needs. One tool that can help ...

Partnering with one of the leading Linux developers, Canonical, it developed the WSL to enable you to effectively install the core of the Ubuntu Linux OS inside of Windows.

VMware has supported Linux desktops running on its VDI platform since VMware Horizon 6.2. In fact, last year I wrote an article on how to use CentOS as a Linux desktop on VMware Horizon 6.2, and ...

Ubuntu's networking should work out of the box with NetworkManager, but sometimes things go wrong. Here's how to get back online.