Those old CD games that have been sitting on your shelf for eternity? Linux can run them.

For many different reasons, you may not be able to install Linux on your computer. Maybe you are not familiar with words like partitioning and bootloader, maybe you share the PC with your family, ...

March 3, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google So you've decided to give Linux a shot, and you've found a distribution that suits you. But how do you actually ...

Ubuntu Linux 8.10, aka Intrepid Ibex, is the most popular Linux distribution available for installing on your PC, thanks to its steadily improving hardware compatibility and installation software, ...

The “cheap” and “easy” way in about an hour! A question that pop’s up from time to time is “I somehow ended up with an archaic old laptop / computer, can it run Linux?” Well of course it can, but that ...

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 ...

I remember back in the day when Linux was a challenge, even for computer scientists. It was all text-based; you had to manually format the hard drive, understand how networking functioned, and use the ...

OK, you've settled on which version of Linux you want to load on your old PC. Here's how to make it happen. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog ...

I have an old Dell XPS M1330 with Windows 7 on it. It has a CD/DVD drive from which I can play movies and read other content, but for some reason I have not been able to boot into the Linux install CD ...

In my previous article, I discussed the things one should consider when purchasing a laptop on which Linux will run. This time I would like discuss a few ways to get the laptop up and running with a ...