Installation type Now, you can choose your preferences, such as the language and the installation - we recommend selecting Normal installation. Confirm your choices by clicking on Continue. Do not ...

Partitioning your hard drive is part of the process and could affect your current data. Make sure to back up your system completely before you begin. Depending on the arrangement, you may need to ...

Ubuntu and other Linux distributions make dual booting easy, once certain configuration issues are addressed. Dual booting requires that space be made on the hard ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

I have taken the next step in setting up my Ubuntu working environment, and maintaining access to XP on my laptops for the few things that I still can only do on Windows. As always, I have started ...

Firmware, encryption, and filesystem traps that break dual boot.

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Amar Thakur wants to install Ubuntu on a PC without removing Windows 7. “How will I do that?” Ubuntu offers three ways to launch the operating system without ...