If you manually partition your Linux PC, you're setting up all the necessary partitions for your system and allocating disk ...

This guide assumes you've got a relatively modern Linux distribution and either Windows XP or Vista set up on the same computer. If you're looking for help on setting up your system, try Adam's guide ...

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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, ...

Vincent Danen goes over the basics of using the standard dd tool to back up and copy partitions and drives. There are a lot of backup utilities available, but the simplest backup tool is available ...

Windows 10 isn’t the only (kind of) free operating system you can install on your computer. Linux can run from just a USB drive without modifying your existing system, but you’ll want to install it on ...