Linux only: If you're diligent about applying patches to your Ubuntu PC, you'll soon notice an annoying problem—the boot menu keeps growing bigger every time a kernel patch is installed. Here's how to ...

Windows 7 and Ubuntu, despite their opposing missions, can get along like best pals on a single computer. Here's how to set up a dual boot system that lets you enjoy the best of both worlds in perfect ...

Rolling back the Linux kernel can save the day when a bad update breaks your system. It should be done carefully, with backups and verification. Use it to regain a stable state, then address the root ...

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I usually never post in this forum.<br><br>I have/had a dual boot machine consisting of Windows XP (my main OS), and a 10GB partition running Ubuntu ...

When Ubuntu changed to Grub 2 a couple of releases ago, it became significantly more difficult to set up multi-boot Linux systems. Most if not all Ubuntu derivatives are also using Grub2, and now the ...

With Windows 8 pushing a “touch-first” desktop interface—Microsoft’s words, not ours—and with Valve’s Steam on Linux beginning to bring much-needed games and popular attention to the oft-overlooked ...

So here's something I've been beating my head against. I need to come up with a way to get client computers to PXE boot -- and automatically install -- Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop. So far, I've gotten to a ...

Unless your computer is pretty old, it probably uses UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) to boot. The idea is that a bootloader picks up files from an EFI partition and uses them to start ...