Why won’t Linux install on modern Lenovo laptops? The discovery of this problem set off a recent firestorm. But contrary to initial speculation, it’s not that Microsoft is forcing Lenovo to block the ...

So I tried a distro I'd never used before: Bodhi Linux. This distro epitomizes lightweight and is quite unlike any of the ...

That is a really nice configuration, especially at that price. The unfortunate news is, of course, that it came preloaded with Windows 10 Home. But that didn't last long. I let the Windows setup ...

It's been a month since I wrote about getting a new HP Pavilion 14 laptop and loading Linux on it. My experience with it so far has been extremely good – it has done exactly what I wanted, I haven't ...

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 ...

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 ...