Making some space If you want to install Ubuntu, first make sure you have more than one NTFS partition (one of them consisting of Windows). If this is not the case, you have to create free space on ...

When the Windows 10 Anniversary Update was announced, there was one feature that got me excited: support for the Linux Bash shell. I grew up using Unix shell commands and was always frustrated by the ...

The Intel Compute Stick is a tiny computer that lets you run desktop apps on a TV when you plug the stick into an HDMI port. Intel offers Windows and Ubuntu Linux versions of the Compute Stick: but ...

Intel launched a tiny computer called the Intel Compute Stick earlier this year. It looks like a chunky USB flash drive, but instead of plugging it into your computer to add storage, you plug it into ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. After you've done this, check out my guide to updating your ...

To run Ubuntu in a VMware virtual machine, you need a computer that supports virtualization, the latest version of VMware Workstation Player, a four-core processor, 4GB to 8GB of RAM, and at least ...

Installing Ubuntu from a USB drive on an older machine is easy if you have one key bit of information ... After a few extremely frustrating hours trying to install Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, the latest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. After you've done this, check out my guide to updating your ...