Last week I made a side-by-side comparison of Calamares and Ubiquity, the former a non-denominational Linux installer and the latter the Ubuntu installer. This week, since it was just announced that ...

I've been busy installing a rash of new releases lately - first the final release of Manjaro 16.06 and now the beta release of Linux Mint 18 - and I've been struck by the contrast in the installers. I ...

Linux Mint offers a lot more flexibility and customization than Windows, yet it's still polished and usable out of the box. Operating system updates in Mint are seamless, with no forced updates and ...

OK, you've settled on which version of Linux you want to load on your old PC. Here's how to make it happen. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog ...

Moving from Windows to Linux doesn't require much of a learning curve and brings some real benefits, but you need to accept a few compromises. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 ...

The newly released Mint 18 is a major upgrade. Not only has the Linux Mint project improved Mint’s dueling desktops (Cinnamon and MATE), but the group’s latest work impacts all underlying systems.

Guide When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Installing Linux on a computer, once you know what you’re doing, really isn’t a difficult ...

One of the drawbacks of buying a barebones PC like Intel’s NUC—at least if you’re a Windows user—is that it comes with no operating system. The big PC OEMs get Windows at a steep discount compared to ...

Linux Mint 13, the Maya release, is an impressive upgrade that builds on the progress found in version 12. It contains few additional innovations to the operating system. But it updates numerous core ...