Eradicating Windows and slapping Linux on your computer sure isn’t as easy as it used to be. Modern Windows PCs produced after Windows 8’s release have UEFI firmware with “Secure Boot” enabled. This ...

For some time now I have gotten a slow but steady volume of requests that I write about UEFI firmware and EFI boot relative to installing and maintaining Linux. As a result of a casual comment I made ...

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...

Users with dual-boot setups running both Linux and Windows may encounter boot issues following a recent Windows update. This problem affects many Linux distributions, causing systems to fail during ...

“Linux is not for everyone. It is, however, a perfectly acceptable (and dare I say good) alternative to Windows and OS X,” Dylan Herx reports for Mactuts+. “It offers near-limitless control over an ...

In the first article of this series, I explained the fundamentals behind the Libreboot free software BIOS project and why you might want to replace your BIOS with it. I followed up by describing how ...

Let's set the scenario: You've either accidentally deleted your Linux boot partition or an update went wrong and deleted it. Now you're unable to access your data ...

I must confess, that I try not to run Windows any more than absolutely necessary. But for many reasons, it is occasionally necessary. In particular, I have had several laptops that are finicky with ...

Portability is a huge advantage that Linux enjoys over most other desktop operating systems as most major distros work very well when installed to a flash drive. However, there are still machines in ...

If problems occur on your Linux server, they are often related to the boot process. During the system startup, something goes wrong and no login prompt inviting you to log on your server will appear.

Microsoft has confirmed the August 2024 Windows security updates are causing Linux booting issues on dual-boot systems with Secure Boot enabled. The issue is caused by a Secure Boot Advanced Targeting ...