You might say that the trend to 64-bit Linux systems started in 1994 when Jon “maddog” Hall, then at Digital, gave Linus Torvalds an Alpha workstation. But the mass market started to make the move ...

I have a mandrake 9 box I just set up that I want to be able to VNC into from my other machines. My other 2 boxes are running XP and already have VNC working fine between them. The windows boxen can ...

Linux in a Box for Dummies is one of the latest offerings for new Linux users from IDG, the Dummies company. This yellow box contains three CDs and a 128-page installation booklet. The CDs contain ...

We remember when getting Linux on your average desktop computer was a tricky enough endeavor that only those with the most luxurious of graybeards would even attempt it. A “Linux box” in those heady ...

There was a time, not quite so long ago, when a computer was a beige box that sat on your desk. Before that, computers were big enough to double as desks, and even farther back, they took up a whole ...

I just bought a new laptop and need to make a decision. For 15-20 years I've run cygwin. For the new laptop should I try Microsoft's Linux subsystem, or stick with cygwin? The machine will dual boot ...

I have admitted several times in this column that I can be absentminded and careless. At least I meant to. Regardless, this tendency got me into an annoying situation recently. I made several changes ...

Linux users running KDE Plasma desktop environments need to apply patches to fix a bug that can lead to malicious code execution every time a user mounts a USB thumb drive on his computer. The KDE ...