If your PC has been experiencing strange system crashes, or even the dreaded Blue Screen of Death, it's worth running some tests to check your system hardware. Luckily the Ubuntu Live CD has some ...

I have a Dell Dimension E521 with an ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 3D videocard and I cannot get an Ubuntu Live CD to work. <BR><BR>The CD will get into the options and if I select Start/Install or Start in ...

We've highlighted options for properly erasing your hard drives in the past (some simple, some involving hammers); in a similar vein, our friends at How-To Geek dive into the specifics of securely ...

In my recent column “Security Features in Ubuntu” (LJ, March 2008), I mentioned that the live CD method of running Linux from a CD-ROM or DVD rather than directly from a hard drive has important and ...

Ubuntu Linux 8.10, aka Intrepid Ibex, is the most popular Linux distribution available for installing on your PC, thanks to its steadily improving hardware compatibility and installation software, ...