In this month's column we will walk through the steps of installing Debian Potato in a multiboot configuration with Windows 98/NT/2K. Our machine will serve as the desktop system of a software ...

Okay, first of all, I'm not quite new to the Linux world. I first installed Linux on a desktop machine sometime in 1996 (pretty sure) using Slackware floppies a friend had sent to me over IRC and he ...

There are some superb desktop Linux distributions that are designed to work with very old hardware. For example, Puppy Linux is a great choice to quickly turn an old PC into a secure, easy to use word ...

Debian. Neophytes run for their lives at the very mention of the distribution. This is hardcore stuff — the install from hell. You must have Biblical familiarity ...

Debian vs. Arch vs. Fedora: Which Linux distro base is right for you ...

I have been hidden by the big red hat for too long. I want to switch to debian but the installation, at least what it looks like from the documentation, looks daunting.<BR><BR>Here is my question, i ...

Once you install Debian to function as a server, you might notice it's missing something important--sudo. Jack Wallen walks you through the process of installing sudo and enabling it for user. Debian ...

I traded Ubuntu's flashy interface for Debian’s "No Nonsense" philosophy, and I'm not going back.