The idea of updating your Linux kernel can sound intimidating, especially if you're new to the ecosystem or if your ...

Although it may seem trivial to mention, sound hardware design is a fundamental component of a fast boot system. Many aspects of hardware design can have a marked influence on 1) how quickly your ...

Dual-booting is also completely reversible. If you decide you want to fully switch to either OS, all you have to do is delete the partition that the other OS is on. Remember to back up any important ...

A dual-boot system allows a computer to host two operating systems, giving you the choice of loading one of two (or more) operating systems at startup. This setup is ideal for users who need the ...

It is a description of how I set up multi-boot for Linux systems, sometimes including Windows, using the GRUB bootloader. It is not intended to be a complete guide to Linux on UEFI firmware.

Simple Linux-only UEFI boot The simplest possible configuration, which I want to look at here to serve as a soft of 'basic reference point', is a single Linux-only system. As I explained in more ...

As we reported last month, Windows 8 computers that ship with UEFI secure booting enabled could make the task of replacing Windows with Linux or dual-booting the two operating systems more difficult.