Taking your first steps into the world of Linux can be a scary proposition. After all, we have a whole new world of terminal commands, desktop environments and applications to learn. Thankfully Linux ...

In this walkthrough, Senior Editor Robert Strohmeyer walks you through the steps needed to install Ubuntu–a popular Linux distribution and Windows competitor–on a PC. This fast, simple operating ...

Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 was released nearly 3 years ago. This brought the ability to run the Bash shell and run Linux binary executables that you’d be able to run on Ubuntu Linux.

To run Ubuntu in a VMware virtual machine, you need a computer that supports virtualization, the latest version of VMware Workstation Player, a four-core processor, 4GB to 8GB of RAM, and at least ...

Windows might be your bread and butter, but you can dual-boot it with Linux if you want to tinker, or play around with a wider range of open source software. Whether you're using Windows 10 or Windows ...