commentary In only a couple of years, millions of Australians will directly be using the open source Linux operating system in their everyday personal and professional lives. They will be using the ...

These Linux distros require no post-install effort. Each of these options is usable out of the box. You won't need to install software or tweak the desktop. Every ...

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 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 ...

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 ...