Google's low-cost computers are capable of doing more than you think. Here's how you can transform a Chromebook into a full-blown Linux laptop. Dan Graziano is an associate editor for CNET. His work ...

Chrome OS has a bum rap that it is not a full OS. Chromebook users know that is not the case but for those who must run OS X, Windows, or Linux it can be insurmountable. That's no longer true on the ...

The Chromebook Pixel is the best Chrome OS laptop money can buy — but at $1299 and up you’ll need a fair bit of money to buy one. That’s a lot of money to spend on a laptop that runs a browser-based ...

Guess what? They've done it. A Guatemalan programmer who goes by the GitHub handle Guerra24, has "managed to run Unity [Ubuntu's default desktop interface] inside WSL, this shows that is fully capable ...

Screenshot by Ed Rhee There you have it. Now you know how to set up your USB flash drive to run Linux. Keep in mind that any changes you make while running Linux Live will not be saved. If you like ...

One of the more pragmatic aspects of Intel-powered Macs was their ability to run alternative operating systems, including Windows and Linux, without much effort at all. Apple even included a Windows ...

With the release of Windows 8 Enterprise, users finally have the opportunity to run Windows from a USB storage device -- just so long as they own the product license for the operating system. If you ...

Microsoft wants people to use Windows. To be clear, Microsoft wants people to use Windows and the connected elements of its total platform ecosystem which includes Office 365, the Azure cloud and the ...