A flash drive is one of the single most useful tools a person can own. With it you can back up critical data, transport large files, rescue a malware-infested PC, and even run an entire operating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. You've got one of these lying around. Just make it has a 4GB ...

For some time now I have gotten a slow but steady volume of requests that I write about UEFI firmware and EFI boot relative to installing and maintaining Linux. As a result of a casual comment I made ...

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 ...

February 8, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google We usually use Unetbootin to create a bootable thumb drive from a Linux ISO, but it turns out you don't even ...

August 15, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google One great alternative that will breathe new life into your Mac hardware (regardless of age): Install Linux on it ...

Margaret T. wants to boot from a flash drive and work on documents from there. You’ll need to get an operating system onto the flash drive. You’ve got a number of ...

Are you dual-booting Linux and Windows? If you'd prefer to have Windows boot up first, we'll show you how. Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay ...

I'd prefer not to have an ISO image 55GB in size, I'd like it to be of just what i have installed which right now is about 900 MB. I tried to 'dd' it but it created a 55GB image (size of the hard ...