When we left our lovely new HP sub-notebook, we had just finished configuring Windows 7 Home Premium. Now it is time to move to installing a real operating system on it, and for the sake of variety ...

Happy Linux Mint 16 (xfce petra) user on my laptop. I picked up a broken (well, corruptd XP install) all-in-one Sony Vaio PC and wanted to give Mint a swing on that. The specs are modest, but the boot ...

If you can't upgrade to Windows 11, or don't like what you've seen of it, install Linux Mint instead. Here's how to make the switch to an open-source operating system and install apps. Our team tests, ...

Moving to Linux from Windows can be a daunting prospect. Will all your favorite software work? Can you even play games on Linux? How difficult will the learning curve be? Thankfully, Linux and its ...

Installing Linux on a computer, once you know what you’re doing, really isn’t a difficult process. After getting accustomed to the ins and outs of downloading ISO images, creating bootable media, and ...

A couple of weeks ago, Neowin published a tutorial explaining to how to get your foot in the door of the Linux world. While it briefly touched on the post-installation process, the focus was mainly on ...

The final release of Linux Mint 16 (Petra) Cinnamon/MATE came a little over a week ago, and the KDE/Xfce Release Candidates arrived this week. I decided to install all four of them, each on a ...

Linux Mint is possibly the most popular derivative of Ubuntu, and each new version of Linux Mint usually comes just a short while after each Ubuntu release. The latest Linux Mint 10 comes just a ...

Don’t like Linux Mint’s Software Manager? Here’s how you can install the Ubuntu Software Center in Linux Mint 12. 1. Open a terminal window. 2. Type in the following code and then hit enter to install ...