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You can revive your aging PC with a lightweight Linux distro such as Puppy Linux and Linux Lite. But which one should you choose?

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Hi all I have an old Acer Travelmate 240 laptop and thought I might try Ubuntu on it. My last experience with installing Linux was with Red Hat 6 so I am way out of the loop. <BR><BR>Well, I did a ...

Installing Ubuntu on a Windows computer is no different from dual-booting any operating system. In fact, it's easier than most, because Ubuntu is designed to be one of the most straight forward of ...

One year on Linux, two distros, a few tears, four desktop environments, and zero regrets about leaving Windows.