Having a Linux live USB can save many headaches if your main PC has issues, but they're also useful as portable OSes that you keep with you, and plug into whatever host machine is nearby. For them to ...

Thanks to the flexibility of Linux, it's possible to run the OS directly from a USB drive, but is that the right approach? Here are the pros and cons.

In the vast and versatile world of Linux, the concept of a live environment allows users to run an entire operating system directly from a USB stick or CD without installing it on a computer's hard ...

As a longtime fan of Linux, I’m a big believer that most business users would benefit greatly by dumping Windows and switching over to the open source operating system instead. It’s stable, it’s ...

Repairs, surfing, virus check, complete system? The fact that a large USB stick offers space for 50 live systems should not tempt you to use it haphazardly. It’s all about making the right choice!

In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for anyone to use and modify however they like, the operating system has been put to a lot of uses. Today, a vast number of ...

Void Linux is a unique and highly customizable Linux distribution that stands out due to its independence from other distributions and its use of the runit init system instead of systemd. This guide ...

Although live CDs have a lot of advantages, they don’t fit in your pocket easily, which means you may not always have one around when you need it. Fortunately, most live CD images can be installed ...

Anyone involved in or even significantly interested in cybersecurity has probably heard of Kali Linux. Since its early days as BackTrack, it has been considered the standard in penetration testing and ...

Welcome to an ongoing series here at Forbes that zeroes in on your very first experience with a desktop Linux operating system: the installer. This time around I'm checking out a distribution my ...