Original story: Security researchers have uncovered rare malware that can infect a Linux machine’s boot process, making it harder to detect and remove. The malware is known as a bootkit, which is ...

Ubuntu and other Linux distributions make dual booting easy, once certain configuration issues are addressed. Dual booting requires that space be made on the hard ...

Over the past few weeks several people have asked me if it's possible to set up a Windows XP/Linux dual-boot system on a PC that already has Windows XP installed on it, and if it's possible, how easy ...

On paper, dual-booting Windows and a Linux install of your choice seems like you're getting the best of both worlds. For months, I did exactly that in order to see what it would be like to daily drive ...

Linux users can boast long times between reboots, but even so, the startup screens will grace your display at some time. Here’s just what your computer is doing during this process, the several ...

Dual-booting your favorite operating systems is an old practice. It gives you complete access to the underlying hardware, and you can run both operating systems in their full glory. I dual-booted ...

A lot of embedded systems are running Linux on platforms like Raspberry Pi. Since Linux is fully functional from a command line and fully network-capable, it is possible to run servers that you’ve ...

In this chapter we will look at the startup process that most computers go through and how the fundamental operating systems get loaded and started. You will see that computers start with tiny steps ...

I must confess, that I try not to run Windows any more than absolutely necessary. But for many reasons, it is occasionally necessary. In particular, I have had several laptops that are finicky with ...

The clock is ticking for Windows and Linux users to update cryptographic keys that protect their systems against firmware-based UEFI infections, a pernicious form of malware that loads before ...