Let's start right off by tackling the most pertinent question for this article: why the heck would someone want to run Linux on a Mac system that already has a very nice Linux distro hidden beneath ...

The very first issue that those who live in a Microsoft world might encounter is that Microsoft’s Virtual PC product doesn’t handle a 24-bit video display which, coincidentally, is the default display ...

Canonical has released a special version of its Ubuntu Server Linux distribution that is tailored to run as part of a virtual appliance. Dubbed Ubuntu JeOS (Just Enough Operating System), the software ...

I downloaded the software, installed it, and proceeded to install my Ubuntu .iso file in an 8GB virtual file. Everything loaded properly, quite quickly, and soon enough, I was running Ubuntu in a ...

I've been meaning to try VirtualBox, the free x86 virtualisation product from InnoTek, and a comment to my previous Vista/Ubuntu post has pushed me into it. Of course, I can't just put a Windows OS on ...

Tired of Windows? Sick of paying big money for Macs? Want a better, more secure desktop? Give Linux a try. Read now Ubuntu joins AWS' Microsoft Windows and AWS' own Amazon Linux options on Amazon ...