In the comments on my recent posts about installing Linux on a netbook for a novice user (see my recommendations and my own results), someone mentioned that figuring out the disk partitioning was very ...

We're platform agnostic at Lifehacker, which is why we love dual-and triple-booting our computers. Unfortunately sharing data between operating systems can be a huge headache. Here's how to stay ...

Effort is under way to get virtualization into the Linux kernel, so it can catch up with rival OSes in server efficiency. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...