Want to try or install a Linux distribution (distro) on your computer? Making a bootable flash drive with an image of the distro is the simplest route these days. I've done it dozens of times, and ...

In a modern Linux operating system we usually take it for granted that when we insert a USB flash drive, best hard drive, or even a DVD disk, they just appear ready for use. But under the hood there ...

Understanding how to efficiently automate tasks on Linux can significantly simplify your daily operations. One such routine task is mounting drives, which can be performed automatically, saving you ...

In theory, writing a Linux device driver shouldn’t be that hard, but it is harder than it looks. However, using libusb, you can easily deal with USB devices from user space, which, for many purposes, ...

Unless you've been around the Linux community for a long time, PorteuX is unlike any operating system you've probably ever used. What makes PorteuX so different? Well, first off, it's based on ...

The Disks app takes over some more challenging commands, such as fsck, mount, parted, chown, and dd. This app is a handy GUI that also prevents you from having to edit the fstab configuration file ...

I just got a new Compaq Presario 900 Z Laptop. Formated it, installed WinXP, and now want to install linux on it. I put in the redhat cd at boot... it finds it.. i enter the graphical set up, select ...

I have a 6-disk RAID-6 array made up of 1TB Western Digital WD10EADS drives. I need to expand the array and am looking at what drives are out on the market now. The comparable drive to mine is the ...

The last time we checked in with [Downtown Doug Brown], he had some cheap Altera USB Blaster clones that didn’t want to work under Linux. The trick at that time was to change the device’s 24 MHz clock ...

Developing high-availability and carrier applications for commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware gets easier with MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 2.1. Based on MontaVista's Linux ...