The Ubuntu development community has announced that the fifth Ubuntu 8.04 prerelease is now available for testing. Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 adds additional polish and reliability as well as a few ...

Wubi is a tool that lets you install Ubuntu as if it were a Windows application. In other words, you can create a computer that dual boots Windows and Ubuntu Linux without messing with disk partitions ...

Linux, to me, is like all the girls in college when you’re still dating a girl from back home. Free, good looking, easy to use, and with a lot of cool, unique features and abilities. After a while, ...

As with all releases of Ubuntu, the improvements in 8.10 are gradual rather than striking. This is true of the installer. This functions largely as it did in Ubuntu 8.04, which is to say it makes ...

Windows only: Wubi is a Windows-based Ubuntu Linux installer that lets you run the OS on your Windows XP box—no partitions, bootloaders or Live CDs required. Wubi ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: Wanted to try out Lucid Lynx a.k.a Ubuntu 10.04 Linux on Windows, but were worried to wipe-off a drive partition? Fear no more! In fact, even if you have a single partition on your ...

So I've got a system which I would really like to multiboot with, reserving XP and Windows 7 partitions for gaming, and using Ubuntu for everything else Problem is I have an OCZ Revodrive, which my ...

Let's face it, deciding to nuke your existing operating system installation and replace it with a completely different OS isn't the sort of task that you should approach lightly. One of the barriers ...

Ubuntu 11.04, or “Natty Narwhal,” has been out just a few days, but already it’s being billed as possibly the most accessible and user-friendly Linux distribution ever. With its new Unity interface, ...

Ubuntu 9.10 continues version 9.04's ease of install and operation, and is jam-packed with useful, free applications. The ability to run Ubuntu within Windows is an added plus for users who may still ...

Ubuntu 13.04 “Raring Ringtail” may have technically hit beta 1 a few weeks ago, but at the time there was no beta release to test and try out. Rather, the only variations with actual beta images to ...

I’m a long-time Windows user interested in Linux, and based on several recommendations, gave Wubi a whirl. I finally finished the installation, and I must say it’s been much flakier than installing ...