I just did a fresh install of Red Hat 7.2 and install went flawlessly (FINALLY) but when i would boot into SMP mode (running MSI K7Master-L) it would go through some sequences (flew by too fast to see ...

Eradicating Windows and slapping Linux on your computer sure isn’t as easy as it used to be. Modern Windows PCs produced after Windows 8’s release have UEFI firmware with “Secure Boot” enabled. This ...

On those infrequent occasions when you need to reboot Linux, you may find that the process takes longer than you'd like. Jack Wallen shares a number of tricks you can use to reduce boot times. On ...

Facepalm: Microsoft recently released its latest batch of monthly security updates for Windows and other software products. However, a bug fix designed to address a Secure Boot vulnerability ...

A good dual-boot setup will double your satisfaction and cut your technical headaches in half.

If you're a Mac user, you may have already used Apple's Boot Camp to get Windows on your system for those must-have programs. With a fast new Ubuntu out, however, you might want to give it a try—but ...

Before a computer boots Windows, OS X, Linux, or any other operating system it loads system-level firmware. For the past few decades most PCs have used something called BIOS to recognize your hardware ...

...but only on one machine, on a fresh install. The installation media (RH 8.0beta3 and RH 7.3 final) check out MD5sum-wise. The ONLY difference between the working and non-working computers is the ...