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This guide shows how to dual boot Lubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10 on a computer with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

This guide shows how to use Windows 10 to create a Linux Mint bootable USB drive. It also shows how to boot into Linux Mint on UEFI based hardware.

This guide shows 10 essential commands required for navigating the file system using the terminal. Find out where you are, how to move around, how to create folders, remove folders and create links.

I wrote this guide as the antidote for people who have dual booted Windows 10 and Ubuntu and want Windows 10 back the way it was before.

This guide shows you how to use the pacman command line package manager and is written for users who use an Arch based Linux distribution such as Manjaro

Could it really be? Has somebody really decided to develop a Linux distribution using COBOL?

Manjaro Linux has to be one of the best Linux distributions that I have tried in quite some time. It actually makes me happy to use KDE. Also for the first time in ages I have tried a distribution that doesn't really have any real nasty quirks that need resolving before I can use it.

This is a very basic guide showing how to clone git packages, how to install the programs and how to amend them. It is aimed as a nudge in the right direction for people wanting to get into Linux software development

Solus is a new independent distribution with a new desktop environment called Budgie. This review looks at Solus and asks the question "are there enough applications available?"

My phone has now become a more important device than a laptop or desktop computer. It appears to me that the only tasks we really need to perform on computers are specific to a particular niche whether that is video editing, writing books, programming or making music. So why do we obsess about the desktop environment, the menus and how good the audio player is?

After the Linux Mint issues that have occurred in recent days in brings to light the importance of checking the ISO image against the checksums provided on the distribution's website. This guide shows you how.

This guide provides more detail about the sudo command than most people ever bother worrying about. We all know that you can use sudo to boost your privileges but it can do so much more

This guide looks at the top 10 Linux distributions of 2015 as listed on Distrowatch and discusses the suitability of them for the average Joe or the Everyday Linux User. It does this based on ease of installation, ease of use, pre-installed applications, how ease it is to install other applications and how ready is it out of the box.

This guide shows how to use the grep command to filter data. There are 9 examples including basic searches, using wildcards and repeating patterns.

The Raspberry PI Zero was released with much fanfare a few months ago because of the incredibly low price point but I wonder how many people still have theirs in a desk drawer or attached to the MagPI magazine. The Raspberry PI Zero has some challenges associated with it such as connecting it to the internet. This guide shows you what you need, how to connect all the cables and how to install the operating system.

This guide shows how to connect to the Raspberry PI 2 using Windows, Linux and Android. There are subtle differences with each one. For example you need Samba installed to be able to connect easily from within Windows. The best Android client also needs a setting tweaked

This is an overview of the KDE Plasma desktop for beginners. It describes widgets, panels, activities, navigation and some of the tools that are provided as part of the desktop including akregator and kontact.

As many people will have received a Raspberry PI 2 for Christmas this guide shows how to set it up, including steps on what other things you will need, how to connect it up, how to install the operating system and a little bit about Raspbian.

This guide shows how to download Youtube videos for watching offline, which is great when you are on a train or a plane with limited or no internet access. This guide introduces a command line and gui tool.

This review looks at the new features in Linux Mint 17.3 and gives an overall review of the features for new users