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Computer (UEFI) BIOS Locked by Microsoft in Windows 8/8.1/10:- SpicyTricks... 25+ Best Linux Operating Systems: Gaming to Hacking.
- Linux.com... Top 11 Best Linux Distros for 2015.
- Windows 8 versus Linux:
- Ars Technica... How to move from Windows to Linux?
- How to dual-boot Windows + Linux (step-by-step):
- Linux From Scratch... Step-by-step building custom Linux system.
- Stack Overflow... Linux Q & A.
- TechTutorials: Linux Tutorials.
- Tweaking with Vishal... Linux Guides Collection: Everything You Want to Know and Learn about Linux Distros.
- How-to Geek... How to Use Fdisk to Manage Partitions on Linux.
- Gizmo's Freeware... Best Free Software for
Linux.
- LinuxBSDos.com... Install Ubuntu 11.10 on external hard drive, with an NTFS
partition at the end.
- LinuxBSDos.com... Install Ubuntu 11.04 on external hard disk.
- Play Windows games in Linux:
- Dedoimedo... Ubuntu
11.10 Oneiric Ocelot review - Damn good.
- LinuxBSDos.com... How to play Windows games in Linux.
- LinuxBSDos.com... Guide to disks and disk partitions in Linux.
- ZDNet... Linux snickers at Microsoft's victory declaration.
- APC... The Ultimate virtualization guide: Windows XP, Vista, Linux, MacOS X.
- Dedoimedo... Virtualization Guides + Reviews.
- Phoronix... NVIDIA
GeForce 400 "Fermi" Series on Nouveau.
- Unixmen... 19 Awesome Open source games for Linux.
- Linuxaria... 7 Classic games on Linux.
- exFAT Driver for Linux: exFAT @
Wikipedia.
- Warp2Search... Tutorials, Guides + News:
- Northern Journey Online... Linux for Newbies:
A Series for Beginners.
- The Starman... An Introduction to Linux Console Commands using "tomsrtbt" Boot
Disk.
- Unixmen... Linux Tutorials.
- Unixmen... Gaming on Linux.
- My Gaming... 13 tuxtastic Linux
Games.
- Computer games @ Dedoimedo:
- Pen Drive Linux... How to Access BIOS.
- LinuxInsight... How to flash motherboard BIOS from Linux (no DOS/Windows, no floppy drive)?
- Dedoimedo... openSUSE 11.3 Edu-Li-f-e - Amazing.
- PC World... Ten Reasons to Dump Windows and Use Linux.
- PC World... Five Reasons Linux Beats Windows for
Servers.
- PC World... Why Linux Is More Secure Than Windows.
- PC World... Linux Is on the Rise for Business.
- PC World... Windows and Linux Servers Grow at Unix's
Expense.
- PC World... Move Your Business from Windows to Linux.
- PC World... Why Windows
Is Bad for Business.
- PC World... 'Here You Have' Is a Windows Problem.
- PC World... Fact
or Fiction? Top 8 Linux Myths Debunked.
- PC World... Why I Use Linux.
- PC World... Is
Linux Really Harder to Use?
- PC World... Linux Replacements for Your Favorite Windows Apps.
- PC World... OS Smackdown: Linux vs. Mac OS X vs. Vista vs. XP.
- PC World... Desktop Linux: The Dream Is
Dead.
- Wikipedia... Linux.
- Wikipedia... History of Linux.
- Wikipedia... Business models for open source software.
- Wikipedia... Linux adoption.
- Wikipedia... List of Linux adopters.
- Wikipedia... Free-software movement.
- Wikipedia... Free software.
- Wikipedia... Open-source software.
- Wikipedia... Free and open source software (FOSS).
- Wikipedia... Comparison of open
source and closed source.
- Wikipedia... Comparison of Windows and Linux.
- Rute... LINUX: Rute
User's Tutorial and Exposition.
- How-to Geek... How to Create Your Own Customized Ubuntu Live CD.
- How-to Geek... Force Quit an Unresponsive Graphical Application in Ubuntu.
- How-to Geek... Remove Ubuntu One from Ubuntu 10.04.
- ghacks.net... Encrypting email in Evolution.
- ghacks.net... A few Ubuntu 10.04
fixes.
- How to Forge... The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2010.1 (Spring) Free (x86_64) [ISPConfig 2].
- How to Forge... Ubuntu 10.04 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend.
- How to Forge... The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2010.1 Spring With GNOME.
- How to Forge... The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 11.3 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3].
- How to Forge... Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On CentOS 5.4.
- How to Forge... Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.04.
- How to Forge... Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13.
- How to Forge... The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11.3 (GNOME).
- How to Forge... Integrating eAccelerator Into PHP5 And Lighttpd (OpenSUSE 11.2).
- How to Forge... Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13.
- TechSpot... Save the Day (and Windows) Using an Ubuntu Flash Drive.
- TechSpot... Test-Drive Ubuntu 10.04 Using a Bootable USB Flash Drive.
- How To Forge... The Perfect Desktop - PCLinuxOS 2010 KDE.
- How To Forge... The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 8 Helena.
- Linux Insider... Choosing a
Desktop Linux Distro Part 1: Getting What You Want.
- Linux Insider... Migrating to Linux Part 2: Avoiding Separation Anxiety.
- Linux Insider... Migrating to Linux Part 1: Sharing a Room With Windows.
- Tux Radar... Reviewed: Hands on with Fedora
11.
- Goodbye Windows... Install Linux (Debian) from within Windows: works with most modern distros.
- Bjorn 3D... How to Run Linux in A Virtual Desktop.
- IDG News... Vista launch best argument for Linux
says IBM exec.
- C|NET News... Ubuntu desktop apparently scares Microsoft.
- Intranet Journal... 5 Best Linux/BSD
Firewall Tools.
- MDGx... Linux based Software Routers + Firewalls.
- Linux... Docs How-to.
- How To Forge... The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11 + GNOME.
- PC Review... Run Linux in
Windows.
- The Register... Fedora 9 - an OS that even the Linux challenged can love.
- How To Forge... Enabling Compiz Fusion On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop using NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200.
- eWEEK... Ubuntu 8.04 Is Ready to Take On Windows.
- Information Week... Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared.
- Linux... Most Popular Linux
Distros.
- Linux... Linux Distros List.
- PC World... 18 Features Windows Should Have (but
Doesn't).
- SourceForge... Run Linux on top of DOS.
- PC World... Linux Replacements for
Your Favorite Windows Apps.
- Techware Labs... Linux: The Beginners Guide.
- How To Forge... Unattended Fedora 8 Install Guide with NFS and Kickstart.
- Techware Labs... Introduction to Linux.
- Scott Klarr... Linux-Unix
cheat sheets - The ultimate collection.
- Blogspot... Making your Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop look like MAC OS X
Leopard.
- How to Forge... Installation Guide: Fedora 8 Desktop.
- Information Week... Seven Areas Where Linux Could Get Better.
- Simplyjat... Mandriva 2008 Review.
- TweakHound... Installing & Configuring openSUSE
10.3.
- Onderstekop... 5 Ways to Customize your Ubuntu Desktop.
- Linux... How to use more than 1 GB of RAM with 32-bit
Linux OS.
- PC Mechanic... Can Linux Replace Windows?
- Information Week... Ubuntu Linux versus Windows Vista: The Battle for Your Desktop.
- eWEEK... The Most Important Open-Source Apps of All Time.
- eWeek... Author of Linux Patent Study Says Ballmer Got It Wrong.
- Network Newz... Building A Linux Router.
- Information Week... How To
Run Windows And Linux On A Single System.
- Phoronix... Linux Image Quality
Comparison.
- Elive... Elive Revolution Debian Linux distro.
- TechGage... Beginners Guide to Linux
Desktops.
- TweakNews... Ubuntu: The Imperfect Operating System Alternative to Windows.
- InformationWeek... What's The Greatest Software Ever Written?
- PixelBeat... Linux Command Line
Tips.
- Tom's Hardware... GeForce and Radeon Take on Linux.
- CRN... Head to Head: Can Novell SUSE Linux Take on Microsoft Windows Vista?
- Tom's Hardware... A Continuing Work in Progress: The State of Linux 2006.
- InformationWeek... Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide.
- ZDNet Blog... Why Windows is less secure than Linux.
- DesktopLinux... Get ready for the
Vista/SUSE smackdown!
- 1+1=2... Linux is not Windows.
- ExtremeTech... Making
Bootable Movies with eMoviX.
- ExtremeTech... A Switcher's Guide to Windows / OS X.
- ExtremeTech... Changing Knoppix To Fit Your Needs.
- Linux RSP... The table of equivalents /
replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux.
- ExtremeTech... Fixing Windows with Knoppix.
- Builder AU... 10 things you should know about every Linux installation.
- O'Reilly... Why do people switch to Linux?
- My Settop Box... Linux install guide.
- Steve... Newbie's Top Ten Linux Commands.
- playREACTION... The Wonderful World
of Linux: Part 1.
- playREACTION... The Wonderful World of Linux: Part 2.
- How To... Switch To Linux.
- The Inquirer... Guide to installing Linux.
- PC Stats... Install SUSE 9.1 Guide.
- Avoid paying for a host provider: download, install + learn how to use free
Linux/FreeBSD, Apache,
Lightppd, MySQL + PHP server software to host your own web/ftp site(s) on your home computer(s). - BSD, Unix, Linux, Penguin + Tux Wallpapers:
- Linux Screen Savers.
- Gnome Desktop Screen
Savers.
- Friday
Funnies.
 | | Distros + Binaries
Linux/BSD/GNU (*nix) OSes builds/distros can run in multi-boot environment alongside Windows/DOS/Mac/BeOS/OS2/alternative/derivative/fork/variant OSes from same/separate HDD/SSD/USB/memory/portable drive/disk/partition/volume, or from
within Windows interface (GUI) by using a virtual machine (VM). Windows/DOS OSes can run from within Linux by using a virtual
machine (VM). Windows/DOS programs + games can run from within Linux by using:- Wine:
- and PlayOnLinux (Wine GUI):
This is a short list of popular + useful Linux distros:Back 2 Top |