In Ubuntu 6.10, which was released several years ago, Canonical introduced a new event-based boot daemon called Upstart to replace the traditional System-V init.

Before the days of grub2 in Ubuntu 9.10 and above, cleaning up your boot menu was easy, requiring nothing more than editing the menu.lst file, but the new boot manager doesn't work the same way.

According to Intel, this 40GB SSD is "aimed for value netbooks and dual-drive desktop PCs as a 'boot drive' to accelerate start up times, the opening of files and overall system performance".

Over the years, I've encountered various Ubuntu boot problems, from black screens to endless loading loops. Luckily, I've discovered several reliable methods to get Ubuntu up and running again ...

So here's something I've been beating my head against. I need to come up with a way to get client computers to PXE boot -- and automatically install -- Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop. So far, I've gotten to ...

Windows 7 and Ubuntu, despite their opposing missions, can get along like best pals on a single computer. Here's how to set up a dual boot system that ...