Chromebook vs. laptop: the conundrum that’s got us all wondering which is best. Chromebooks tend to come in a more affordable and lightweight package, but that’s not to say the best laptops aren’t ...

Your choices for a laptop operating system are Windows, macOS, and Chrome OS, and they’re all speedy, stable, secure, and reliable. Each OS has its pros and cons, and it’s hard to definitively rank ...

Linux, with its versatility and open-source nature, has become a preferred operating system for many tech lovers and professionals. However, laptops aren't generally tested for Linux during the design ...

Using Ubuntu Linux to import and edit photos from a digital camera. By J. D. Biersdorfer Companies are starting to see the advantages of being able to do large amounts of computing with technology ...

For work, school, and play, it’s hard to beat the utility of a laptop. In the course of a day, you might use it to read the news, join a video call, schedule appointments, pay bills, hand in homework, ...

Q: My 10-year-old Samsung laptop had a catastrophic crash. I took it to a local repair shop and the tech/owner said the entire drive and data could not be recovered. He also said the operating system ...

Let me paint a picture for you. I was running a virtual instance of another Linux operating system this morning with VirtualBox. Everything was going fine (as it usually does) until it wasn't. The ...

Laptops quietly monitor their own health, but most people never tap into the tools that can warn of trouble long before a crash or data loss. Built-in hardware diagnostics sit below the operating ...

New computer operating at a snail's pace? Get it up to speed again. (Photo: Getty) When you’re stuck with a sluggish computer that struggles to start up or stream a video, it’s tempting to just ...