Ubuntu MATE uses the MATE desktop (which is lightweight yet full-featured), which makes it easy for new users to hop onto the Linux bandwagon. MATE is as easy as it gets, with a bottom panel, a top ...

Running Linux from a USB drive is possible. You can boot just about any distribution you want from USB. There are some things you should consider before going this route. I've used Linux in just about ...

Why it’s great: Ubuntu is one of the most recognizable Linux distributions, and for good reason. It offers a polished ...

Sitting is the new smoking, or so many headlines have told us. While that’s largely an exaggeration (smoking is dangerous in ways sitting can’t hope to imitate) it’s true that being sedentary is ...

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IT white papers, webcasts, case studies, and much more - all free to registered TechRepublic members. This glossary will help you grasp the vocabulary behind the technology of drones, so that you can ...

The best USB-C hubs add ports to your PC, providing connections to legacy peripherals like mice, keyboards, printers, or more. If you follow my advice, you shouldn’t pay that much, either. The very ...

The brain changes as we age – but a new study pinpoints exactly when those shifts occur. Our brain structure moves through five distinct phases marked by four turning points, at ages nine, 32, 66, and ...

External USB/Thunderbolt SSDs and/or hard drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to add storage capacity to your system as well as back it up. External drives are also ...

Steve Asmussen, who trained Gun Runner, won the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds for the third time in the race’s five-year history when Chip Honcho ground his way to a three-quarters-length ...