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This guide shows the steps required to dual boot Windows 8.1 and Linux Mint 17.1 including how to create the USB drive and how to set up the partitions

After the fuss that has been made about the article that appeared on the Elementary website last week, one question sprang to mind: "Can you make money with Linux or is it a labour of love?"

If you are new to Linux then choosing the right distribution isn't easy. On the surface Linux Mint and Ubuntu don't seem all that different. This list gives you 5 reasons why Linux Mint might be the best option. There is a link within the article listing 5 reasons why Ubuntu might be the better option however.

This is a step by step guide to customising Cinnamon. The guide shows how to manage panels, applets and applets as well as how to customise the login screen.

This is a review of Linux Mint 17.1 which is probably as good as it gets for people who like a traditional desktop Linux distribution. It has lots of nice little touches, is clean, polished and stable.

This is a straight forward Windows 8 vs Linux Mint comparison for those Windows 7 users who are looking to upgrade. This isn't a Windows bashing article though.

This guide shows Windows 7 users how to switch to Linux Mint without touching the recovery partition that came with the computer nor any data partitions they may have set up.

This article focuses on 11 Linux Terminal Commands that I wish I knew about when I first started using Linux.

Last year I wrote an article listing the top 10 distributions of 2013 based on Distrowatch rankings and added a comment for each distribution based on how suitable they are for new users and the average computer user. Here is the 2014 update

This guide shows how to customise the XFCE desktop environment by adding panels and items, switching the menu system, installing a dash and installing the classy Cairo dock

Peppermint OS 5 is a unique Linux distribution due to the way that it integrates web applications into the desktop.

This should make it a great fit for the internet archive and the 2000+ games that have just been added. Unfortunately the chemistry just isn't quite right.

Ubuntu and Xubuntu are different in many ways. Ubuntu has a modern UI and fully featured applications whereas Xubuntu is lightweight and highly customisable. This article looks at the differences between the two.

Xubuntu is one of my favourite distributions because it has the power and ease of use of Ubuntu, but is lightweight and easy to customise. This is a review of the latest version of Xubuntu. Version 14.10

This guide shows 3 different methods for creating a persistent Xubuntu USB drive. It is the first in a series of posts looking at Xubuntu and will get you up and running with Xubuntu in a live environment.

Since UEFI arrived on the scene dual booting became a little bit more difficult. The most common issue is that despite installing Ubuntu (or another distribution) the system boots straight to Windows. This guide provides two solutions to this problem.

Devuan has been created as a clone of Debian minus systemd. Is forking such a massive project such as Debian really a good idea?

This guide shows how to create a Puppy Linux USB drive using the Puppy Linux tools as opposed to using generic tools such as UNetbootin.

Here is a list of the 7 best alternative Linux distributions of 2014. The list is formed of specialist distributions which have a unique quality, such as the ability to run from a USB drive or dedicated to gaming.

This week's news includes reviews of Puppy, Kali and Fedora, the best XFCE distros and the 6 must have applications for Linux

This week's news includes a poll for the best distribution of the year, a guide to the best KDE distributions of the year, a review of Linux Lite 2.2 and a decent number of how-to guides.