Hard drives that have failed. Hard drives that will fail. Hard drives that were retired in the course of a computer upgrade before failure. In this TechBuilder Recipe, I&ll show you how to set up a ...

I know how to change the settings for my hard drive in order to improve the performace using hdparm. What I would like to know is how do you keep the settings that you changed with hdparm when you ...

The good news is, you don't need to be a Linux expert to get these backup procedures to work. The procedures described here are at the simple and specific "what to do" level. Though for those of you ...

I installed linux on a second hard drive. Windows xp is on the first. When I set my bios to boot to my second hard drive. (ide1) I get an eror message when booting linux. It says Can't find ext3 ...

As someone who switched from Windows 10 to Linux a long time ago, I know that it can feel daunting. I was also on the fence. However, one thing that helped me reassure myself that Linux is a great ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. This article is more than 6 years old. I've written about two ...

In theory, writing a Linux device driver shouldn’t be that hard, but it is harder than it looks. However, using libusb, you can easily deal with USB devices from user space, which, for many purposes, ...