Getting someone to try Linux is one thing—getting them to stay is another. After helping several friends and family members make the switch, I’ve found that some distros do a better job of keeping ...

We toss together our own PCB designs, throwing in a microcontroller here or there. Anything more demanding than that, and we reach for a Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone (or an old Linksys router). Why ...

I have a Wireless Motorola Router that has a built-in ethernet port. It's connected to the Internet.<BR><BR>I have a Linux and WinXP box that's connected to the router.<BR><BR>My Linux box uses a ...

A virtual private network (VPN) is a tool that enables the secure transmission of data over untrusted networks such as the Internet. VPNs commonly are used to connect local area networks (LANs) into ...

That's a question I've asked on a number of occasions when offering to set up an inexpensive Internet gateway, mail server and firewall solution. Sometimes, the server also serves up web pages. Linux ...

I have a Mandrake 8.0 installation on Windows network. I've given the ip of my gateway but the linux box cannot connect to the internet. <P>The first time I installed linux on this machine it went off ...