Rolling back the Linux kernel can save the day when a bad update breaks your system. It should be done carefully, with backups and verification. Use it to regain a stable state, then address the root ...

Written by J.A. Watson, Contributor Nov. 19, 2009 at 1:21 a.m. PT I got some good news in a comment over on "href="http://www.linux.com/community/blogs/blogger/J.A ...

some of my machines boot to a nice purple high-res grub menu, and some just get the plain 80x24 console, but i can't figure out where this is set. #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 is commented out by default in ...

Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, is the next major release of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. Karmic is scheduled to arrive in October, but developers can get an early look by testing the ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Canonical has reversed its decision to drop Ubuntu's GRUB 2 bootloader in favor of EFILinux on ...

Windows 8 PCs will come with Microsoft's UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot. This "feature" will make it much harder to boot Linux or other operating systems. Canonical, Ubuntu ...

Grub2, the new boot menu installed by default with Ubuntu 9.10, can still look pretty old-school ugly if your tastes don't run with white terminal text on black. You can, however, customize its ...

The Linux operating system is a great computing platform when it works. But sooner or later, your computer will fail to boot. When this happens, Super GRUB2 Disk and Rescatux Disk can be powerful ...

Linux only: If you're diligent about applying patches to your Ubuntu PC, you'll soon notice an annoying problem—the boot menu keeps growing bigger every time a kernel patch is installed. Here's how to ...