Forgetting the password for the root login on a Linux system does not necessarily mean that you have locked yourself out permanently. Here are a couple of things that you can try when booting the system that may give you access to reset that password. Forgotten Root Password

Exactly which partitions you need to create on your system in oder to install Linux depends on how you install it. There are two partitions that are always required. Partitions for Dual Boot

Hidden files are much easier to reference in Linux than in other operating systems. It all comes down to a single character on the front of the name. Hidden Files

Modern computers are powerful enough to be able to run multiple operating systems at the same time. A virtual machine allows you to do this easily. This is useful either for when you are considering switching to a different operating system, after you switch if you still have one or two applications that only run [...]

When you need to find out anything about how your networking is configured and you are using a Linux operating system then the ifconfig command is the place to start. In this article we look at what typing this command in by itself might produce and what all of the cryptic entries in that output [...]

Different Linux versions implement a slightly different set of commands but there is a significant group of commands that almost all versions understand. This reference page lists all of the most commonly supported commands along with a brief description of what each is for. Common Linux Commands

Unlike Windows and Mac operating systems, Linux does not have a graphical interface built in. Instead there are a fairly large number of graphical interfaces that have been built to run on Linux and it is your choice as to which one (or more than one) they you have installed. In this article I describe [...]

While this old tutorial talks about reinstalling Windows 98, the same situation can occur if you have to reinstall Windows XP or Windows 7. Windows just doesn’t like to play nice with other operating systems installed onto the same computer. I Reinstalled Windows and it Wiped Out Linux

Another book from “No Starch Press”, this book is about the Linux command line. Read what I think of “The Linux Command Line”.

All operating systems provide a way for you to rename the files on your computer. How to do it depends on your operating system. Renaming Files

Windows calls them Services, in Linux they are called Daemons and a whole load of them run in the background on your computer to perform many useful tasks for you. Just occasionally you may need to stop and then restart a daemon so as to have it detect changes that you have made to the [...]

If you have two files that contain similar data that you want to merge into one file then using just one or two commands at a command prompt can do it for you regardless of which operating system you are using. Merging Two Files