Q&A site Simplehelp has a novice-friendly tutorial that shows Mac users how to install Ubuntu Linux. You'll need three items: an Intel-based Mac, the Ubuntu OS (a ...

A package manager or package management system is a set of utilities that facilitate the process of installing, updating, and removing computer programs on an operating system. It is very prevalent ...

Back about this time of year in 2009, I wrote a post that's remained a venerable favorite. Entitled "How to set up Ubuntu Linux on a Mac -- It's Easy and Free," the post described in full detail how ...

In today's open source roundup: Is it worth it to install Linux on a Mac? Plus: Why Google+ failed. And the death of Google+ is coming Some Linux users have found that Apple’s Mac computers work well ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: How to install Linux on a Mac, and is it worth it to install Linux on a MacBook? There is an interesting subset of Linux users that prefer to run it on a Mac. Yes, ...

Ever heard of Homebrew? It’s a package manager with a very unusual feature. It allows ordinary users to install packages without using sudo, and it’s available for both macOS and Linux. While the tool ...