Trying Linux on your machine without installing it!

So, you want to try Linux, but don't want/have an extra computer, or you're afraid you'll mess something up when creating a dual boot... Well I've got you covered, or I should say Linux Live has you covered.

Getting Started
On your Windows computer head over to http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ and downloaded the their application, and install it.

Here is the app before completing the below steps...

Linux...

I like to think of myself as pretty agnostic when it comes to platforms, and OSes; I mean after all I own Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony consoles. I'm also and avid PC gamer. I use a (don't laugh) Windows Phone. My personal tablet runs Android, and my kids have iPads. I have a Mac and a few PCs for work, and I personally own several PCs; however none of them had Linux installed on them.

It's not that I hate Linux; in fact every-other-year I give it a try, and in...

The new consoles are out (well X1 later this week) and the forums here are a buzz with “my console is better than yours”. In the mix of these threads you'll see folks also toss out something about the PC being better than any console. At this point the console guys will combine forces to take the PC guys down. The following is a list of the top four complaints I see console gamers making about the PC (other than PC gaming is dead).

• PCs cost more
• You have to upgrade them every 1 to 2

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I know it is far from perfect

This last November 4th the Kinect turned three years old. I remember the day well because I was one of the few folks who visit this site that not only bought one, but got it on day one. My oldest (10 years old at the time) daughter was so excited, and we had a real bonding moment as it was the first time she and I unboxed a system together. After the unboxing I looked through all of the documentation that came with it, and then hooked it up.
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In my last blog I talked about my nostalgia for cassette tapes. Now before you all go thinking I'm some kind of hipster I want to state I'm not advocating the return of floppy disks. The floppy is slow easy to break, and has a very low storage capacity. In all honesty I really haven't thought about the floppy for a number of years, but I was cleaning out my den last weekend, and found a box filled with scores of them. The box also contained a Dell USB portable floppy drive....