Ever imagine running your PC without a hard disk or CD drive, using a custom OS that you can keep in your pocket? You can, and it’s free.

Reading your email is usually passive, but Paul Hudson shows how Linux has power tools galore to turn that around.

If your hard drive simply isn’t big enough for the Emacs text editor, where do you turn to next? Paul Hudson leads the way to Vim.

Paul Grosse shows you how to install an MP3 encoder on Linux to convert Ogg Vorbis files for use on personal players.

In this introduction to text editor Emacs, Paul Hudson exposes us to shortcut chords, and explains the art of mastering them…

Richard Cobbett takes a spin around the web to round up the best specialised live Linux distributions you can take advantage of.

Fancy experimenting with Linux but don’t want the bother of installing a new OS? Frank Charlton has the answer: try a live distribution.

Can you use Windows to access the Internet in Linux? Yes, you can, and this month, Frank Charlton shows you how.

This month, Frank Charlton moves away from Bluetooth technology in favour of more conventional wireless networking.