ZDNET's key takeaways RAM is a crucial component for a smooth PC experience.Linux doesn't require as much RAM as Windows.More is always better, but too much is also a thing. I'm not going to start ...

Linux expert Lennart Poettering is suggesting that Linux's boot process needs an upgrade by making changes to the intial RAM disk. Poettering has been tinkering with a mechanism for tightening up the ...

So I think I have some bad RAM, but I don't have much to go on. Here's why. A long while ago, my windows side (used for games) starting crashing continually, I assumed it was the hard drive going, but ...

Linux only: Linux systems are constantly writing status updates to a variety of different system logs—great news for debugging developer-types, not so great for anyone trying to save battery life on ...

Just upgraded my Haswell i5 to a Broadwell i7 5775C. While I was at it, I grabbed another 16GB ram to go up to 32GB. The ram is from the same mfgr, but different speeds. Kingston HyperX 1600 and 1866.

If you were to track my history with Linux, you'd find that GNOME-based desktops have dominated. From GNOME 1.x to the current iteration, Pop!_OS (which will soon no longer be based on GNOME), Linux ...