I used Ubuntu as a live user last night and I downloaded many software for it including Wine, AbiWord etc. Today, I checked my hard drive and those software were nowhere to be seen. They were not on the CD either. Where have the software gone? Aren't the data of live session saved?

I have been using Windows 7 for quite some time but I have since switched to Linux, precisely Ubuntu 14. There is a huge difference between the two and although they both function perfectly, there are a couple of things that I need to know. While in windows, I could search easily for the software installed by using the everything.exe tool. I want to do the same in Linux but I cannot. Please help

I have had my computer taken over by malware. So I am wanting to wipe it all out and start over. I am thinking about going with linux this time. But I am not sure is it safer or is it easier to get hacked with it? Ways to protect your machine with linux?

Does Linux support hyper v and how can I establish to find if my version does? Does the integration of this technology allow for support in a virtual machine running from windows? How can I enable this feature on the Linux version or on the virtual Pc running windows for Linux?

I just finished installing my first Linux Ubuntu system. What I need to do next I am not sure of I have enough space left. Before I crash the new system by running out of memory. I need to check to see how much is left. Can someone share the commands to check this?

I have a Linux mint 17 and wanted to install wine for windows and be able to run this on the Linux environment and operate the windows based soft wares. How can achieve this from terminal and is there a .exe like installer for the Linux hat I can use? Someone recommended this to be I have no idea

I am doing my first install and had a couple of questions? When you install Linux Ubuntu does the drivers automatically install during installation? I keep looking for them but do not seem them on the machine. What steps do I need to take to add these? Or did I skip a step and need to do another install from scratch?

I am wanting to load Ubuntu on my Windows machine. Can I divide the hard drive equally between the two? Is it possible to chose the one I want to use at start up? Will this cause a problem having Linux on a Windows machine? Will this upset Windows by having Linux on there?

I have wanted to run a VMware player for a really long time. But all the instructions that I can find online are hard to follow and mixed opinions. Is there a simple way to install a VMware player with possibly a helpful Youtube video to follow? Any suggestions on a VMware player?