Everything you need to switch successfully from Windows to Linux—including hardware, software, and Windows license management.

Should Windows users switch to Mac or Linux? While some Windows users are quite satisfied with Microsoft’s desktop operating system, others are not.

If you're done with Windows 10 or don't want to (or can't) upgrade to Windows 11, install Linux instead. Here's how to make the switch to an open-source operating system and install apps.

There are literally tens of thousands of apps for Linux, ranging from vital software that every end user needs—web browsers, word processors, and Wi-Fi drivers—to the very trivial.

Web-based applications like Google Docs and Microsoft 365 work seamlessly on Linux. Compatibility layers like Wine or virtualization tools can run some Windows applications on Linux.

Read almost any blog or forum dedicated to the free, open-source operating system Linux and its diaspora of distributions, and you might assume that the users are almost exclusively haters of ...

Why Linux Mint will probably switch to systemd But that’s not the end of the story. The Linux community is shifting towards systemd, and Linux Mint isn’t prepared to fight it forever.

Forget the thousands of school and university students running Linux on their desktops. Forget the nonprofit and charitable institutions worldwide using Linux to power their systems. Forget Google ...

By now, you've probably heard that Google plans to migrate Chromebooks to Android, but I believe there's a much better option that's already proven itself.

Tip: For older notebooks with a mechanical 2.5-inch hard drive, the switch to Linux is a great opportunity to replace the old drive with an SSD.

If you're done with Windows 10 or don't want to (or can't) upgrade to Windows 11, install Linux instead. Here's how to make the switch to an open-source operating system and install apps.