Over the years, I have suggested leaving Windows for Linux many times, with some readers saying I sound like a broken record. In hindsight, however, that was arguably a foolish thing to suggest (in ...

Whenever I make a foray into using LInux, I tend to dual boot or install Linux on an older machine. When dual-booting, I really couldn't be bothered to restart just to switch the OS. Everytime I found ...

If you're thinking of dual-booting Linux alongside Windows on your PC, there are a few things I recommend you be sure to avoid doing. You'll be modifying the underlying system and building the ...

His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer. Tinkering with his own build at age 10 turned into building PCs for ...

So I'm looking to ease my main family desktop off of W11 over to Fedora KDE. There are a few things in Windows I need to make sure transition over, like the Plex server for one (files are on a ...

A Windows security update released in August 2024, known as KB5041585, caused issues for users running dual-boot systems with Windows 11 and various Linux products like Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint, ...

Running Linux on a Windows system opens up a world of possibilities for users who want to explore the power and flexibility of the Linux operating system. Whether you’re a developer, a system ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

I run Artix, by the way. There. That's out of the way. I recently installed Linux on my main desktop computer and work laptop, overwriting the Windows partition completely. Essentially, I deleted the ...

Microsoft takes one more step towards a Linux desktop with the latest update to the open-source Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). At Microsoft Build 2026 in San Francisco, Microsoft introduced WSL ...

Nick Lewis told me he dual-booted Linux for a long time, but after he tried Kubuntu, he switched to it for good. He liked it ...