Windows installer is slow, reboot-heavy, ad-filled and forces online accounts and privacy toggles. Linux installs fast, reboots once, skips ads and online accounts; local accounts are default. Most ...

Linux offers control, security, and freedom, but its learning curve, software, and hardware issues may challenge some users.

Linux doesn’t hide the system behind guardrails. Here’s why its freedom, flexibility, and control still outclass the ...

One such Linux distribution is EndeavorOS. I've covered previous releases of EndeavorOS (such as Gemini) and found it to be beautiful, secure, stable, and reliable. The latest release, Ganymede, ups ...

One year on Linux, two distros, a few tears, four desktop environments, and zero regrets about leaving Windows.

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Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux, a major part of Valve's Proton and now Wine 11 is ...

Mint is the distro everyone recommends to Windows users. I daily-drove it for 2 weeks to see what’s great, what’s not, and ...

Mint Zena provides more information than ever on what your hardware's doing.

Basically it’s an operating system that uses a Linux kernel, the WINE compatibility layer for Windows applications, and the ...

Wine 11.0, the latest stable release of the open-source compatibility layer that allows Windows games and apps to run on ...

The timing is right if you're looking to try out Mint. New improved "Zena" is here – still based on Ubuntu Noble, but now ...