Windows 10 is on its last legs: The predecessor to Windows 11 has already reached its official end of support in October 2025, and will continue to limp along with free Extended Security Updates (ESU) ...

PCWorld’s guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains: Debian, Red Hat/Fedora, Arch, Slackware, and Gentoo.

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On Linux, unlike other Netbeans dialog boxes where the OK button is on the right, the main Options dialog window has buttons with OK on the left. I am refering to Netbeans 26 but maybe in following ...

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When a program is developed in NB, that invokes a X program, the invoked program will inherit the GDK_SCALE environment variable, set by the netbeans launcher script. The effect will be 4x scaling in ...

If you’re contemplating switching from Windows or macOS to Linux or are an experienced user who enjoys exploring different distributions, you should consider Linux Mint and MX Linux. Below, I delve ...

Kali Linux has released version 2024.4, the fourth and final version of 2024, and it is now available with fourteen new tools, numerous improvements, and deprecates some features. Kali Linux is a ...