Desktop Linux can run on your Windows 7 (and older) laptops and desktops. Machines that would bend and break under the load of Windows 10 will run like a charm. And today’s desktop Linux distributions ...

Looking to resurrect or transform a laptop or desktop? There are lots of versions of Linux to choose from, all of them free (and awesome). Here's how to decide which one is right for you. Rick Broida ...

There are gentle migration strategies that can delay the move away from Windows 10, which Microsoft will stop supporting in October 2025. Technically (and maybe even psychologically), the easiest step ...

Are you dual-booting Linux and Windows? If you'd prefer to have Windows boot up first, we'll show you how. Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay ...

Almost two years ago, I reviewed Ubuntu, the user-friendly version of the free Linux operating system. I wasn’t impressed. I found the software a pain to install, a pain to work with, and—even if it ...

Someone gave Shilissa Stimpson an old Windows XP PC. She asked what she can do with it. Windows XP is a dead operating system. Microsoft no longer supports it, which means that it’s no longer safe to ...

As someone who's been around the block a few hundred times with technology, planned obsolescence has long bothered me. Consider this: With Windows 10 nearing the end ...

I'm willing to bet you have a dilapidated HP, Gateway, or Dell laptop gathering dust in a closet somewhere. Or perhaps like me you have a MacBook Air that you tote around to conventions or use at home ...

Windows 10 will soon be coming to an end. Anyone using the Microsoft OS has until October 14, 2025, to find an alternative. If your PC can handle the increased system ...

My recent column about discarding rather than upgrading a 5-year-old Windows PC brought a protest from some fans of Linux, the alternative PC operating system. They argue that it's better to keep an ...

My recent column about discarding rather than upgrading a 5-year-old Windows PC brought a protest from some fans of Linux, the alternative PC operating system. They argue that it's better to keep an ...