The transition from Windows to Linux can be pretty intimidating. That's why some Linux distros aim to offer a Windows-like ...

Linux, once viewed as an operating system only computer geeks could appreciate, is today much more user-friendly software that companies, public administrations and consumers can master almost as ...

Linux is only marginally more difficult for users to learn compared with Windows XP, according to a study carried out by German usability testing agency. The tests, which compared SuSE Linux 8.2 ...

Posts from this topic Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. is a senior reviews editor ...

Microsoft will soon no longer support Windows XP so current XP users will need to migrate to a newer version of Windows or possibly Linux. If they don’t migrate, they run the risk of serious security ...

Now, Cinnamon is the flagship desktop environment of Linux Mint, which is generally the best distro for experiencing it.

Let's say you have an application that only runs well on Windows XP, doesn't have a Linux equivalent, and doesn't run worth a darn with CrossOver Linux on Linux Mint. Is there anything you can do to ...

Linux lovers and Windows haters everywhere are gonna love this! Chinese company Ylmf (an abbreviation for Yulinmufeng, or Rainforest Wind) has released a Linux distribution that's skinned to look ...

Windows XP’s refugees have two choices on April 8, when Microsoft stops supporting the decade-old operating system (for consumers, anyway). This is assuming a new PC with a new operating system (even ...

Everybody has a version of Windows that’s their favorite. What version it is depends a lot on your age. Some of my older colleagues swore blind that Windows 95 was the pinnacle of computer science, at ...

The end of Microsoft support for XP has some considering Linux or other OS moves. Think hard before you go down that path Years back, I was very interested in Linux as a desktop OS. Red Hat was my ...