With support for Windows 10 ending in late 2025, you might be thinking of updating to Windows 11, but you'd be missing on all ...

Fortunately, Linux distros usually have a demo version you can try; just chuck it on a USB, boot off of it, and you can give it a spin without any commitment. If you dislike it, you can delete it from ...

Zorin OS 18 is the next major update to the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution aimed at Windows converts. A beta is available ...

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Hollow Knight: Silksong, one of the hottest games of the year with a reported five million players in its first week, didn’t ...

If you're looking to jump from Windows 10 to Linux, and you have specific apps you need to use that aren't available on the open-source platform, here's how to get around that.

Four years after launching Windows 11 and prodding PC owners to update, Microsoft has finally decided that it's time force everyone to use it. On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing security ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Four years after launching Windows 11 and prodding PC owners to update, Microsoft has finally decided ...

Winboat is a new technology to run Windows apps on Linux. If the developers can deliver, this will be a game changer.

While many programs are designed to run only on Windows PCs, it is possible to run most of them on Linux, BSD or macOS computers using Wine. According to Wine's website: Wine (originally an acronym ...

If you've installed the big Windows 11 update that Microsoft pushed out in August (which also includes the new Black Screen of Death), you'll notice a brand new entry in Settings: Quick Machine ...