You can revive your aging PC with a lightweight Linux distro such as Puppy Linux and Linux Lite. But which one should you choose?

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To install Linux Mint on your VMware Workstation, begin by creating a new virtual machine within the software, selecting your ...

Instead of relying on it to behave as my main OS, having Windows 11 in a virtual machine reframes it completely. Any specific ...

Running Linux on a Windows system opens up a world of possibilities for users who want to explore the power and flexibility of the Linux operating system. Whether you’re a developer, a system ...

You've likely heard people talking about Linux as a more stable, secure, and customizable operating system than Windows 11. That might be hard to believe, but in some cases, it's true. If you're tired ...

Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it provided a single open operating system that everyone could use. With the ...

In brief: An estimated 240 million PCs will become obsolete when Windows 10 reaches end-of-life status in October. Microsoft is begging impacted users to buy new devices (preferably Copilot+ PCs) to ...

In recent years, Microsoft has warmed up to Linux, which it used to see as a rival. Now, there's more use of Linux than Windows on Microsoft Azure.

What if we move to 16GB of RAM, which has long been considered the sweet spot? Things are going to work much better. In fact, with 16GB of RAM, most of the problems with 8GB go away, except for one -- ...

Last year we learned that the company behind the Orange Pi line of single-board computers planned to branch out into the handheld gaming PC market. This week at FOSDEM in Belgium, developers from the ...