The biggest challenge for Windows XP users switching to Linux Mint is having to change the programs you've known and used for years. Fortunately, some programs are available on both Linux and Windows.

In my last blog "Could Desktop Linux really be so slow?" I posted some interesting performance numbers of how a mainstream desktop Linux distribution like Linspire performed on a $100 PC. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Microsoft finally announced that official support for Windows XP was coming to an end, China wasn't happy. At the time, Windows accounted for 91 percent market share on the desktop, compared to ...

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is a professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.

There was a time I was a staunch Windows user, particularly when Windows XP was still the ruling Microsoft operating system. That was some time ago, and now I would rather buy a Mac and boot up macOS ...

Windows XP users are in a tough situation as that operating system draws close to its end of life. But there are many alternatives to Windows XP, and ZDNet thinks that Linux Mint might a very good one ...

Windows XP’s long run may have finally come to an end, but that doesn’t mean your XP-era hardware has to go too. No indeed: There are numerous options available in the Linux world, and one shining ...

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 ...