There’s a version of the Linux story where everything clicks—and you wonder how you ever used Windows. There’s another where it just becomes a second partition you never boot into. Which one ends up ...

Switching to Linux is like Christopher Columbus discovering America -- but in ways both good and bad. Just as Columbus set sail for uncharted waters in search of something new, users moving from ...

Chrome OS was a novelty when it first arrived on the scene. Most pundits claimed it was nothing more than a browser, and it took Google plenty of time to prove them wrong. At this point, Chrome OS is ...

Tired of the constant updates, bloat, and resource demands of Windows 11? Aren't we all? MX Linux could be the perfect solution to your woes, and thanks to its lightweight nature -- especially ...

His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer. Tinkering with his own build at age 10 turned into building PCs for ...

Should you switch to Linux? Well, I was pleasantly surprised to find it is a great alternative - for some. Switching to Linux used to be difficult, but not anymore. No less an authority than ZDNET’s ...

Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...

Linux desktop developers may see an increase in adoption in 2025 despite the lack of commercial marketing strategies hawking the benefits of running Linux on consumer computers. The arrival of the New ...

So, I'm running CachyOS on my laptop (System 76 Lemur Pro) and it works pretty flawlessly -- I don't think I've run into anything that requires tweaks. I figured its time to try to move to Linux on my ...