Tag: windows
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Best Laptops for Linux (ZDNet)
The best Linux laptops are user-friendly with high-end components and great battery life. We tested models from Lenovo, Dell, and more to find the top options. Years ago, we were lucky to have one or two Linux laptop options. Now, you’d be surprised at how many laptops are sold with Linux installed, making it a…
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AppImages and How To Use Them
What are AppImages and how do you use them on Linux? This unique format for distributing Linux applications keeps it simple — mostly. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Linux had a bad reputation for not having a large enough app ecosystem. Twenty-plus years later, that complaint no longer holds water. Linux has several…
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Ubuntu outperforms, faster than Windows 11
Written by Aaron Klotz, Freelance News Writer for Tom’s Hardware.Ubuntu beats Windows 11 once again on another Ryzen-powered machine. Phoronix tested the Framework Laptop 16 in Ubuntu to see if the Linux OS can outperform Windows 11 on the most modular portable rig around. In testing — with Ubuntu 23.10 and 24.04, Phoronix discovered that…
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Land Before Linux
The Land Before Linux: Let’s talk about the Unix desktops! Today, thanks to Android and ChromeOS, Linux is an important end-user operating system. But, before Linux, there were important Unix desktops, although most of them never made it. Way back in 1993, I oversaw a PC Magazine feature review on Unix desktops. Yes, that’s right,…
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Wine 8: use Win10 on a Linux Machine
How to use Windows software in Linux: With the release of Wine 8, the Windows replica for Linux has matured again and enables more Windows programs. In most cases, however, additional work is necessary to set up Windows programs. Wine is not an emulator like Qemu or a virtualization environment like Virtualbox, but a runtime…
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Microsoft teaches Linux Install 🤔
Microsoft gives unexpected tutorial on how to install Linux — You may need it because Windows 10 is no longer a free upgrade. Microsoft has published guidance on how to download and install Linux. In other news, Hell freezes over and pigs fly south to their winter feeding grounds. The Seattle-area proprietary OS vendor has…
