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.

Linux, once viewed as an operating system only computer geeks could appreciate, is today much more user-friendly software that companies, public administrations and consumers can master almost as ...

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, not Mac OS X, is the most likely operating system to benefit once Microsoft stops supporting Windows XP. Although Windows might cede some market share, it's likely to remain dominant in both PC ...

Microsoft will soon end official support for Windows XP, and OMG! Ubuntu! thinks that Lubuntu could be the perfect replacement. Lubuntu is a lightweight spin of Ubuntu that provides a more traditional ...

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 ...

When “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” becomes a Linux desktop environment.

In a move that will surprise few people, it’s been revealed that banks and ATM operators are finally considering switching to Linux-based operating systems as a replacement for the dying Windows XP ...

In an unsurprising move, ATM operators and other financial organizations are beginning to look to Linux as a replacement for their outdated Windows XP installations. That these organizations are ...

You can setup both a Samba server & an a FTP server on your Linux box. So, the Samba server will take care of sharing files with your Windows box; and the FTP server will take care of sharing files ...

If you’re interested in the recently announced Lenovo IdeaPad S10, and you’re in the US, we hope you like Windows XP. The US market won’t get the Linux option the rest of the sub-notebook’s customers ...

Desktop Linux can run on your Windows 7 (and older) laptops and desktops. Machines that would bend and break under the load of Windows 10 will run like a charm. And today’s desktop Linux distributions ...