This whole Windows 7 crushes or doesn’t kill Linux deal has really sparked a lot of comments and raging debates here and on Digg. I thought I’d recap and talk about some of the comments readers have ...

Welcome to the last day of Windows 7—the last day Microsoft is giving out security updates for the antiquated operating system, that is. While you have plenty of options for upgrading Windows 7, and ...

Neowin 对比了从 Windows Vista、Windows 7、Windows 8 / 8.1、Windows 10 和 Windows 11 的安装流程，显示 Windows 11 之前的版本安装都十分简单，但 Windows 11 完全变成了一个广告展示系统，微软在整个过程中不停的向用户推荐它的各种产品，包括 OneDrive、Microsoft 365 和 Game Pass。Win ...

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 ...

Now is a particularly good time to ditch Windows for good, for workstations as well as servers. For instance, now that Microsoft stopped supporting Windows Server 2003 on July 13, you’ll need to find ...

I can still remember the moment I switched from Windows to Linux. Back then, I didn't have anyone there to tell me what to expect. It would have been nice to get even a bit of advice from someone with ...

I've seen many a Windows-themed Linux distribution come and go. I've also seen my fair share of Windows-like Linux distributions that were nothing more than malware, hiding as an operating system. And ...

“East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” is a line from Rudyard Kipling’s The Ballad of East and West. It could also apply to Windows and Linux. If you don’t know what you’re ...