Rufus is a venerable open source app for creating bootable USB media for both Windows and Linux. If you find yourself doing a ...

Noble Numbat (24.04) is the latest biennial LTS release, and Oracular Oriole (24.10) is the more up-to-date interim release.

My experience switching from Windows to Linux surprised me and left me wondering, will I ever go back to Windows? The answer ...

Microsoft says Windows 11 24H2 has entered the broad deployment phase and is now available to all seekers via Windows Update. The latest Windows version (known as the Windows 11 2024 Update ...

pre-Windows 11 ARM64 code. Wine's ARM64EC support does have one limitation that will keep it from working on some prominent Arm Linux distributions, at least by default: the release notes say it ...

a free update to Windows 11 version 24H2. Details can be found on this support page, where Microsoft writes: “Windows 11, version 24H2, also known as the Windows 11 2024 Update, is now broadly ...

Purchase a new computer that supports Windows 11. Switch to an Apple device. Switch to Linux. Only one of the above options is free… switch to Linux. For those who've never used Linux ...

ChromeOS and Linux, without leaving the cozy confines of your Windows 11 PC. Microsoft doesn't clearly advertise this, but Windows 11 Pro can actually take advantage of your PC hardware in ways ...

Moreover, you may find your PC isn't supported by Windows 11 at all. My personal favorite Linux distro for people coming from Windows 10 is Linux Mint. As I explain in my overview of what Linux ...

Microsoft may want to make it difficult, but you can still install Windows 11 without a Microsoft account by setting up a local account, and in this guide, I’ll show you how to complete the process.

Despite the fact that Windows 11 has been around for a few years, it still lacks features seen in Windows 10. Even in 2025, you need a third-party app to bring back a clone of the Windows 10 ...

Microsoft plans to soon remove its official web page for Windows themes and desktop wallpapers. The company has not given an exact date for when this will happen. The site, which Microsoft says is ...