However, one OS is hoping to draw the Windows crowd by being so alike Windows that it's hard to tell the two systems apart. It's called Winux, and it just received its 11.25.12 update just in time for ...

Windows installer is slow, reboot-heavy, ad-filled and forces online accounts and privacy toggles. Linux installs fast, ...

Following an understated launch in October 2021, adoption rates for Windows 11 have remained soft. After reaching a peak of just over 28% of desktop market share worldwide in February this year, the ...

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey results show that Windows 10's market share has dropped by 3.07%, almost the same amount that Windows 11's share has grown. This suggests that more PC gamers are ...

Microsoft's latest operating system update Windows 11 is now available as a free download. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella says Windows 11 ushers in a "new generation of Windows" that will ...

Microsoft recently said that Windows 11 was the most satisfying and highest-quality Windows it'd ever shipped. Those claims weren't followed by publicly disclosed data or metrics outlining how they'd ...

Windows 10 was launched in July 2015. It was supposed to be the last major operating system (OS) upgrade, but Microsoft released Windows 11 in October 2021, and now Windows 10 has reached end of life, ...

The big picture: Microsoft once said that Windows 10 was the last version of Windows, but then the pandemic hit, and the company took the ideas encompassed in the unreleased Windows 10X operating ...

Microsoft announced it was ending support for Windows 10 in October 2025, and since then, the Redmond company has been pushing Windows 10 users to make the leap to the latest version of Windows.

When Microsoft first launched the Windows operating system, installing it was only a matter of copying the program onto a disk. You didn't have to verify your copy of Windows. Starting with Windows XP ...

In a low key fashion, Microsoft announced in a blog post the availability of Windows 11 on October 5. On this date, a free upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 would begin rolling out to eligible ...

They’ve closed down these “windows” for the last time. As of October 14, 2025, Microsoft’s Windows 10 has reached the end of its usable life, prompting an outpouring of tributes from tech-heads ...