Windows and Linux are like the sides of a coin; the differences between both are stark. Microsoft Windows is a proprietary operating system created by Microsoft and is the widely used operating system ...

There have been debates of Windows and Linux over the years about supported hardware and device drivers. Mostly the debates have come down to these facts: - Support for hardware in Windows is ...

In this article, we're going to take a comprehensive look at the differences between these platforms for desktop use. Before we get started, let's establish a few ground rules and recognize a few ...

The conversation around gaming on Linux has changed significantly during the last several years. It’s a success story engineered by passionate developers working on the Linux kernel and the ...

Explore the top Linux alternatives that challenge the notion of Windows and macOS' superiority in design and aesthetics.

Linux can support these workflows, but the experience is less uniform. Sandboxing can restrict access to external drives.

It appears that a portion of Microsoft’s Windows 7 training materials have been released into the wild by a Best Buy employee. Why is this news? Well, a section of the training compared Windows 7 to ...

The Mark O. Hatfield Library at Willamette University has used networked X terminals in its public and staff computing environments since 1995. The original workstations were NCD and Tektronix thin ...

Recent benchmarks from Ars Technica show that SteamOS' performance advantage over Windows 11 largely evaporates and sometimes reverses on devices with discrete graphics. Moreover, Valve's Linux ...

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