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I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
By Joshua Wolens published
/root Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.

2025 might have been the year for Linux gaming, but there's still a way to go until I switch from Windows
By Jacob Fox published
Reluctantly Microsoft Windows, sadly, still offers some things that Linux cannot.

If you want to scrub Windows 11's AI features off the face of the earth some legend has made a tool that does just that
By Jacob Fox published
News Nuke it from orbit.

Microsoft wants to make Windows 'the best place to game—no matter where you play' but Linux and Valve's SteamOS have other ideas
By Jeremy Laird published
News On the desktop, in your hands, even on an Arm chip, Windows wants to be best.

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the true story
By Wes Fenlon published
News Setting the record straight, 33 years later.

Looks like the Run dialog box is getting a sleek new look on Windows 11
By Jacob Fox published
News I just hope it's just as snappy. And where'd my browse button go?

Windows is rolling out the ability to handle all app updates from just your OS, but with limited support right now
By James Bentley published
News Oh! That seems like it could actually be useful.

The father of the Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds, says the reason why Windows has a rep for bugs and blue screens isn't down to bad code but bad memory
By Jeremy Laird published
News Two Linuses, one PC.
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