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Hoping to succeed in a difficult task, a software start-up led by former MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson plans to sell a version of Linux designed to run popular Windows programs. Stephen Shankland ...

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 ...

Peter Valdes, chief technology officer of SpecOps Labs, said his company's software will help millions of users to 'migrate' from Windows machines to the free and open source Linux platform, which he ...

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The life of a Linux user can be a bit difficult. Sometimes you have to — or want to — run Windows. Why Windows? Sometimes you have a work computer or a laptop that Linux doesn’t support well. Or it ...

Linux is more than a backup OS, and these programs prove it.

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Want to run whatever browser you want and not be forced into Edge? Sick of being told to "upgrade" to Windows 11? Tired of one Windows 10 zero-day after another being exploited? I have a radical ...