The biggest challenge for Windows XP users switching to Linux Mint is having to change the programs you've known and used for years. Fortunately, some programs are available on both Linux and Windows.

Installing Linux Mint on a Windows 8.x PC with Secure Boot on can be a pain, but on an XP system it's easy. So, if you're considering switching out XP for Linux Mint, here's how you'd go about it.

Microsoft will soon end official support for Windows XP, and OMG! Ubuntu! thinks that Lubuntu could be the perfect replacement. Lubuntu is a lightweight spin of Ubuntu that provides a more traditional ...

Linux lovers and Windows haters everywhere are gonna love this! Chinese company Ylmf (an abbreviation for Yulinmufeng, or Rainforest Wind) has released a Linux distribution that's skinned to look ...

Windows XP’s long run may have finally come to an end, but that doesn’t mean your XP-era hardware has to go too. No indeed: There are numerous options available in the Linux world, and one shining ...

Ease yourself into Linux with a Windows-like desktop.

When “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” becomes a Linux desktop environment.

Linux, not Mac OS X, is the most likely operating system to benefit once Microsoft stops supporting Windows XP. Although Windows might cede some market share, it's likely to remain dominant in both PC ...

On Friday Apple released its “Tiger” operating system into the marketplace.Borrowing heavily from what we had seen in Longhorn (Microsoft’s next version of Windows) last year, Tiger is an impressive ...

In a move that will surprise few people, it’s been revealed that banks and ATM operators are finally considering switching to Linux-based operating systems as a replacement for the dying Windows XP ...

When Microsoft ended support for Windows XP last year, most of us moved on to Windows 7 or 8, but not the nation of China. XP was still in wide use around the country and upgrading was an expensive ...

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