Running Linux from a USB drive is possible. You can boot just about any distribution you want from USB. There are some things you should consider before going this route. I've used Linux in just about ...

Are Adobe's apps some of the only killer software keeping users on Windows 11? That might change soon, as a WINE breakthrough ...

Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had already abandoned ...

A new Linux desktop is in the works. This portable desktop can be run like an app. Orbitiny is free to use and runs on any Linux distribution. Leave it to the Linux community to come up with something ...

The upcoming NexPhone is designed to work as an everyday Android device, but switch to Windows or Linux if you're using a ...

Wine lets you run 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit Windows x86 binaries on modern Unix and Unix-like OSes. This release eliminates ...

I have a confession to make. I run Windows on my laptop. That is, I run Linux, and then use Windows under VMware. This month I want to explore the various alternatives for running Windows applications ...

A few years ago, the idea of running PC games on a Mac, in Linux, or on Arm processors would have been laughable. But the developers behind Asahi Linux—the independent project that is getting Linux ...

With Apple caving to Trump https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...min-bragged-about-demanding-app-store-removal and Google being Google, I am more interested in than ...

A recent benchmark from PC Games Hardware suggests that, at least for some games, Proton has nearly eliminated the ...

In a move that caused more than a few eyes to bulge and jaws to drop, last July Microsoft announced it was contributing code to the Linux community with hopes of having it included in the Linux tree.

When you’re running low on storage, you can move Timeshift to an external drive or reduce the frequency of snapshots. If you ...