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Most people have at least heard of open source software by now—and even have a fairly good idea of what it is. Learn what open source licenses are, which one to choose, and why it matters.

Clear Linux OS is the best benchmarking distro. But what's it like to live with?

A poster created by the West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit (WMROCU) and also featuring the logo of UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) warns that the kids using software like Tor Browser, Kali Linux, Discover, and Metasploit could be the next-generation hackers.

IIf you have an older PC, or a small single board computer-based system, you probably want to run a version of Linux that's light on resources and easy to download. In this gallery, we look at very small footprint Linux distros.

The death of Windows 7 was seen by many as a major opportunity for the Linux world to gain new users, especially as many of the devices where Microsoft’s 2009 operating system was installed were running on old hardware.

We can't evaluate a laptop with every possible Linux distribution, but in the case of noteworthy designs like the Dragonfly Elite, we want to at least see if one of the more popular distros installs cleanly, detects all the hardware, and is a good daily driver. The HP Dragonfly Elite is a great Windows laptop—but how well does it run Linux?

If you have a reason for upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 to the non-LTS 19.10, you're not out of luck. Learn how this is done from the command line.

If you don't want to upgrade from Windows 7 or are sick of Windows 10, here's how to finally make the switch to Linux and install apps.

The blocked browsers include Konqueror, Falkon, and Qutebrowser, according to the linked discussion thread.

The Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL, is a feature bundled in Windows 10 that allows users to run Linux on top of Microsoft’s operating system.

The clock is ticking for Windows 7, as Microsoft is projected to stop servicing this OS version on January 14.

But at the same time, Linux continues to be a worthy alternative.

Edge wasn't even popular on Windows—adding Linux support is a curious move.

Microsoft has confirmed during its Ignite 2019 conference that the forthcoming Chromium-Based Microsoft Edge web browser will also be available on the Linux platform.

Microsoft’s Android apps are getting more and more popular, and today the company’s very own “Link to Windows” tool published in the Google Play Store conquered the leading place in the Top Free rankings.

Windows 10 is already the number one desktop operating system, having reached 900 million active devices only recently, but on the other hand, Windows 7 remains a major pain in the neck for Microsoft.

Leo Laporte,The Tech Guy, answers Maggie's question about running Linux on a MacBook Pro and dual booting from an external drive.

GNOME is an easy and elegant way to use your computer. It's designed to put you in control and get things done.

For consumers, migrating to Linux is a much easier thing to do, especially if we’re talking about power users. Distributions like Linux Mint have become much more user-friendly in the last couple of years and they provide users with a rather familiar UI similar to the one in Windows.

Desktop Windows has had so many problems, desperate measures may be needed.

JClarity is a key contributor to the AdoptOpenJDK project, which is building binaries of OpenJDK for a variety of platforms, including Linux and Windows. JClarity provides software performance analytics and tuning which they say is "driven by machine learning," and which is aimed at trying to solve Java performance problems on the desktop and in the cloud.