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I've spent more desktop-hours than I care to admit wrestling with Windows quirks, updates that bork drivers, and the slow creep of "feature" changes that don't feel like improvements — so when I first booted a Linux live USB, selected a completely different desktop environment from the login...

Linux Lite 7.6 arrives as a pragmatic, low-friction alternative for users tired of Windows 11’s hardware demands—especially those running older laptops and desktops who want a familiar, lightweight desktop with current applications and clearer documentation. Background / Overview Linux Lite has...

If you’ve spent a decade — or three — inside Windows and the prospect of switching to Linux feels equal parts liberating and terrifying, you’re not alone; recent coverage and community chatter have distilled the crossover into four practical tactics that turn a daunting migration into a...

When Microsoft set a firm October 14, 2025 end-of-support date for Windows 10, a predictable community response followed: local repair cafés across the UK have started planning special sessions to help residents keep working machines safe and useful without buying new hardware. In Huddersfield...

If you’re thinking about leaving Windows 10 behind, KDE Plasma is the gentlest, most familiar-looking way to land — and for a growing number of Windows escapees it’s the practical, sensible first step into Linux. The desktop environment recreates the Start menu + taskbar workflow most Windows...

Local repair cafés from Huddersfield to Slaithwaite are planning a free, volunteer-led “Linux Repair Café Day” to help residents keep working Windows 10 PCs out of landfill and protected after Microsoft ends free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. (support.microsoft.com)...

For millions of PC owners, the announcement of Windows 11 brought not a sense of anticipation, but apprehension—and for good reason. Overnight, Microsoft’s new operating system drew a hard line in the sand: unless your machine met strict requirements such as TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, UEFI firmware...

Ah, Windows—the undisputed titan of the desktop operating system market. We all know it, we all use it, and for better or worse, many of us are stuck with it. But does that make it perfect? Far from it. While Microsoft’s operating system has made strides in performance and usability...

The concept of using a live USB to run an operating system is quite familiar to users of Linux distributions. For many, this option allows one to boot directly into the operating system without installation, providing a quick environment to test features or troubleshoot without altering the...

My son has a Win10 gaming desktop computer and I run Linux Mint 19.3 on my own desktop. Both are on the same home WIFI network. My ISP furnishes a nominal 40Mbps down cable internet service. When Ookla speed test is run on the Win10 (Chrome) the result is 3-4Mbps down. Same test on my...

SO I used Kali Linux live usb, and I thought live usb would not erase windows but it did. I need help and any solution by which I can use Kali Linux as a live usb and not getting Windows wiped out. Thanks!

Hey, all. I need some help. I just got a new hard drive for my laptop to replace an old one that went bad. Unfortunately, Windows will not install to the laptop (or work, on the one occasion I've succeeded). Every time I've tried to install Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), it tells me that it...

Hello I'd like to save an image of Windows 8 onto a second partition using Clonezilla, and have a couple of questions before proceeding: 1. Why does W8 create two partitions (350MB and 147.3GB) instead of just one? 2. When running fdisk in Linux, why does it display so many /dev/ramX...

Hi guys!, I recently came across Ubuntu and i liked it, so i decided to install and try it on my computer. I did try out Live USB and i thought that i wanted to install it on my computer, but my system was, or had "EFI" so Ubuntu didn't recognize WIndows, so i found this guy on youtube who had a...

I recently acquired a used laptop. Upon receiving, I discovered the installed operating system had been a bootleg copy. I removed it and then proceeded to use an Ubuntu Live USB to attempt to install. This did not work because the "installer quit working." Moving on... I used a burned copy of...

Hi, I've been having the "We can't connect right now" problem for hours and no matter how hard I search the internet, I can't seem to find a solution. I am currently using Windows 7 (I was using Windows 8.1 PRO unactivated but thought that the problem might be associated with the current OS...

Eee PC 1025c Windows 7 starter + Ubuntu 10.04 Yesterday the notebook was working properly. I turned it off the way it's written in the books and everything seemed OK. But this morning when I tried to power it up, the Asus logo appeared, then Atheros boot agent, Asus logo again, and finally...

Hello I have tried pendrivelinux.com and unetbootin to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in a flashdrive. Each time it quickly jumps to run from usb drive before I can touch it when I set boot with F12 to usb. Then after about ten seconds it seems to freeze. I have to hard boot. I have formatted the 4GB...

So I recently installed win7 to my desktop which at the time had Ubuntu as the sole OS. I wanted all my stuff from Ubuntu after win7 install so I created an NTFS partition and moved all my crap there, wipe Ubuntu and did a clean install. So after I moved all my stuff from the NTFS patition to...

As some of you may know I've been using Clonezilla for a few months as my primary backup (imaging program). Clonezilla replaced the Partimage I had been using for years. It is much more flexible. The version I originally began using was Clonezilla-live1.2.3-27. Because most live programs work...