The desktop war over what happens to millions of older Windows PCs after October’s Windows 10 end‑of‑support deadline has produced a surprising — if predictable — pattern: rather than switching en masse to Linux, many owners of unsupported machines appear to be following the route Microsoft and...
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Microsoft pushed Windows 10 cumulative update KB5065429 to 22H2 machines this week, a mandatory security rollup that arrives as the platform approaches its October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline — and it’s tightly linked to Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment path...
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As Microsoft prepares to end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a significant number of users are evaluating their options. The "End of 10" campaign, supported by The Document Foundation (TDF) and its flagship product, LibreOffice, advocates for a transition from Windows 10 to...
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Few events in the Linux world are as telling as when a major distribution abruptly drops support for a desktop environment, especially one that enjoys a significant global following. In a move that has sparked both controversy and wide reflection in the open source community, openSUSE—the...
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Hey windows forums long time no see! Anywho on a few other tech forums with a linux section I go to I try to manke a anual list of Linux distros for windows users to try on the side and with Linus covering Linux recently I actually have a list of linux distros to try.
1: Linux Mint 19.1...
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I guess I'll start with what gave birth to this problem: I was curious about OpenSUSE so I thought I'd try it out, I dual booted Windows with OpenSUSE and everything was fine, I gave it a go, exactly what I wanted to do, and then I was done with it. In the process of installing OpenSUSE however...
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I recently tried to install open suse with a dual boot. But it failed and I can no longer access windows. I would like to know if installing an OEM copy of windows 8 will help.
Consider this my nudge topic, since Linux here has been clumped together in this new section I am amking the best of it by making a controversial subject matter.
But the truth is that I do think linux is better then Windows and here is why:
1 It is developed by communities: Microsoft values...
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I have VMware Workstation 7.1.5 build 491717 running on an HP Pavilion dv7-4110em XE287EA#BED with an Intel Core i7-720QM CPU with 4 cores and 8 logical CPUs and Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Service Pack 1. The CPU works with 4 cores up to 1.6 GHz. In automatic Intel Turbo Boost mode, it works with...
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Hi ! I've divided my disk into partitions and accidentally removed boot loader of windows and now I get "boot mgr is missing", so I cant load my windows :( I have a disk and put boot order in BIOS but it still does not give me an opportunity to install windows, so I have only openSUSE right now...
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The bewildering choice and the ever increasing number of Linux distributions can be confusing for those who are new to Linux. This is why this page was created. It lists 10 Linux distributions (plus...
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Hello,
I have a problem with hibernation on my laptop (HP pavilion 6830). When I want to hibernate, my computer just log out, then the monitor is black and in a few second it displays log in screen with my account. The laptop does not hibernate and does not turn off. I proved it in all power...
I have problem with printing on nework printer HP Laserjet 1010, which is connected on PC with OpenSUSE linux. Printing from Windows XP Pro works fine. But from Windows 7 I can browse to network printer, I manually choose correct driver and install printer - but it works only till reboot. During...
I've got Windows 7 RC installed on a Dell Inspiron 6400 (dual boot with openSuse 11.1).
I have a 250 GB USB external SATA HDD in a NexStar3 enclosure recognized in ‘Device Manager – Disk Drives’ as ‘Maxtor 6 V250F0 USB Device’.
'Properties' tell me the device...
While working in Vista I experienced a recent system failure and I do not know if it was caused by a virus. I had AVG Free Edition installed and it was up to date.
I decided to perform a clean reinstall using the Vista DVD Installer, but at a certain point a message appears onscreen...