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If Windows 10’s end-of-support deadline has you weighing alternatives, you’re not alone — and Linux is no longer the alien landscape it was a decade ago. ZDNET’s roundup of “Windows-like” Linux distributions highlights seven desktop-focused distros designed to flatten the learning curve for...

Nobara’s newest release lands as a practical, gamer-friendly variation on Fedora that removes the usual post-install friction for players — but it does so by making deliberate trade-offs that every new user should understand before switching. Background Fedora has long been respected for its...

Yes — you can run Windows applications on Linux, and there are multiple, practical ways to do it today: traditional compatibility layers like Wine, user-friendly front-ends such as Bottles, game-focused solutions via Steam/Proton, classic virtualization with VirtualBox (or Quickemu/QEMU), and an...

WINUX is, in practice, Ubuntu with a very convincing Windows 11 costume — and that disguise is the point: for many Windows 10 users facing the October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline, WINUX (also marketed as Linuxfx/Winux) promises the familiarity of Windows while running entirely on Linux...

Helldivers 2 can be launched and played on a Steam Deck, but the reality is far messier than a simple “works” or “doesn’t work” label — performance is uneven, requires compromise, and Arrowhead’s leadership says formal handheld support isn’t a near-term priority while the studio focuses on...

If you’re staring at a Windows 10 machine that won’t upgrade to Windows 11 — and facing Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline — the old reasons for avoiding Linux are collapsing faster than ever. What was once true only in the server room or among hobbyist tinkerers is now an...

The end of Windows 10 has sharpened a decision many hobbyists and professionals have been postponing: if you’re ready to ditch Windows, should you move to macOS or switch to Linux? The answer isn’t a slogan — it’s a set of practical trade-offs rooted in apps, hardware, support, budget, and how...

If you’re seriously contemplating ditching Windows and can’t (or won’t) keep both, the choice between Linux and macOS comes down to a handful of practical questions — ecosystem, apps, hardware, cost, and how much control you want over the machine. ZDNET’s “7-step” checklist frames the decision...

If you’ve been holding off on leaving Windows 10 because of long‑standing Linux myths, now is the moment to clear the air: the common objections—about gaming, familiarity, stability, choice overload, and aesthetics—don’t hold up the way they used to, and for many Windows 10 users facing...

Microsoft’s desktop era is fragmenting in plain sight: while Windows 11’s adoption has surged—pushing close to or past the halfway mark on some charts—an increasing number of users are quietly defecting to Windows‑style Linux distributions that promise a familiar UI without Microsoft’s...

Wine’s bi-weekly development stream delivered another incremental but meaningful update this week with the release of Wine 10.14, bringing an upgraded graphics stack, an updated Mono engine, networking improvements, CI infrastructure changes, and a tranche of pragmatic bug fixes that will matter...

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...

I switched my gaming desktop to a Linux-based distro two months ago, and the experience was less like a perilous migration and more like finally closing a noisy, intrusive door: games launched, performance was excellent for the titles I care about, and nobody tried to sell me a subscription...

The shift from Windows habits to a Linux mindset is less about swapping a wallpaper and more about adopting a new set of expectations: about software freedom, update models, privacy defaults, tooling, and even the language you type into search boxes. A recent How-To Geek piece lays out five...

Lenovo’s decision to ship the Legion Go S with Valve’s SteamOS turns a capable but unfocused handheld into a genuinely competitive, purpose-built gaming device — and in practical terms, that change matters more than the hardware revisions themselves. The SteamOS model trims the Windows desktop...

Lenovo’s decision to ship the Legion Go S with SteamOS has done more than change an operating system — it remade the handheld into a lean, game-first machine that convinced at least one reviewer they no longer miss their Windows PC for portable play. The swap from a full Windows 11 environment...

Epic Games’ Easy Anti‑Cheat (EAC) is finally landing on ARM platforms — a technical and ecosystem milestone that removes one of the largest obstacles keeping multiplayer PC games off Snapdragon‑powered Copilot+ laptops and Linux ARM devices. The company shipped updated Epic Online Services (EOS)...

Linuxfx is the most convincing Windows‑like Linux distribution I’ve seen: it ships a Windows‑style desktop, ships on an Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS base with a modern kernel, bundles Steam/Heroic and Wine, and aims to make moving off Windows painless for users worried about the October 2025 Windows 10...

Windows has long been the default platform for PC gaming, but the tectonic plates under that assumption are shifting: the combination of Windows 11’s controversial updates, strict hardware requirements, and recurring bugs has sparked renewed interest in alternatives—chief among them SteamOS and...

Google will end the Steam for Chromebook Beta on January 1, 2026, a confirmed shutdown that will remove the native Steam client and make any games installed through the Borealis experiment unplayable on ChromeOS devices after that date. (9to5google.com, pcgamer.com) Background / Overview The...