Installing Linux Mint on a Windows 8.x PC with Secure Boot on can be a pain, but on an XP system it's easy. So, if you're considering switching out XP for Linux Mint, here's how you'd go about it.

The biggest challenge for Windows XP users switching to Linux Mint is having to change the programs you've known and used for years. Fortunately, some programs are available on both Linux and Windows.

De angst voor een nieuwe interface hoeft geen reden meer te zijn om niet over te stappen op Linux. Het XPde-project heeft namelijk een Window Manager uitgebracht, die Windows XP tot in de kleinste ...

Duits onderzoek toont aan dat het verschil tussen Linux en Windows XP in bruikbaarheid en gebruiksvriendelijkheid opvallend laag is geworden. Relevantive, een Duits onderzoeksbureau, ging na hoe ...

Linux, once viewed as an operating system only computer geeks could appreciate, is today much more user-friendly software that companies, public administrations and consumers can master almost as ...

Linux lovers and Windows haters everywhere are gonna love this! Chinese company Ylmf (an abbreviation for Yulinmufeng, or Rainforest Wind) has released a Linux distribution that's skinned to look ...

The end of Microsoft support for XP has some considering Linux or other OS moves. Think hard before you go down that path Years back, I was very interested in Linux as a desktop OS. Red Hat was my ...

Windows XP’s refugees have two choices on April 8, when Microsoft stops supporting the decade-old operating system (for consumers, anyway). This is assuming a new PC with a new operating system (even ...

Someone gave Shilissa Stimpson an old Windows XP PC. She asked what she can do with it. Windows XP is a dead operating system. Microsoft no longer supports it, which means that it’s no longer safe to ...

When Microsoft finally announced that official support for Windows XP was coming to an end, China wasn't happy. At the time, Windows accounted for 91 percent market share on the desktop, compared to ...

Only 8 percent of developers are targeting Windows Vista according to a new report from analysts Evans Data Corporation. 49 percent of developers are developing for Vista's soon-to-be-discontinued ...