ZDNET's key takeaways If you're looking to move from Windows, you have options.Zorin OS and AnduinOS both have the look and feel of Windows.Both of these distributions are free to download and install ...

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After years of trying lightweight Linux distros, a modified Windows setup finally made my old laptop enjoyable again.

For instance, we use Jeena's TextEd instead of Apple's text editor. For browsers, email, chat, productivity, writing, and so on, we use FOSS and freeware apps, and wherever possible, ones that also ...

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LibreOffice is free to download and install for Windows.

Here we go again: another Microsoft Windows update, another feature broken as a result. This time it’s VPN access. Here’s ...

Windows is no doubt a powerful operating system, and you can tweak system settings and add power user utilities to speed up ...

You might think your laptop is old but reliable, only to find that it suddenly became obsolete in 2026. Here's what you need ...

Picochess is a chess program for the Raspberry Pi that you can use to carry out analyses, train openings, and master games.

On the desktop, in your hands, even on an Arm chip, Windows wants to be best.