Over 1 million Windows users have jumped ship — Zorin OS 18 is booming

Zorin OS 18 passes 2 million downloads in under three months, with most coming from Windows users as Windows 10 support ends ...

Google Chrome Pushes Critical Security Update for 3B Users

Google patched high-severity CVE-2026-0628 in Chrome 143 and added Push API rate limits to curb notification spam, with ...

Tungsten Automation Announces General Availability of OmniPage Capture SDK 2025.3 for Linux

Tungsten Automation today announced the general availability of OmniPage Capture SDK 2025.3 for Linux, the latest release of its market-leading Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and ...

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great

Posts from this topic Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. is a senior reviews editor ...
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VLC Media Player's best hidden feature just got an update

VLC added the dark mode option in the previous 3.0.22 update, but today's 3.0.33 release has some additional improvements for ...

You don't need Linux to run free and open source software

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 ...
ZDNet

Linux Mint vs. Zorin OS: I've tested both Windows alternatives, and here's my choice

Both Linux Mint and Zorin OS are great operating systems. You'll find ease of use and a wide range of supported hardware. Find out which of these is best suited for ...
Linux Journal

Linux Distros Designed for Former Windows Users Are Picking Up Steam

For years, Windows users frustrated with constant changes, aggressive updates, and growing system bloat have flirted with switching to Linux. But 2025 marks a noticeable shift: a new generation of ...
ZDNet

Why people keep flocking to Linux in 2025 (and it's not just to escape Windows)

The Linux desktop has continued its slow growth. Linux has been making gains in no small part because of Microsoft Windows' blunders. Users and governments have been losing trust in Windows and ...
Android Authority

If Google’s Aluminium OS has these 5 features, I’ll ditch Windows for good

I’m part of the growing chorus of increasingly dissatisfied Windows users, so I’m eagerly watching as news continues to drip in about Google’s Aluminium OS — the project to unify ChromeOS and Android ...
Futurism

Windows Users Furious at Microsoft’s Plan to Turn It Into an “Agentic OS”

Microsoft really wants you to update to Windows 11 already, and it seemingly thinks that bragging about all the incredible ways it’s stuffing AI into every nook and cranny of its latest operating ...
The Verge

As Windows turns 40, Microsoft faces an AI backlash

Microsoft wants to overhaul Windows into an agentic OS, but that’s easier said than done. Microsoft wants to overhaul Windows into an agentic OS, but that’s easier said than done. is a senior editor ...