A few months ago, I wrote an article specifically for users who want to transition from Windows to Linux but are being stumped by must-have Windows-only software: What’s Stopping You Transitioning To Linux? In response to that article, which involved installing Windows & Linux on […]
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Governments around the world have either transitioned from Windows to Linux or are planning to do so. Countries That Have Already Transitioned The German State of Schleswig-Holstein: announced in April 2024 Denmark: completed a full transition to Linux and LibreOffice in late 2025 France: France’s
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Fellow DCT authors Jim Hillier and Terry Hollett have written extensively about Linux in its various forms, not least the growing number of Windows users migrating to Linux. There are many reasons for this, but one of the main ones is the extraordinary lengths Microsoft
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For Linux newbies I’ve been singing the praises of Ventoy, a free and open source tool for creating multi-boot drives, for some time now. In what’s been a barren freeware landscape, Ventoy has been like a breath of fresh air – innovative, simple, and highly
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You can run Windows programs on Linux using various utilities. You can do this by using Wine, Crossover, PlayOnLinux and Bottles. I saw a video using Bottles and decided to give it a spin. 🙂 I’m using Linux Mint 21.3 on my HP Notebook 15-bs023a.
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A recent email discussion between myself and DCT’s Editor, Richard Pedersen (who is also my mate), regarding the advent of a Windows 12 (or whatever the next iteration is called), prompted the question of possibly considering a move to Linux. Windows 11 hasn’t exactly set
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I’m guessing many Windows users might have or might be, toying with the idea of trying out Linux. Installing Linux as a secondary operating system is not only practical but also an interesting exercise. In this article, I’m going to provide a few tips to
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We recently published an article setting out why Linux will never reach mainstream status: Why Linux Will Never Be Mainstream. While I do not pull back from that stance, I do consider Linux a very viable alternative to Windows under certain circumstances — for everyday
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In most cases, when installing Linux in a Windows environment, it is installed on completely separate partitions as a completely separate operating system. However, there is one Linux distro, called Q4OS, which can be installed inside Windows as an application– no separate partitions, just a
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One of the first things a refugee from Windows trying to transition to Linux does is look at the Linux tree structure to try to see “What would this be in Windows?” Well, there is NO one-size-fits-all answer to that question. Indeed, that kind of
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