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With Windows 10 going away soon, many of us are considering jumping ship to Linux. Thankfully, you don't have to ditch Windows entirely to start using Linux; running two OSes is easier than you think.

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The firmware included with the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B version 1.2 introduced the possibility of booting from a USB device: before that, it was only possible to boot from an SD or microSD card. But ...

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So I'm looking to ease my main family desktop off of W11 over to Fedora KDE. There are a few things in Windows I need to make sure transition over, like the Plex server for one (files are on a ...

OK, you've settled on which version of Linux you want to load on your old PC. Here's how to make it happen. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog ...