I got a number of requests about switching out from Windows to the latest and best Linux. For me and many other experienced Linux users, that's Linux Mint 19. You don ...

Installing an operating system onto your rig isn't exactly riveting, but it's a vital part of any gaming PC experience. Not only does an OS enable us to play the latest Steam games and ingest memes on ...

Not only can you do it, but it’s reasonably easy. Of course, all of the operating systems must be compatible with your hardware. Assuming your PC is less than five years old, it should be able to take ...

The world of Linux is ready to welcome you, with a shower of free open-source software you can use on any PC: hundreds of active Linux distributions, and dozens of different desktop environments you ...

We originally published this install guide for Windows 11 shortly after the OS was released in October 2021. To keep it current and as useful as possible, we updated it in October 2024 to cover ...