You can even try out Mint on your PC first - without installing anything! - to make sure you like it. Just follow these simple steps.

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There are gentle migration strategies that can delay the move away from Windows 10, which Microsoft will stop supporting in October 2025. Technically (and maybe even psychologically), the easiest step ...

Four years after launching Windows 11 and prodding PC owners to update, Microsoft has finally decided that it's time force everyone to use it. On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing security ...

There are many open source programs (aka code that’s accessible to the public) out there for both Linux and Windows. For programs and tools where that’s not the case, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) ...

Microsoft has open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), making its source code available on GitHub, except for a few components that are part of Windows. This marks a milestone for a project ...

Do you need to use Linux? Here are two solutions for Windows 11 users. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Windows 11 version 22H2 ...