There is no doubt that Linux has come a long way in the last five years, thanks in large part to Valve opening the door to gaming with Proton. Linux has always been a capable operating system, but its ...

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Leave Windows for something truly modern—Linux, of course.

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. In the decades that I've been using Linux, I have not needed a single Windows app because Linux has all the software I require. However, I ...

Switching from the operating system you've used all your life can be scary. It's a whole new paradigm to get used to, and in the case of Linux compared to Windows, there are a ton of apps you may be ...