A Linux developer has created a Windows 8 DE. Win8DE looks very much like Windows 8. This new desktop is still in alpha stages. Remember Windows 8? I'm sure I can guess what you remember from that ...

Could someone explain to me exactly how drastically different mainstream Linux Desktop Environments and Window Managers really are from Windows? I mean really, this myth that the GUI options for Linux ...

The year of the Linux desktop may be a bit of a joke, but switching to Linux is not. You've either done it at some point, or you're probably considering it. Linux is quickly improving, while Windows ...

Considering that Windows NT has the concept of so-called ‘subsystems’ whereby you can run different systems side-by-side, ...

Wine is not an emulator like Qemu or a virtualization environment like Virtualbox, but a runtime environment that aims to emulate the Windows API on Linux. This API mapping is not complete, but it is ...

So you’re switching from Windows to Linux? Great. Like other users and organizations who’ve taken the plunge, it’s likely you’re making the move to take advantage of Linux’s stability and reliance on ...