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Reasons to Abandon Windows For Linux

Had enough of Windows 10’s hassles? Unless you plan to install Windows 7, which is going

Surface Go with Linux Review: almost the perfect open source notepad

You have probably had your fill of Surface Go reviews that seem to split the tech

Microsoft needs to clean up its Windows update act ASAP

Almost everyone has a smartphone these days,perhaps more than a PC. That means almost everyone uses

Samsung Linux on DeX beta hands-on: do almost everything on your phone

Google seems to be pushing Chrome OS as the one platform to rule them all. Samsung

Chrome OS might be Google’s future but it still needs one thing

Since time immemorial, OK maybe just a decade or so ago, people have imagined what a

Chromebooks dual-booting Windows 10 is a terrible idea

After years of being ignored, if not ridiculed, Chromebooks are slowly becoming more interesting and more

Why the Surface Go needed to be x86 and not ARM

Microsoft just revealed the Surface Go, its lightest, slimmest, and cheapest Surface tablet yet. Cheapest is

QSAN XCube XT3002T NAS review: Classy, clean, and fast—but better suited to the enterprise

Network-attached storage has a place in the home, and this box covers all the basics in

Asustor AS6404T review: A high price, but great performance

A brilliant powerhouse NAS, albeit for a chunky price Asustor’s four-bay NAS impressed us last year

Samsung Gear S4 with Wear OS: Tizen is dead

Although they have never really disappeared, traditional smartphone manufacturers have more or less backed out of

Android Chrome OS unified: what Andromeda could have been

Google is known, in fact notorious, from casting its net wide to catch as many fish.

Samsung DeX Dock review

The Good: Compact size doubles a charging dock. USB, HDMI, Ethernet and USB-C ports support keyboards, mice

System76 Galago Pro review

The current king of high-end Linux laptops is the Dell XPS 13 (Kaby Lake) Developer Edition,

Purism Librem 15 review

People who want a laptop pre-installed with GNU/Linux are a niche market (sadly), and people who

Synology DiskStation DS1817 review

Those who have tracked Synology NAS hardware over the past 13 years since its first NAS

Hands on: Sunvell T95P review

The past decade has seen a number of manufacturers attempt to squeeze a working computer into

Dell XPS 13 9360 Developer Edition review

Last October Dell quietly updated its suave XPS 13 range of ultraportables. Pretty much since their

Living with Asteroid OS – The open source Android Wear alternative

Asteroid OS is an open source, Linux-based smartwatch OS developed primarily by a French student and

Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition Hands-on Review : Is This Linux Laptop Worth $1,500?

Thanks to its lightweight chassis, gorgeous screen and epic battery life, the Dell XPS 13 has

BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition Tablet Review

If there’s ever been a niche device, it’s a tablet running Ubuntu. The BQ Aquaris M10

Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition review

I was excited when the Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition arrived in the post. I quickly

Popcorn Hour A-500 Media Player Review

What is the Popcorn Hour A-500? The Popcorn Hour A-500 is a Linux based media streamer

Vivaldi Browser Hands-on Review : Powerful Chrome Alternative

Sure, you can add apps and extensions to Chrome, but if you’ve gotten bored with that

Ocean is a phone-size Linux server that runs on batteries

Servers are typically large machines that take up huge amounts of space on the floor or

How to find out if your PC is compatible with Linux

Can your PC run Linux? Probably. But here’s how to find out for sure. Linux’s hardware

Mirror your Android device on your Mac or PC with Vysor

There are plenty of ways to mirror your smartphone onto your desktop, but none are as

IBM makes ‘biggest code drop’ as Canonical and Suse tie-up brings better Linux to mainframes

IBM HAS ANNOUNCED what it describes as the single biggest donation of mainframe code to the

Librem 13 laptop focuses on privacy with PureOS

Purism found success with its Librem 15 laptop last year, a machine hawked at those concerned

ASUS Eee PC 901 Linux Edition Review

If the ASUS Eee 900 basically amounted to a larger-screened version of the 7-inch original, then

Acer Aspire One netbook

While there’s no shortage of variety in the netbook market, one of the most commonly recommended