I finally tried Linux on one of my PCs last night. It’s my first time on a device of my own—and security is definitely why ...

A bootable USB and Zorin OS brought an old Intel iMac back to life for web browsing, DVD playback and simple office tasks.

Low RAM? No problem.

4GB of RAM is plenty.

The main reasons why users might not want to opt for Systemd are: the large codebase, scope creep, and tight integration with other systems. Devuan, on the other hand, retains the more Unix-like ...

There's plenty an old Chromebook can do, even if it's not your main computer.

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You can run Batocera from a USB drive before installing it on the PC’s internal storage. Download the x86_64 image from ...

Is Ubuntu 26.04 feeling sluggish on your old PC? Try these five tweaks to reduce memory usage, cut background activity, and ...

My dusty old desktop replaced my $100-a-year cloud storage plan.

Most old PCs end up running a lightweight Linux distribution, but that path keeps narrowing as distros abandon older hardware. Haiku, the open-source successor to BeOS, takes a different approach, and ...

This is the procedure for installing Ubuntu Server on an old laptop while keeping Windows. The installer is mostly just ...