Like most of you, I’ve been utilizing Home windows for mainly my total life. And I’ve solely briefly been tempted by the options… however with Microsoft’s conduct as of late, these temptations have gotten much less transient. In case you really feel the identical method, you may need to try PCWorld’s new podcast, Twin Boot Diaries.
This new ongoing present with Adam Patrick Murray and Will Smith is all in regards to the expertise of switching from Home windows to Linux, as a long-time Home windows stan. There are tons of recent user-friendly choices (nicely, extra user-friendly than earlier than) like System76 and Framework, the Linux-based SteamOS on the Steam Deck and others, and numerous flavors of tasks like Raspberry Pi.
Adam and the remainder of us aren’t about to change into full-time Linux customers, however there’s by no means been a greater time to dip your toes into the Linux panorama. Be part of us for this limited-run sequence. On the finish of it Adam and Will will probably be selecting to delete a kind of dual-boot partitions. Will they keep true to Home windows or leap into that OSS pool completely? You’ll have to observe to search out out.
The primary Twin Boot Diaries episode is up now, providing you with an overview of the upcoming sequence. For that and our long-running weekly sequence The Full Nerd, subscribe to the devoted channel on YouTube. Oh, and make sure to try our important PCWorld channel, too.