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May 9, 2020 by Sajjad Kabir Joy Even if you have never used it, there’s a good chance you have heard the name GNU/Linux, or simply Linux. Like the confusion surrounding what to call it, the operating system indeed has a layered and rather long history, and that tends to intimidate half the potential users of this outstanding Windows-alternative, and more of them are scared off by the myths surrounding its apparent difficulty of use, lack of support and software programs… so on. But here we try to debunk those myths. GNU/Linux—Not Just A Windows Alternative, A Better Alternative So can I persuade you to give up on that piece of a program from Microsoft for something that costs nothing at all (except maybe a little bit of patience), and...
June 24, 2020 by Sajjad Kabir Joy If you are a personal computer/workstation user, chances are, at least once in your life, you have gone out to buy a processor, and odds are you returned home with one that was built by Intel. For a lot of people, there’s simply no alternative to Intel. Those who tend to be more open-minded and keep track of recent innovations, sometimes choose AMD. But whether you buy Intel or AMD’s processors, or the whole desktop in the same package, or simply a laptop, you’re basically using the same kind of processor, and that’s the 64-bit variant of x86 developed by Intel as early as 1978. You must have seen software programs labeled x86 for 32-bit and x86-64 (also commonly referred to as amd64) for the 64-bit...
So you are trying to decide which operating system will be better for you because the last update of windows broke the OS? Or are you just curious to explore Linux, as you have seen people are talking about it in the forums and those pc groups out there? Well, you came to the right place. Stop right now and get through our 13 reasons why you should stick to windows and why you should not use Linux. Why you should not use Linux over Windows. There were many factors about this topic and these are the best 13 reasons why one should stick with Windows, 1. Installing Linux Is Not Easy Alright if you read this part and disagree with this, well then my friend you are among the minority. Although, not everyone is a tech-savvy person and I...