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NOOBS is the built-in operating system installer for Raspberry Pi. But if you already know which operating system you want to use, there's a quicker way to get your Pi up and running. Taylor Martin ...

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Getting started with Tails, the encrypted, leave-no-trace operating system Your email has been sent Tails, an encrypted and anonymous OS that bundles widely used open source privacy tools on a tiny ...

Windows XP’s refugees have two choices on April 8, when Microsoft stops supporting the decade-old operating system (for consumers, anyway). This is assuming a new PC with a new operating system (even ...

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Jide’s Remix OS is a custom version of Android designed to make Google’s mobile operating system feel like a desktop OS. And it pretty much works. The developers of Remix OS have released two devices ...