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Windows 8 lives again on Linux, and I'm just as confused by it as you

A Linux developer has created a Windows 8 DE. Win8DE looks very much like Windows 8. This new desktop is still in alpha stages. Remember Windows 8? I'm sure I can guess what you remember from that ...
ExtremeTech

Windows 8.1 and the Desktop: A modest improvement we still can't recommend

When the ExtremeTech staff met in October 2012 to divvy up Windows 8 coverage assignments, I volunteered to tackle the specific question of how Metro and Desktop applications would integrate and share ...
Ars Technica

Windows 8 on the desktop—an awkward hybrid

What is so strange to me is the power users that swear they don't mind the Metro desktop at all. I have been using Win / OSX / many LInux Distro's for years and I moved on to Linux Mint from ubuntu ...
ExtremeTech

Under the hood of Windows 8, or why desktop users should upgrade from Windows 7

On Friday, October 26, Microsoft will unleash Windows 8 -- the result of more than three years of work by one of the world's largest cross-disciplinary software and hardware engineering teams, and ...
Reuters

Windows 8: Wish List of Features and Functions

Windows 7 is only 10 months old, but it's never too early to glance on down the road at Windows 8. Microsoft is keeping a tight lid on any information about "Windows 8." But back in June, leaked ...