Jide worked with the developers behind the Android-x86 project to bring Remix OS to desktops. The current build is a version of Remix OS 2.0 which is based on Android 5.0 Lollipop.

So are you out of luck if you want to see what SteamOS is like? Not at all. If you’ve got 30 minutes to spare, you can get SteamOS up and running in a virtual machine, which will let you explore ...

Remix OS—a multitasking, windowed Android OS—can now run on your PC An "alpha" build of the OS for a generic PC is available for download.

Winboat is a new technology to run Windows apps on Linux. If the developers can deliver, this will be a game changer.

Virtual machines are usually restricted to a single box, but Portable VirtualBox lets you install VMs on a flash drive so you can run your PC-in-a-PC on any PC.

Toggling between Windows and Android on a single device? That sounds desirable enough maybe, especially the way Intel describes it, but the quest for a practical mixture of green and blue has had ...

Those who want to try Raspbian but don't have a Raspberry Pi can now install the OS on a typical PC, any computer with an x86 processor.