Windows workflows · Linux learning · Migration guides

More control on Windows.
A clearer path to Linux.

Clean up Windows, improve your everyday workflow, and learn Linux at your own pace.

Use the Windows guides on their own, follow the Linux lessons, or work through the migration guides when you’re ready.

~/choose-your-path ● ● ●

→ clean up my Windows setup
→ practise Linux commands
→ prepare a move to Linux

you’re in control

Three paths. One place to start.

Independent guides, connected when you need them.

02 / YOUR NEXT STEP

Learn Linux

Build confidence, one mission at a time.

Thirty practical terminal lessons. Keep Windows and learn at your own pace.

Start learning Linux
03 / YOUR NEXT STEP

Switch to Linux

Move when you are ready.

Plan the move, set up your desktop, and keep a recovery path close.

Plan your switch

Understand the change

Read the context, check the target, and keep a way back.

Learn by doing

Small terminal missions, clear checkpoints, and a practice space of your own.

Choose your own pace

Stay with Windows, learn alongside it, or prepare a careful move.

Why I built Switchboard

I wanted to switch from Windows to Linux. During the move, and after making the switch, I ran into problems I had to work through. I started documenting what I learned so I could find it again.

Read the story →

Looking for one specific thing?

Find a command, look up a term, or jump straight to a guide.

Open the reference desk

Check before you copy

This command needs care. Read its context, confirm the target and location, and keep a recovery path.

Copying does not run a command.