Ubuntu 6.06 Is Current Desktop Linux Champ
The distro's usability and active community earn it high marks; its long-term support will appeal to businesses.
7/18/2006
Xandros 4: Relief for Windows 98, ME Orphans
Xandros 4 is easily the best Linux distribution for Windows users who are either be forced, or looking, to switch to a new operating system.
7/12/2006
Gentoo, Linux? Yes, Sometimes
The Gentoo Foundation's Gentoo 2006.0 is a popular Linux distribution that attempts—and, most of the time, succeeds—in delivering a stable, manageable system while preserving fairly fine-grained configurability for administrators.
5/1/2006
First Look at SUSE 10.1 Desktop
The newest SUSE Linux is already a winner, even as just a release canidate.
4/20/2006
Fedora Core 5: Shape Shifter
Fast-moving distro works well in server, developer and desktop roles.
4/10/2006
QCD Weaves Linux Admin Into Windows
QCD Microsystems' suite of Linux management modules enables Windows administrators to bring Linux servers into the infrastructure fold without leaving behind the graphical MMC snap-ins to which they're accustomed.
3/6/2006
OpenOffice.org
Unlike the slow, clunky original version, version 2.0 of this free productivity suite is surprisingly slick and highly compatible with Microsoft Office file formats.
9/6/2005
Novell Linux Small Business Suite 9
Novell Linux Small Business Suite delivers everything you need on the back end (and client side, for that matter) to get up and running.
6/28/2005
Levanta's Levanta 3.3
Version 3.3 speeds application deployments and cuts operating costs, but it's pricey.
5/16/2005
Linux Made Easy: Linspire 5.0
Linspire began life as Lindows, which was aimed squarely at converting Windows users.
4/19/2005
Red Hat Secures Spot in OS Pantheon
Red Hat's enterprise-targeted Linux distribution delivers an open-source platform that's up-to-date, well-tested and ready to serve a diverse set of IT services.
3/14/2005
Xandros Desktop OS Version 3 Deluxe Edition
Frustrated Microsoft Windows users often fantasize about moving to Linux, but most never take the plunge, fearing the switch will be too difficult. Xandros Desktop OS 3 makes the transition from Windows to Linux easy....
2/4/2005
Magnolia 2.0
Like many other open-source applications, Magnolia 2.0 has inherent benefits, such as broad platform support (it runs on almost any platform, including Windows, Linux and Mac OS X) and excellent standards support. And, of course, it's free.
1/31/2005
Novell Linux Desktop Gathers Enterprise Strength
Novell Linux Desktop 9 is a capable, polished Linux distribution that will serve well in an enterprise setting—provided the applications that a particular user requires aren't exclusive to Windows.
1/17/2005
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