Late last week, with the help of Network World’s resident Linux guru, Armen Brown, my ancient spare XP PC was converted into a Linux PC running the Ubuntu distro (with the Gnome desktop). Thus began ...

Linux is all about choice. From my earliest experiences with the OS, this has been the case. If you're coming from Windows, you're probably accustomed to being able to switch your web browser, office ...

The Linux desktop has continued its slow growth. Linux has been making gains in no small part because of Microsoft Windows' blunders. Users and governments have been losing trust in Windows and ...