Operating Systems

A Linux newbie is frustrated by a widespread Ubuntu bug and goes straight to the source in London to get the story about how they're fixed.

Within the last few days Microsoft quietly announced it is killing its Encarta encyclopedia, with the actual date of death October, 2009. What it hinted at, but didn't quite say, was that Wikipedia killed it.

Worried about Conficker? You don't have to be. There's a software patch that will get rid of all your Conficker worries once and for all! Better still, it will also rid you of 99.9999% of all your malware concerns once and for all. Its name is Linux.

Google has scheduled an event commemorating the 5th anniversary of Gmail in Brussels today. Word on the street is that Google will announce ...

The story on 60 Minutes about the Conficker worm missed the larger picture.

Free support for Windows XP ends on April 14th, and the Windows 7 release candidate arrives in May, coincidence? I don't think so.

Microsoft has unveiled a new ad campaign designed to hit Apple where it hurts: In people's wallets. A new ad shows real people trying to buy affordable laptops, and ending up buying PCs rather than Macs because they can't afford high-priced hardware. The campaign even uses jujitsu against Apple coolness, saying that cheap is the new cool.

Windows users essentially pay a Microsoft tax for every PC they buy --- the cost of extra security software they need to buy every year, plus the time it takes to rid their PCs of "crapware" and other software junk. But there's no need to pay that tax --- I've got advice on the best free security software and de-crapifying software so you won't have to pay a dime or waste a minute.

Deliver a great Linux distribution, add quality middleware, steer clear on proprietary entanglements, and be named Red Hat.

A few days ago, Steve Ballmer stirred up a hornet's nest when he said that Apple users pay a $500 tax for buying Macs instead of PCs. What he neglected to mention, though, is that plenty of people believe they pay a Microsoft tax for using Windows --- and it's not the price of operating system they're complaining about.

You might not want to run any of these operating systems today, but in their time and in their place, they were great.

After failing to fully connect a mixed home Wi-Fi network of Win 98, XP, Vista, Mac OS and Linux machines, I turn to Linux to replace Win 98, but things don't start out well at all.

With its latest Linux release Novell, Novell has made Linux about as close to Windows as it can get. Whether that's a good thing or not, depends on where you're coming from.

Steve Ballmer recently caught flack for essentially saying that Apple users pay an Apple tax of $500 for buying Macs compared to PCs. Does that mean that Linux users are forced to pay a Microsoft tax every time they buy a PC with Microsoft software on it?

An eclectic home network of Win 98, XP, Vista, Mac OS and Linux finally achieves file transfer ability among all machines in each direction. Kinda.