Previously know as "Feisty Fawn", the latest release of Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu 7.04, is of interest for two reasons: a handful of useful new features, plus it's been chosen by Dell for its first foray into ...

Red Hat would like you to believe it significant that its latest enterprise platform - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) - was released on Albert Einstein's birthday. That isn't significant, but it is a ...

For the past year or so, Ubuntu and its derivatives have been regarded as a good entry point for those looking to dabble with a Linux distribution. Granted, the world of Linux changes at a pace ...

After five years of development and US$6 billion of investment, Microsoft has finally unveiled Windows Vista. The new Operating System has been written afresh from the ground up to get rid of the stack of legacy ...

The Fedora Project is a Linux spin-off from Red Hat, and has a much more aggressive release cycle than its parent, coming out twice or three times in a year with more cutting edge software than ...

Like buses, you can wait ages for a new Linux distribution to come along only for several to arrive together. SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 is the first of an expected queue of new enterprise Linux packages ...

Is it just me, or would everyone prefer the latest version of Ubuntu Linux to be known by its development name, Dapper Drake? Maybe not, but anyway, the official name is now Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. The ...

To fully understand what Fedora Core is all about you have to know a little about its history, starting with the fact that it was originally called Red Hat Linux. It was re-named when Red Hat ...

An editorial on this site predicted that in order for the Linux operating system to become truly useful to people like the editor, it would inevitably have to become bloated. That prediction, while it may still ...

If you don't know what the word Ubuntu means, then hard luck - you'll have to wait until the end of this review to find out (no peeking now!), because this review concentrates on what Ubuntu ...

In case you missed it, it's worth noting that Red Hat doesn't give away its Linux software any more. Or at least it doesn't if you're looking for a well supported platform for enterprise applications. In ...

Getting to grips with Linux can be both daunting and time consuming, especially if you've only ever used Windows before. However, if ever there was an easy implementation for the first timer, it's MandrakeLinux 10.1. To ...

Linspire, according to the blurb, is supposed to be an 'easy-to-use operating system designed to give you years of trouble-free computing'. Whilst the few weeks we've spent in its company don't qualify us to ringingly endorse ...

Ladies and gentlemen, your writer today is a Linux virgin. That means that this review of SuSE Linux 9.1 isn't your traditional piece, contrasting it with other Linux distributions and arguing its relevant merits. No, instead ...

Knoppix is a version of the Linux operating sytem that runs directly from a bootable CD. It does not install to your hard disk, it does not create new partitions or otherwise mess with your existing ...

The subtitle of this review could so easily be 'a tale of two operating systems.' That one of them is good and the other bad should not be surprising; that they are both the same operating ...

Windows Small Business Server 2003 is a much improved product. It's easier to setup and manage than previous versions and incorporates new information sharing, collaboration and remote access features. Companies on a budget will also find ...

Released on April 24th, Windows Server 2003 is a major update to the Microsoft network operating system with numerous new features together with enhancements in terms of both performance and reliability. Among the improvements there's support ...

In the past, Mandrake Linux has impressed us with its overall stability and ease of installation, compared to the Red Hat distribution on which it's based. The installation process was ahead of its time, surpassing even ...

When we first installed Red Hat 8.0 and saw the new 'Bluecurve' theme that tries to unify the look of the KDE and Gnome desktop environments, we thought the company had made a mistake changing the ...