In this review I am going to focus mostly on the software, since other posts have already covered the hardware. Before I begin on the software, though, I would like to mention a few things about the hardware.

Ubuntu comes pre-installed with a wealth of apps - covering almost every task you need to do, while still managing to fit on a CD. Are you ready to discover some pretty cool Linux apps that don’t get the attention they deserve? Let’s check them out.

As the primary gateway to voice calls, Internet browsing, audio and video applications, and imaging display, demand for consumer electronics are naturally increasing.

I’ve worked with a Japanese company called Plat’Home, maker of small, tough, eco-friendly servers, for the past nine months or so. They ran a contest this summer about ideas. They called it the “Will Linux Work? Contest.” They collected ideas from Linux lovers on how they would use Linux in interesting and sometimes challenging ways.

Ingres and Red Hat today announced plans to work closely together with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) in the EMEA region.

The end of October saw the much anticipated release of Ubuntu 8.10 - affectionately called the Intrepid Ibex.

It's a release that sees Ubuntu going from strength to strength.

Novell steals Red Hat Enterprise Linux (plus clones) customers in vicious new ways

I bet you never thought you would hear the term 'Microsoft Office for Linux' associated with 'reality,' but it looks like it just might happen - well, indirectly at least.