I use Ubuntu Linux as my primary OS. However for a moment, I was pleased to have kept Vista around. How can I meaningfully discuss the merits or pitfalls of Ubuntu without experiencing Ubuntu's primary contemporary competitor, Vista, firsthand?

Something I often hear from people that talk about Linux on the desktop is this: people want to be able to go to the store, buy hardware, and be confident that it will Just Work.

Free Software Help Center at oss.nhydra.com is on-line site intended to support GNU/Linux and Open Source Software users for FREE. It is driven be volunteers that want to help other users of Free Software.

At last we reach the final installment of this series, the question & answer stage in which we'll consider some of the common problems encountered with audio and MIDI on Linux, along with some common and perhaps not-so-common solutions to those problems. We've looked at some indispensable items for your Linux system troubleshooting toolkit, now let's see how they are applied.

If you have a Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse here is the procedure to follow howto setup in ubuntu

Sometimes events transpire in the software industry that, when tied with other events, take on a much bigger meaning. Such is the case with three different announcements in the last ten days. The first two got a good bit of press; the last didn't. Let's see how they connect.

Finding an addictive computer game on a Friday evening can be dangerous. Instead of doing things you have been promising your wife, you spend the weekend in front of your computer playing the game and trying to explain that "this is for work." This is exactly what happened to me when I discovered Battle Tanks.

It has been over two weeks now since I started playing with the Zonbu. My first foray was under VMWare and then my actual hardware arrived.