I mentioned last week that I was planning to attend the Linspire-sponsored Linux Desktop Summit where the discussion would include reasons the folks who build PCs don’t want to do Linux. Indeed, some ...

At least one-third of enterprises are expected to begin deploying Windows Vista enterprise-wide by mid-2008, according to a Forrester Research report released this week that gauged the plans of PC ...

A user or sysadmin posts about problems with a brand new Vista PC on a support forum. Within minutes, a "helpful" soul suggests a fix: "Install Linux!" Enthusiasts have always touted Linux as the best ...

Microsoft's chairman discusses his favorite Vista feature, why he'll keep pushing for a new file system and open source's role. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, ...

All of those distros and all that command-line scripting for basic tasks have made those who are less than eager to dedicate hours to fine-tuning a PC keep far away from Linux. The Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy ...

it's an easier ride to install windows before linux. I did it the other way around after I upgraded from Vista to XP (originally did vista first, then ubuntu, then XP) and it was a somewhat minor PITA ...