OK, I just have to subject this discussion I've been engaged in on Anandtech's Operating Systems forum to wider view. <P>I've gotten into some verbal slanging with this ardent Windows guy on there ...

If you asked PC users about the most accessible OS in the 2010s, the name Linux would never have turned up in the conversation. After all, Linux distros have been feared by the average PC user for ...

I've tried just about every take on the Linux distribution. From the user-friendly to the user-frightening, Linux has something for everyone. However, I would posit that even those Linux distributions ...

There are a few different reasons why the average person — as opposed to an enthusiast tinkerer — might want to try out one of the many available flavors of free Linux-based operating systems. If ...

It’s always been possible to get Linux desktops to work on Windows-based networks; I do it all the time. But it’s not a job for an average Linux user or a Windows network administrator’s whose MCSE ...