Features

• Five things to look forward to in Linux Mint 13 Maya

  By Katherine Noyes | 23 May, 2012 07:08

  There's been much attention focused lately on Canonical's recently released Ubuntu Linux 12.04 "Precise Pangolin," but it's by no means the only popular Linux distribution out there with a major update in the offing.

• 20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try

  By Katherine Noyes | 10 February, 2012 07:01

  As Ubuntu Linux continues to grow in popularity, most discussions of it tend to focus on the basics of the operating system itself, including especially details about its desktop environment and user interface.

• Ubuntu Server: Lean, mean, cloud-making machine

  By Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen | 02 June, 2009 08:12

  Ubuntu Server is a fast, free, no-frills Linux distribution that fills a niche between utilitarian Debian and the GUI-driven and, some would argue, over-featured Novell SUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

• Switching my dad to Linux -- part two

  By Keir Thomas | 15 May, 2009 23:31

  As mentioned in my last posting, I'm not a very good Linux evangelist. I don't try and convert family and friends to Linux. Therefore, as surprising as it sounds, putting Ubuntu on my dad's new laptop--as I did a week ago--was the first time I've ever directly converted another individual to Linux.

• Top 7 reasons people quit Linux

  By Keir Thomas | 02 May, 2009 03:26

  I've been writing Linux guidebooks for some time, and it's fair to say that most people who buy my books are Windows users looking to make the leap to Linux (or perhaps just wondering what the fuss is about).

• Ubuntu 9.04 beta: quick look

  By Keir Thomas | 28 March, 2009 12:03

  So far there have been six alpha releases of the forthcoming Ubuntu 9.04, due for final release next month, and late yesterday the one and only beta release was made available for download. From this point forward there's a release candidate in mid-April, before the final release is made on the 23rd.