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Analysis: Why Linux is a desktop flop

It's free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than Windows.

By Maria Korolov | 30 April, 2012 21:28

Tags: Android, Configuration / maintenance, consumer electronics, Data Center, desktop, desktop pcs, Gartner, hardware systems, IDC, Linux, open source, operating systems, smartphones, software

Apple's iPhone now one-third the market share of desktop Linux

According to recent market share data, Apple's iPhone is now being used to access the Internet a third as much as desktop Linux.

By Rodney Gedda | 13 October, 2009 04:03

Tags: desktop linux, iPhone, Linux, market research, market share, operating systems, web browsers

Windows attack code out, but not being used

It has been a week since hackers released software that could be used to attack a flaw in Windows Vista and Server 2008, but Microsoft and security companies say that criminals haven't done much with the attack.

By Robert McMillan | 07 October, 2009 07:21

Tags: metasploit, security, windows server 2008, Windows Vista

Living free with Linux: Round 2

Last month, in "Living free with Linux: 2 weeks without Windows," I wrote about what life was like for a longtime Windows user trying to live with Linux. One of the main drawbacks: The difficulties I encountered when installing or updating software.

By Preston Gralla | 12 March, 2009 09:45

Tags: Linux

Desktop Linux: Ready for the mainstream

It's been a decade since Linux proponents first argued their OS was ready for mainstream adoption. Yet for all intents and purposes, Linux remains nonexistent on "regular" people's desks. Sure, developers and other tech experts use Linux, but that's about it.

By Galen Gruman | 03 March, 2009 09:06

Tags: Linux

Economic downturn not taking the fight out of Microsoft

Microsoft this week outlined its intent to stand and fight against a difficult economy with a plan to go after competitors and seize market share in areas like netbooks, mobile devices/services, browsers, databases and even search/advertising.

Microsoft goes after TomTom -- and Linux

The Linux community has a message to Microsoft: Back off

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 02 March, 2009 09:10

Tags: automotive IT, GPS, Linux, Microsoft, tomtom

More specialty Linuxes to the rescue

The day of the mold-your-own OS has come, and Linux is the clay.

By Rick Grehan | 25 February, 2009 08:19

Tags: Linux

Five fantastic open source tools for Windows admins

Open source projects for Windows are growing

MS 2009 to-do list includes services, virtualization

It has been a year of transition for Microsoft in 2008, with the biggest being co-founder and company icon Bill Gates stepping aside and Ray Ozzie assuming the role of chief software architect. On the technology side, Microsoft's services push dominated its agenda. Microsoft introduced Azure, its cloud operating system, and released online versions of Exchange and SharePoint, two of its most popular infrastructure servers. "Exchange Online could be a sleeper product," says Peter O'Kelly, principal analyst with O'Kelly Consulting. In addition, the company revealed it was developing for the first time Web-based online versions of popular Office applications. It's all a setup for what will define Microsoft's 2009. Here is a look at five key issues and a handful of honorable mentions that will be in the spotlight over the next 12 months.

By John Fontana | 22 December, 2008 08:26

Tags: microsoft azure, microsoft office

Ducks, dorks and deviants: Wackiest stories of 2008

It's not all bits and bytes

Vista SP2: six things you need to know

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 has been released as a public beta version.

By JR Raphael | 08 December, 2008 11:30

Tags: Microsoft, Windows Vista

Top IT Turkeys of 2008

Not Sarah Palin!

If Windows is a dead end, what's next?

The writing is on the wall. Despite a major push to sell the much-maligned Windows Vista, customers aren't buying. Nearly two years after Vista's release, Windows XP remains the standard desktop OS in business, and Microsoft has extended its availability three times (currently to August 2009) due to customer demand. Microsoft itself forecasts just 2 percent growth in Vista sales in early 2009, after lackluster sales in 2008. And that's after forcing customers to buy Vista to get XP "downgrades."

By Galen Gruman | 05 November, 2008 09:02

Tags: Windows Vista, windows xp

Managing in mixed environments

A look at some of the tools that can help you manage mixed Linux/Windows environments

By John Fontana | 28 October, 2008 10:34

Tags: Linux, Windows Vista

The challenge of managing mixed virtualized Linux, Windows networks

The sprawl of management consoles, the proliferation of data they provide and the rising use of virtualization are adding challenges to corporations looking to more effectively manage mixed Linux, Windows and cloud environments.

By John Fontana | 28 October, 2008 08:14

Tags: Linux, novell, Red Hat, virtualisation, Windows Vista

Microsoft Word turns 25

If you've been using Microsoft Word for the past quarter of a century, it can seem like Word has always been the top dog of the word-processing world--and for years, it's been incorporated into Microsoft's Office suite. Today, Microsoft's domination is so complete that, from the public's point of view, there is almost no "word-processor market." (Does anyone remember Lotus Manuscript?)

By Benj Edwards | 27 October, 2008 08:14

Tags: microsoft word

Five outside-the-box ways to cut IT costs

Every time the economy turns downward, IT shops take a hit.

By Tom Sullivan | 15 October, 2008 08:24

Tags: consumer electronics, open source, personnel, social networking, Windows Vista

Worst Windows flaws of the past decade

June 25, 1998, and June 30, 2008, marked two important milestones in Microsoft's evolution of the Windows OS -- the passing of the torch from Windows 95 to Windows 98, and the less seemly transition from XP to Vista.

By Andrew Brandt | 07 October, 2008 09:36

Tags: windows 2000, windows 98, Windows Vista, windows xp

Nine wickedly helpful Web sites for Windows administrators

Windows Web sites worth a look

By Ron Barrett | 30 September, 2008 08:52

Tags: Microsoft Windows