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The newest desktop Linux vs. the newest Windows -- and the winner is ...

In a surprising change, Mark Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu was changing its default interface from GNOME to its netbook-oriented Unity interface

Linux has had a hate/hate relationship with Broadcom. Linux users need Broadcom Wi-Fi drivers. Broadcom does a lousy job of supporting Linux. Now, a combined effort from Dell, Canonical, and Broadcom has lead to a new Linux driver for many popular Broadcom chipsets.

Besides its new Unity interface, the next desktop version of Ubuntu Linux will feature new applications-and some of them, like Banshee, won't make everyone happy.

Accessing online banking from your home PC is unsafe, a bank CIO says. His bank may offer customers bootable Ubuntu Linux CDs for use when accessing their accounts over the Web.

No, not Ubuntu. It actually isn't any of the Linuxes that springs immediately to most people's minds.

Ubuntu isn't just changing their desktop look; they're changing the Linux desktop itself.

Installing applications on Linux isn't really that hard, but it is different from how it's handled on both Windows and Macs. Now, Ubuntu is working on a newbie-proof way for users to install Linux programs.

The next version of Ubuntu Linux, Lucid Lynx, has just gone beta, and it's designed to attract new users to desktop Linux.

Almost since the beginning, Ubuntu critics have said that Ubuntu doesn't give enough back to other Linux and open-source projects. Mark Shuttleworth says that's about to change and he's putting his millions where his mouth is.

Congratulations Linux. Yesterday was the day you made Microsoft blink. Microsoft has changed its mind and has decided to keep XP Home around after all.

I'm sure that Microsoft's change in heart was in part due to efforts like InfoWorld's Save XP efforts, which put names to over 200,000 users who don't want to move to Vista. I'm even surer though that what really changed Microsoft's mind is that Linux, and not Windows, was taking over the red-hot UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) market.

No, Ubuntu is not fighting with GNOME. Yes, Canonical is changing its default desktop. Here's why.

Ubuntu's always been popular with users, but not so much with server managers. Now, with Wikipedia moving from a hodge-podge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS that may be changing.

Not sure about Windows 7? Here are five of the best, not to mention free, Linux desktop alternatives.

Why are people excited about the newest release of Ubuntu? Here are my top five reasons, what are yours?