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You gotta love it. Microsoft has decided that it will ho ahead and kill off easy access to XP on June 30th. On behalf of desktop Linux users everywhere, and our first cousins, the Mac fans, thanks. You've given us the best shot we'll ever have of taking the desktop.

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

People have talked for years about Google taking Microsoft on with its own Linux desktop. Guess what? Google may already have sneaked a Linux desktop out there without anyone noticing... until now.

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

With its new operating system, Midori, Microsoft may finally be giving up on Windows.

Google's future Chrome OS will apparently let users access applications on their Mac or PC remotely -- why this claim hints at the pervasive future of the Mac OS at the end of the PC age

Far be it for me to disagree with my esteemed colleague Robert Mitchell that XP downgrade are dumb, but ah... eh... gosh, Mitchell, you are so wrong on this one!

Come on Microsoft, no new ads are going to con us into thinking Vista is any good. Besides, if it were decent, why would you be moving up 7's start date?

Sorry to disappoint the people who were so upset that Dell was 'abandoning' Ubuntu Linux, but the PC vendor is actually expanding its desktop Linux offerings.

The cheapest way to get Ubuntu Linux is to download it, burn it to a CD, and then install it on your PC of choice. The easiest way to get Ubuntu is to buy it pre-loaded on a Dell PC. The U.S. consumer way to get Ubuntu may turn out to be buy it yourself at Best Buy.

When I recently explained one of the many reasons why I prefer desktop Linux to Windows, even over my favorite desktop Windows, XP SP3, I got a lot of people telling me I was full of hooey because I barely even mentioned Mac OS X.

Good enough, here's my take on Apple's Mac OS X.

Rumors are swirling that the long dead IBM operating system might be coming back. Could it happen?

One of this pilot fish's responsibilities is keeping track of IT equipment at this steel mill, including desktop PCs.

"I would normally do the physical install myself," says fish, "delivering and setting up the PC and any peripheral equipment, then showing the user how to do the usual stuff -- how to log on, change passwords, open the e-mail application -- until I was sure that the new user was comfortable."

But when he gets to the engineering department, the manager tells fish no thanks -- he's PC-savvy and can handle it himself.

They claim Apple management are considering ending development of high-end Mac Pro systems. I've been thinking about why this doesn't matter, here's why...

The next version of Ubuntu, due out in October, is going to feature true multi-touch capabilities.