Desktop Linux keeps commercial operating systems honest by providing a viable alternative for users. Desktop Linux is a source of innovation that influences features found in Windows and macOS. While ...

Microsoft announced a trio of European government contract wins on Tuesday, the latest salvo in the growing turf battle between the software giant and sellers of the upstart Linux software. The ...

For years now, the most popular end-user operating worldwide has been Linux. Or, to be more precise, it's Android. According to the Irish analysis site Statcounter's most recent numbers, Android had ...

It's not Windows vs. Linux, it's Windows and Linux.

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, ...

One of the more divisive concepts in IT these days is Linux on the desktop. There are those who would prefer nothing else, pointing to myriad security and stability problems found in Microsoft ...

Novell took a swing at Microsoft’s dominance on the corporate desktop this week with the release of the Novell Open Workgroup Suite, which repackages several open source applications and tools under ...