I've been playing with Linux for various things for years, I think starting with SuSE from multiple CD-ROMs on my Pentium 75 at university in 1998. However there's always been reasons I've had to keep ...

Linux's history is littered with distributions that came and went, many of which are long forgotten. There are some, however, that I actually miss, and these are they.

Last week, I read an interesting techtarget article (registration required) Windows-to-Linux desktop migration tips: Why to switch, how to plan by editor Jan Stafford. Here's her lead and a couple of ...

A lot of people come to Linux because they think it's magic, but they also make a lot of mistakes. Here are some things you want to avoid if you want to get the most out of Linux. Thinking Linux is ...

Ok so this is the deal. I'm thinking about going to an all linux system, and I don't know anything about it (which is why I'm doing it), and I want you guys to convince me to go all the way<P>This is ...

In my first SuitWatch Newsletter, on September 5, 2002, I wrote this: "A funny thing happened to Linux on the way to World Domination: it succeeded. That's the good news; the bad news is its success ...

Migrating from high-end Unix-based systems to commodity x86/Linux platforms has been a popular idea for the last few years, at least in theory. But it turns out that not everyone thinks going full-on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. This article is more than 5 years old. Linux marketing sucks. It’s ...

It seems like we’ve been talking about the NetWare client for Linux for years. In fact, we have. But the arrival of this beast – now called the Novell Client for Linux – should actually occur within ...

Once upon a time, there was the mainframe. All application processing was centralized to this enormous beast, and desktop equipment did nothing but display its output. Then the personal computer ...