Ubuntu takes a lot of punches from time to time for its marketing and even its interface. Some feel Ubuntu is dumbed down and oversimplified, while many others think it's innovative and user-friendly.

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Update: Mark Shuttleworth has written an apology in his blog. Mark Shuttleworth, the wealthy patron of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, sent an e-mail to the OpenSUSE mailing list on Friday in an ...

When you’re talking Linux, three big names always pop up: Canonical’s Ubuntu, Novell’s openSUSE and Red Hat’s Fedora. Ubuntu has ridden a groundswell of both consumer and commercial support to its ...

There are more interesting Linux desktop distributions to choose from than ever before. However, if you’re looking for major distros with a great deal of support, you’ll want to look at the big four: ...

Linux and Windows are popularly thought of to get along like a bad tempered Pekingese dog and an ill-mannered Siamese cat. Things have changed though since Bill Gates said that "The GPL (General ...

I am a huge fan of openSUSE and Arch Linux; those are the two distributions that I run on my main system. But I don’t belong to any fan-base; I also run some of the major Linux distributions on my ...

We often hear from readers who want to track the development process of their favorite Linux distribution but don't know where to start. Budding Linux enthusiasts frequently ask how the release cycles ...