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Using Linux made me a better Windows user, here's how

Using Linux has changed the way I approach technology, making me a more informed and capable Windows user. Linux has taught ...
Digital Trends

Best Linux Software: Our favorites for any desktop environment

Making a list of the best Linux software is a tough task. Hell, you could fill an entire book just by listing the various distros and desktop environments, let alone making a list of the best software ...

What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows

Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...
ZDNet

Linux Software Stacks

Linux is regularly appearing on IT organizations' shortlists for Web and application deployments. It is increasingly being considered for small databases (2-4 processors). In a Lintel world, we are ...

I've used Linux for decades, but I'd switch to FreeBSD for this one feature

ZDNET's key takeaways FreeBSD is one of the most stable OSes on the planet.FreeBSD is also more challenging than Linux.You ...
Investment U

Profit From the Rising Importance of Linux Software

For most of the world, there are exactly two flavors of computer: Mac and Windows. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) make the operating systems for 97% of personal computers. And there ...
Computerworld

Desktop Linux: When and how to add proprietary software to your desktop Linux

Some people hate the idea of adding proprietary software to their desktop Linux. For these people, there are Linux distributions such as gNewSense that use only free software. For the rest of us, who ...