Laptop Hunters snare Microsoft on Linux, Apr 08, 2009

Microsoft has made a tactical mistake in deciding to compete with Apple on price in its latest, much debated, Laptop Hunters TV ads. That switch of focus in the fight with Apple will rebound in its battle against Linux, because Linux is cheaper than Windows for users and OEMs serving them.

Some netbook retailers are slamming Linux for boosting their product-return rates. Here's why you should take their protests with a grain of salt.

At the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, the open source OS's desktop, mobile, and cloud potential were explored

With a shrinking server market, financial services firms are porting more applications to Linux at the expense of Unix and other legacy platforms.

Perhaps one of the most common myths surrounding desktop Linux is the belief that modern distributions do not provide decent hardware support.

Question of the week: Some of us are lucky. We get to use Linux every day as our primary - or even our only - operating system. But many users are forced - or even choose - to use a different operating system throughout their work day and then switch to Linux once they have knocked off. Tell us which of these you use the most on an average day

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