Last week I wrote about the poor performance of Windows Vista under the VMware Workstation and Microsoft Virtual PC environments. I noted that Vista was slower than it should be under virtualization, ...

Last month, Canonical launched Ubuntu 8.10 with significant new features and performance upgrades over previous versions. But what is becoming increasingly clear is that the free, downloadable ...

A silly question, I know, but I just read Will Vista cause a switch to Macs, Linux? and I was dumbfounded. Here's the premise: The cost of upgrading to Windows Vista is forcing more organizations to ...

A user or sysadmin posts about problems with a brand new Vista PC on a support forum. Within minutes, a "helpful" soul suggests a fix: "Install Linux!" Enthusiasts have always touted Linux as the best ...

I mentioned last week that I was planning to attend the Linspire-sponsored Linux Desktop Summit where the discussion would include reasons the folks who build PCs don’t want to do Linux. Indeed, some ...

I run Windows Vista on my Lenovo ThinkPad T60. My laptop has 2 GB RAM and the ATI X1400 video card. I can't wipe Vista off the laptop as I need certain Windows administrative tools that are exclusive ...

I am not going on a "I hate Windows Vista" tear, but I have been using it since the beginning on my Lenovo ThinkPad T60 (Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, ATI X1600). I am tired of running out of memory and I have ...

I'm talking about an application that is near and dear to my heart. It's Maple 11, one of the coolest bits of math software this side of SAS. Maple 11 is the latest and greatest from Maplesoft and ...