Despite various attempts at Windows Desktop alternatives, Linux is still best suited to servers, for which Red Hat is by far the most popular choice. With this in mind, it came as no surprise when in May 2002 Red Hat split its product line in two: Linux and Enterprise Linux.

Mike MacCana ponders the wine industry, rants online, and discovers a neat tip for intra-server messaging...

Not only is SuSE Linux Professional 8.1 the most complete distribution, it's also one of the friendliest.

There's a wealth of information available for Linux virgins, or Lingins, to help them install the operating system and get it up and running.

Formerly called Redmond Linux, Lycoris is probably the most Windows-like Linux around.

Four years ago, I saw a picture of a very beautiful desktop interface, called 'Enlightenment', running on an Operating System called 'Linux'. I didn't know much about either, but I downloaded and installed Linux anyway in order to run that fine looking user interface. Thanks to that early interest, I now enjoy a wonderful job designing and maintaining networks in which Linux often fills an important role. There's no better way to learn something new than for it to be enjoyable. With this in mind, I'd like to present Mike's Hopefully nifty guide to having fun with Linux.

Want to break free from a Microsoft world? Leigh Dyer looks at the alternatives.

Leigh Dyer arrives in OS heaven with a triple-booting Intel Mac.

Leigh Dyer looks at Sun’s attempts to keep Solaris relevant in a Linux world.

We test the big three OSes on level ground - Boot Camp.

On the same day Novell and Dell announced a major Linux pact, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent customers a memo touting the benefits of migrating to Windows rather than Linux.

One of the longest running battles in the computer industry has been between open systems and closed proprietary ones. The term closed refers to systems where the standards are set by the manufacturer

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Novell OES to be launched at LinuxWorld.

Linux is slowly becoming an acceptable choice as a mainstream desktop operating system but some users do not like the applications which are part of the system. The hunt has thus been on to find the best way of running Windows applications from within Linux.

Management Pack for Linux offers Linux server lifecycle management.

Despite the relentless march of Linux, major vendors believe commercial Unix releases aren't ready for the scrapheap yet.

Is your PC the stable, error-free platform you need? We didn't think so. Leigh Dyer, David Kidd and Ty Pendlebury present the essential guide to fixing your PC.

Run Windows apps on Linux by running Windows itself. Leigh Dyer shows you how.