More tools and good support options are just some of the highlights of this server package.

An often irreverent look at some of the past week's other news.

I've recently spent a couple of weeks on site at a client running a Linux training course and dabbling with the popular and powerful Web-caching package, Squid.

Red Hat's Fedora Project has released version 11 of its Linux-based operating system, code-named Leonidas.

An informed account of what Linux is, why its free, what Red Hat is, the differences between it and Windows and so on.

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.

Our pick of the low-cost office suites has had a much-needed overhaul, and now battles Microsoft in terms of features, not just price.

Easy to set up and administer; has all the advantages which Linux offers.

Ed Black, the outspoken trade association president who excoriated Microsoft for years, is receiving nearly US$10 million from a Microsoft antitrust settlement that aims to eliminate further criticism of Microsoft.

Chip giant accused of undermining project to help the world's poorest children.

Recognising that the Linux desktop market is only going to grow, and that there's money to made in the corporate arena, Sun's Java Desktop 2003 is squarely aimed at companies looking for a cheap, easy, and compatible alternative to Microsoft's (often expensive) dominance.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

In the early-to-mid 'nineties, the industry was buzzing with speculation about the 'new' 32-bit computing platform and, more importantly, how it would integrate into the 16-bit environment.

Will a beefed-up firewall, User Account Control and disk encryption make Vista a safer choice than XP?