Why do GNOME and KDE compete for the Linux desktop?

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

Leigh Dyer looks at the range of Linux desktops beyond GNOME and KDE.

Leigh Dyer explains how to do it, including pairing and sharing Blueooth devices under GNOME.

Latest release integrates KDE, Gnome, OpenOffice and Firefox.

Is Ubuntu's latest release capable of meeting its lofty support goal?

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

Mandrake Linux is a popular and user-friendly distribution and it offers a choice of window managers.

Google Desktop may finally be on Linux, but how does it fare against the competition?

Leigh Dyer reveals Novell's radical new X server set against Vista

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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.

Spiffy KDE 4.1, plus LXDE for netbooks

Red Hat's latest offering is a finely tuned offensive into the lucrative corporate desktop market. With the Linux steamroller on a collision course for Redmond the last year has seen a number of major wins for the open source upstart with corporations such as IBM and governments that include Germany, France, China, Japan, Russia and Britain either already making the switch or considering it. And not just for servers, but on workstations too.

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

Linux doesn't have to be a silent workhorse. Leigh Dyer examines the state of sound support in Linux

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