Security features prevent competition and limit innovation, vendor alleges.

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

Leigh Dyer shows how virtualisation technologies could change the server market.

Linux hackers working on the next version of the Linux kernel claim that some new improvements will speed up the OS on the desktop.

Stewart Mitchell delivers his verdict on the features rumoured to be ready for Windows 7, including the new kernel, multi-touch, and virtual drives.

They will get past your security software. Know your enemy and protect yourself.

Microsoft vows to block shortcut.

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

The latest version of the Linux kernel has been released by Linus Torvalds with one instantly recognisable change – no Tux the Penguin

Version 2.6.23 hits the web.

Are you a Linux user longing for iTunes? A bit of time and a little custom software can bring music to your ears.

Month of Kernel Bugs highlights yet another Apple vulnerability.

Leigh Dyer infuses a cheap standalone router with the power of Linux.

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.

You've been raising some big questions in the forums about 64-bit. Here's our FAQ to 64-bit Vista vs XP, and whether it's worth the hassle if you're not a workstation user, but a gamer or power user.

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.

With the free products on our new cover DVD, you need never buy software again. So why do we still keep paying?

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Will Redmond take over from SCO?.

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.