Canonical, the company behind the Linux distribution Ubuntu, has published a fantastic guide to ease you through the transition from Windows 7 to Linux.

Each new edition of Ubuntu seems better than the last. Here's a look at similar features of Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows 7.

Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 - Strengths and weaknesses Over the past few days I've been thinking quite a bit about the differences between Microsoft's latest Windows 7 and Canonical's Ubuntu 9.10.

Windows 7 comes with windows live messenger and Internet Explorer 8. Ubuntu comes with Ubuntu software center to add and remove applications. Ubuntu fares well with ‘Cloud Computing’.

2012 has already seen a major update of what's arguably the most important Linux desktop: Ubuntu 12.04 and we're also seeing the most radical update of Windows with Windows 8 Metro coming since ...

Windows and Linux are like the sides of a coin; the differences between both are stark. Microsoft Windows is a proprietary operating system created by Microsoft and is the widely used operating system ...

Are you ready to make the jump to Linux, but scared of learning a whole new interface? Here's how to make unfamiliar Ubuntu look and feel like the familiar Windows 7 desktop.

I’ve been working a lot with Windows 7 recently. I’ve also, as always, been using Linux distributions like Fedora, SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop), and Ubuntu. As Windows 7, Ubuntu 9.04 ...

For a blow-by-blow comparison of the two leading choices, Windows and macOS, read macOS vs. Windows: Which OS Really Is the Best?

Depending on the service, Linux can either deny or allow access to various resources. Service accounts will not be shown in the desktop version of Ubuntu. In Ubuntu Desktop, regular accounts are ...

The default file system in Windows is NTFS, and the default file system in Ubuntu Linux is EXT4. The purpose of today’s 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux post is to try and understand what the ...