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Datamation: "With all of the talk these days about the desktop Linux taking on Windows in the enterprise sector, have you ever considered that with some simple compromises, using Linux desktops running different thin clients can work very well within the confines of what most businesses need?"

Datamation: "But -- and it's a big but -- despite all the sameness, two critical factors separate the top units from the also-rans."

Datamation: "What did Ballmer know and when did he know it? That's arguably the biggest question in the Microsoft "Vista Capable" class-action lawsuit being heard by a federal judge in a Seattle court."

Datamation: "If you haven't used Linux yet, you'll have some things to get used to. Linux distributions have a somewhat similar look and feel to Windows, however you'll discover many differences.

This tutorial takes you through some of these new features. We'll also discuss why you don't have to throw out Windows."

Datamation: "But once I discovered SimplyMepis (also known as Mepis), I found that Knoppix was simply too time consuming.

I enjoyed Mepis for a while, though I ended up moving to Ubuntu due to stagnation in Mepis development."

Datamation: "Nearly everyday we hear about how the modern Linux distributions are not only ready for the home user, they can even meet the growing demands of many small businesses as well.

But rather than debating this point, I'll examine the tools that would potentially mean that more small businesses would feel the confidence to take the open source plunge."

Datamation: "Oh, the unfairness of it. Take a look at the list of the most popular Linux distributions. Topping the user rankings?

Ubuntu, of course. Based on the DesktopLinux survey (from 2007) or the current Distrowatch list, it runs easily ahead of the other options."

Datamation: "In fact, in many ways, GNU/Linux is more than a match for Windows Vista. In some cases, Vista can equal GNU/Linux if you are willing to delve deeply into the registry or install additional software, but here are seven ways that GNU/Linux outperforms Vista on first boot."

Here's your sermon for the day: Datamation lists a set of perceived "attitude problems" found in the free software community.

"Especially in large projects, documenters, testers, artists, marketers and managers -- to say nothing of general end users -- have all become essential contributors.

Increasingly, a FOSS software release is becoming a collaboration among people of different skill sets.

Datamation: "For those of you willing to step up, to start off with a can-do attitude, making the switch is not so much difficult as potentially troubling.

For example: being told that some non-compatible hardware or habits will need to be dropped off at the curb.

Yet there are ways to make the switch painless."