LINUX VENDOR Canonical believes that Microsoft’s Windows XP, not Windows 8, could drive adoption of its Ubuntu Linux operating system.

Well, it finally happened. Windows XP is no longer the primary OS on any of my day-to-day machines. The last holdout was my laptop, a gray-haired but solid HP nc8230 rocking a single-core 1.86GHz Pentium M, 2GB of RAM, and a Mobility Radeon X600 graphics chip. The low-brow specs ruled out my modern OS of [...]

I’ve been a long-time Windows fan like the vast majority of computer users, having been introduced to the world of computers through the Microsoft marvel. But with the growing popularity of Linux flavors, aren’t open source operating systems worth giving a try?

With the arrival last month of Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition, it’s time to revisit a familiar question: which operating system is best for a netbook? Linux-based systems may seem well-suited to lightweight devices (the original Asus Eee PC ran Xandros Linux), but there are advantages to the familiar interface and applications of Windows.

With the arrival last month of Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition, it’s time to revisit a familiar question: which operating system is best for a netbook?

If you are using Windows XP but want to enjoy the “Linux Ubuntu look” then this tutorial will sure help you.

Q: I have installed Ubuntu 9.10 alongside Windows XP. While it is all working, I would rather have Windows XP as the default option in the boot menu so I don’t have to manually choose a different option in the menu.

The latest example I have to offer is that of hardware made by Microsoft itself – LifeChat USB audio headphones.

If you can’t log in even after trying your twelve passwords, or you’ve inherited a computer complete with password-protected profiles, worry not – you don’t have to do a fresh install of Windows.

When Windows goes wrong, it can go really wrong. Worse: Often it’s extremely difficult to save your system from Windows itself. Here’s how to use a simple USB drive to free space, remove viruses, rescue passwords, and more from crunked Windows setups.

Today, early in the morning, I received a call from my in-laws. Their Windows XP Netbook was infected with some piece of malware and the computer was no longer ‘booting’.

With Microsoft cranking up its effort to reduce the use of pirated Windows operating systems in China, a group of Chinese software pirates have developed a new operating system called Ylmf OS which essentially is a customised version of Ubuntu Linux with a Windows XP style user interface and is capable of running many Windows [...]

A young Linux enthusiast that goes by the name PhrankDaChicken has created a script that will fully theme your Ubuntu desktop into an XP one.

Can’t decide which operating system you want to run on your MacBook? The newest Macs allow you to boot up from Windows or Mac OS X using the included Boot Camp disk-partitioning software.

Stating that Windows XP is less secure, or simply old, makes many who can’t afford to switch to a Mac, or don’t want to make a move to Windows 7, think about the possible switch to Ubuntu.

We have a shared Internet connection at home, with my wife’s Windows XP machine as host, and two Ubuntu machines as clients. There’s a little application called Proxy for Windows that makes Internet sharing easier.

That’s right, Windows 7 Home Premium (and below) does not have XPM. If you’re open to using Linux , you too can have a fast and secure next-gen OS with full XP compatibility, all for free!

I had a hard drive failure on my home Windows XP Pro DELL system last week. I decided this morning at about 4AM to rebuild the system as a dual boot with Ubuntu 9.04 on the second partition

Bored with your Windows XP dominated the color blue? Change the view into your Windows Linux Ubuntu is colored brown. Want to know how?

Since moving companies over a year ago I’ve missed my Ubuntu desktop having moved back to development on Windows. I’ve had a few comments that some of my old Ubuntu blog posts are now out of date and I’ve wanted a way to ensure that they remain ‘correct’.

I decided to find out just how tricky it would be to install dual Operating Systems in my netbook. My goal was to see if Linux could run along with Microsoft Windows XP as the OS du jour in my MSI Wind U123 netbook.

Lately I have been using Ubuntu Linux instead of Windows, and on the whole I think I prefer Ubuntu. One difficulty for me has been finding chemistry-specific software to take the place of the Windows programs I am used to using. That situation improved a little bit today.

Want to keep a style for your Ubuntu that has the style of Windows? Well, then what are the benefits for doing that? Most of all, the basic function that you could get by doing this is making it working just like you did back then when you started using the computer with Windows.

And now I’ve decided to the Ubuntu Live on my Dell Inspiron 9300 work laptop (Intel Pentium M 1.86, 2 GB RAM, ATI Radeon Mobility X300, Seagate ST910021A 7200rpm HDD) – very happy with my 3 year old Windows XP Professional, curious to see how it compares.

This case study tells the story about a customer of mine, Wanda, who happens to be in her 70s. Like most computer users she used a Windows based computer. In her case, it was a system put together by her grandson in 2002 or 2003 and has a 1.8ghz processor, 256mb of RAM and the [...]

This article will walk you, the Windows power user, through the Ubuntu installation process from downloading the CD image to finding help online. There are many guides available online, but most are written for total computer newbies or people already familiar with Linux. Most of the hang-ups that I experienced with Linux could have been [...]

So you have heard of Linux and one of its most popular flavors (Ubuntu) and want to try it out on your Windows system?

Now we have the final ubuntu release, but where does this bug stand. Unfortunately its still there and funny thing is that no one knows why this is happening, finally some xorg.conf settings have been proposed which increases the virtual size in xorg and still its not clear why this fixes the issue.

This is a short sequel for Using Ubuntu in Windows XP as there is a way that you can try Ubuntu without installing Ubuntu or even having virtualization software like VirtualBox.

Ubuntu has finally eclipsed Windows XP in terms of popularity. –That is according to the most recent data from Google Trends.