Linux is only marginally more difficult for users to learn compared with Windows XP, according to a study carried out by German usability testing agency. The tests, which compared SuSE Linux 8.2 ...

Linux, once viewed as an operating system only computer geeks could appreciate, is today much more user-friendly software that companies, public administrations and consumers can master almost as ...

Users are now able to run most of the applications in Office XP on Linux, following the release of commercial software that allows the package to run on the open-source operating system. CodeWeavers' ...

Windows XP’s refugees have two choices on April 8, when Microsoft stops supporting the decade-old operating system (for consumers, anyway). This is assuming a new PC with a new operating system (even ...

Microsoft will stop security support for Windows XP this coming April, meaning that more than a few remaining users of the long-standing OS need to come up with an alternative plan. Almost a third of ...

The end of Microsoft support for XP has some considering Linux or other OS moves. Think hard before you go down that path Years back, I was very interested in Linux as a desktop OS. Red Hat was my ...

Everybody has a version of Windows that’s their favorite. What version it is depends a lot on your age. Some of my older colleagues swore blind that Windows 95 was the pinnacle of computer science, at ...

The IT folks love Linux. The users know, and therefore love, Windows. Sound like a war? For Wade Stankich, it’s more like a happy marriage. He and his team have built an infrastructure that gives ...

Here is what I have:<P>two HD one is 6 gigs 5200 rpm the other 30 gig 7400 rpm<BR>Getting ready to back-up and format both.<P>Should I format them both under fat and how many partitions should I make?