As Windows 7, Ubuntu 9.04 and Fedora 11 all approach their launch dates, I’ve been thinking about the differences in how they’re created and released.

What really are the most fundamental differences between Windows variants like 2003/XP and Unix variants like Linux? From a practical perspective, cost is an obvious differentiator, as are access to ...

That's why this post that details some of the differences between how Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows handle long file names, and odd characters in file names, is an interesting read.

What are the differences between Linux distributions? Linux offers a tremendous amount to any computer user, but the proliferation of distributions can sometimes be confusing to newer folks.

In spite of the huge differences between Linux and Windows, sharing files between the systems is surprisingly easy. Here’s a look at two very different ways to make this happen.