Microsoft wants you to believe that their products are all you should ever have. Apple has been around as long as Microsoft, and are known for making elegant, stylish, user-friendly computers and other products. There is a third option, and that is the one that I prefer-- nice friendly, stout Linux desktop systems.

Here are 5 important things that you need to know while you start installing and using on your system. You will need to note them if you are a Window user trying to install Ubuntu.

Someone asked me “should I install Ubuntu or Linux?”, I replied “Ubuntu is Linux” but this didn’t help a lot. There’s a lot of terminology we take for granted. It can put people off and I want to demystify some of it if I can.

In this guide I will show how to create CD/DVD ISO images in Ubuntu using four easy methods.

Even the smallest amount if research into Linux will have illustrated the sheer range of distributions out there. They are all based on the original Linux kernel built by Linus Torvalds (the father of modern Linux) and can all interoperate to varying degrees.

A little something to make you laugh... just in case you're leaning toward crying right now ;)

"...In this article let us review 15 practical examples of GNU grep command that will be very useful to both newbies and experts..." -- See also Introduction to the GNU/Linux Command Line:
* flossmanuals
* GNU Press

o3magazine.com has published an Introduction to Open Source that takes a unique approach at explaining Open Source to the general public and business community. It explains how Open Source projects begin and the motivation and benefits behind taking your project the FOSS route.