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The human touch.

The article discusses the differences between operating systems like Microsoft's MS Vista and Linux's Ubuntu. Linux has, in history, been a software platform chiefly used by engineers but Ubuntu is targeted toward the needs of everyday computer users. Using peripheral machines and connecting to wire...

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Published in:New Statesman Vol. 136; no. 4859; p. 45
Main Author: Hogge, Becky
Format: Article
Published: New Statesman Ltd. 8/27/2007
Subjects:
Computer operating systems
Microsoft operating systems
Linux operating systems
Computer users
Computer peripherals
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses the differences between operating systems like Microsoft's MS Vista and Linux's Ubuntu. Linux has, in history, been a software platform chiefly used by engineers but Ubuntu is targeted toward the needs of everyday computer users. Using peripheral machines and connecting to wireless networks with Ubuntu is as easy, the author claims, as using Microsoft's XP operating system.