Michael Reed has a good piece on his experiences in moving his mother from a Windows-based PC to Ubuntu Linux. The result? Amazingly successful, although it did take some tweaking on his part.

Serdar Yegulalp has an interesting article comparing Ubuntu Linux and Windows Vista for average desktop users. Teaser: "Is Linux finally ready to take on Windows as a desktop OS? We tried out both Vista and Ubuntu on individual PCs to see which works better. Here's who won."

It's great to see some mainstream press suggesting that Linux (specifically Ubuntu) is a painless option for basic computer users.

The Melbourne Age talks to businesses who have switched from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org successfully.