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Windows Vista suffers from 10 key technical and marketing challenges. But the biggest challenge of all is summarized perfectly in this cartoon, reports The VAR Guy.

Lenovo clarifies its desktop Linux strategy, and reveals plans for Netbook sub-notebooks with Linux preinstalled. Netbooks are now the hot PC platform, and most Netbook vendors are betting on Linux. Here's why.

Will Linux NetBooks like the Dell Mini 9 Inspiron and Asus EeePC shift from low-cost devices to no-cost devices? MSPmentor thinks so. Here's why.

Are you ready to throw out your old, slow, bug-filled Windows PC? Before you do so, consider this story about how Ubuntu 8.04 saved an aging Compaq Presario 2100 from certain death. The blog entry appears on Works With U, the independent guide to Ubuntu Linux.

Four percent of the people visiting The VAR Guy (www.thevarguy.com) now run the new Google Chrome Web browser. That's pretty darn impressive, since Chrome is only a week old, notes The VAR Guy. Here's the scoop.

Paragent, a start-up that marries open source with managed services, is turning heads at the DEMOfall show -- an invite-only event that can make-or-break a software company's business. Here's how Paragent could reshape the managed services market.

Reports are swirling that Lenovo is moving away from Novell SUSE Linux on ThinkPads. But Novell and Lenovo have their own views to share.

Amid all the hype about Microsoft's virtualization strategy, some pundits are starting to wonder if VMware has replaced Linux as the biggest threat to Microsoft. The VAR Guy sure thinks so.

Barton George, one of the best-known open source evangelists at Sun Microsystems, has left the company. Here's why Ubuntu Linux fans (in particular) should care, according to The VAR Guy.

Microsoft and Novell are set to further their bi-directional virtualization efforts at VMworld. Here’s the scoop, from The VAR Guy.

I’ve been hyping the convergence of open source, software as a service (SaaS) and managed service providers (MSPs) in recent months. But I have to admit, it has been difficult to find MSPs that actually run a large mix of open source SaaS systems. That all changed tonight at the MSP Revolution conference, when I met John Truitt, president of Kalleo Technologies. Kalleo, based in Peducah, Kentucky, leverages Asterisk, SugarCRM, Nagios and GroundWork Open Source as part of its daily managed services business.

Canonical is taking three small but significant steps to build a partner channel for Ubuntu Linux. The VAR Guy stumbled upon the strategy during a surprise visit to Canonical’s offices near Boston. Here are the details.

Move over, Digium. You’re not the only poster child for Asterisk and open source PBXes. Rival Fonality has scored another $12 million in financing from Intel Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson — and some of the money could be earmarked for acquisitions. Impressive, but what does it mean for VARs and solutions providers? Here are the details.

Novell is losing money in the desktop Linux market, but those desktop deals are driving big wins in the server arena. A case in point: Novell's desktop Linux relationship with Lenovo -- the big PC maker -- will extend to servers this September, The VAR Guy has confirmed. Here's the scoop.

Some small businesses and start-ups are standardizing on Ubuntu Server Edition because it's a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 and 2008. The VAR Guy wonders: Could a bigger trend be coming? Here's the scoop.

Move over, Apple Macintosh and Windows Vista. Yooter, a marketing and advertising agency, has standardized instead on Ubuntu Server Edition and Ubuntu Desktop Edition, reports Works With U, the independent guide to Ubuntu. The server deployments are particularly interesting. Here are the details.

Novell SUSE Linux, installed on an HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, has scored a major distribution deal with a huge US retail chain. But the news isn't all good, according to The VAR Guy. Here is the scoop.

Lots of open source fans booed when Novell jumped into bed with Microsoft. But perhaps sleeping with Microsoft really is good for Novell’s health. Here's why.

Zoho, the SaaS (software as a service) alternative to Google Apps, now has 250 employees, expects to be profitable in 2009, and is embarking on an open source middleware strategy, The VAR Guy has learned. Here's the scoop.

Does Cisco's Buyout of PostPath signal a showdown against Microsoft Exchange? The VAR Guy doubts it. Here's why.