In this multi-part series, DesktopLinux.com columnist and operating system curmudgeon Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols pits Microsoft's latest wares -- Vista -- against Linux's fair haired boy -- Ubuntu -- to see how the pinnacle of commercial desktop operating systems stacks up against the free, community-developed Linux upstart.

Desktop Linux Part 1 (http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT9727687530.html)

Desktop Linux Part 2 (http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT2094892904.html)