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.

Part one of three, a dualboot with Vista Ultimate and SimplyMepis 6.0.1

Source: Vista vs Mepis