PC World has the blow by blow.

Who will stand as the desktop Linux champion?

ChannelWeb gives high marks to Ulteo Virtual Desktop. For a beta product, it does Linux on Windows incredibly well.

As we mentioned earlier, it’s a huge 500mb download requiring a massive 5gb disk space. The install is unimaginably slow. Still, despite its shortcomings, this product does the job.

There are still parts of the world where a 386 is cool. For the Linux user, that means lighter and faster distros are king. While it’s doubtful that Belgium counts, this fellow has written a wonderful review of several small Linux distros.

Ubuntu has certainly impressed Larry Borsato at IDG who gives a glowing review.

Mr. Borasto claims that the unnamed version of Ubuntu is consumer ready and a viable competitor to Microsoft Windows. He even claims that it’s even easier to get up and running.

Has Ubuntu done it? Have they achieved their goal of a consumer-friendly Linux distribution?