Hello, before I begin explaining my question I just want to say that I don't really know most of what I'm talking about and may not use the correct terminology. I recently got a desktop from a ...

Linux is used everywhere, from supercomputers to servers and on Internet of Things (IoT) devices and the cloud. The one place where Linux isn't everywhere is the desktop -- and that's in no small part ...

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Over on Flickr, fosco_ submitted this simple Ubuntu desktop, with just a few things tweaked for a cleaner experience. Like we’ve said, sometimes less is more, and this desktop makes good use of a few ...

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The small but mighty Linux desktop.

Ubuntu was my Linux distro of choice for a couple of years. I loved it. Sure, the old “everything is Orange and Brown” color scheme made my eyeballs want to go all hari-kari. But, other than that, ...

If you’re using the Unity 7 desktop—now Unity 7.4—you’ll have a better experience than ever before. Those controversial online search results—which some people called “spyware”—are now disabled by ...