Now, Cinnamon is the flagship desktop environment of Linux Mint, which is generally the best distro for experiencing it.

While Ubuntu's Unity Shell provides users with a new way to interact with their computers, the learning curve may be costly to businesses that need a more stable, intuitive computing environment like ...

Something that I quickly gravitated towards is a desktop environment called KDE Plasma. If you're unsure what a "desktop ...

KDE Neon is a product of the upstream KDE community, an international body that works to advance the development and availability of free software for both Unix-like and Windows systems. One such ...

Linux is all about choice. From my earliest experiences with the OS, this has been the case. If you're coming from Windows, you're probably accustomed to being able to switch your web browser, office ...

Only GNOME-based Ubuntu will get Canonical's long-term support, because KDE 3.5 is too old, and 4.0 is not mature enough yet to use in Kubuntu. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Snaps, a relatively new development in the Linux world, are ...

There are more interesting Linux desktop distributions to choose from than ever before. However, if you’re looking for major distros with a great deal of support, you’ll want to look at the big four: ...

There is something interesting going on desktop computers — the UI is becoming heavily influenced by mobile operating systems. From Windows to Gnome you can see heavy influence of mobile OSes. KDE’s ...

Ubuntu 11.04, or Natty Narwhal, may have made the biggest splash in the mainstream computing world of any Linux distribution to date, but it’s also proven to be pretty controversial. The operating ...