Portable and modular, Orbitiny runs on top of your existing window manager - such as KDE Plasma or GNOME - like a regular app.

Most of the Linux distros I usually recommend to people tend to either use GNOME or KDE. Those 2 dominate the space, despite ...

Do you like the freedom Linux offers but hate how it looks by default? Or do you love macOS’s polished, modern design but ...

While I wasn't there from the very start of Linux. I was an early adopter. Even before Linux, though, I was a Unix desktop user ranging from the early character interfaces such as the Bourne shell to ...

Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. This is without question the most beautiful desktop environment ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The recent collapse of Eazel, the open-source software GUI ...

It kills me to say this: The dream of Linux as a major desktop OS is now pretty much dead. Despite phenomenal security and stability–and amazing strides in usability, performance, and ...

I just bought a new ThinkPad and am relegating the old one (a T61) to web browsing duties. Though I had Windows 7 on it, I thought it would be a good opportunity to give Ubuntu a shot, as it's been a ...