An upgraded Gnome desktop environment for Linux and Unix is here, with its authors pitching enhanced features for end-users and a commitment to make hardware "just work". Popular Linux and Unix ...

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GNOME is one of the more popular desktop environments available for Linux distros. It's found in the primary release of Fedora and Ubuntu and is relied on by millions to handle everything from ...

To complement the recently created taskbar, my next step was to replicate the Windows 11 Start Menu in my Ubuntu system. For ...

I've complained for years that since the release of Windows 95 that operating systems have stagnated and have all converged on that same look and feel that began the Great Desktop Revolution way back ...

As you can tell I am a noob at Linux. I tried using Knoppix and Suse but really did not enjoy the experience. I wanted to try again this time using ubuntu. So I loaded on an old PIII 400/512 MB Laptop ...

Although a command line isn't a necessity anymore in modern desktop Linux distributions, there are many situations where it's still the most efficient way to perform and automate tasks. I often spawn ...