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Linux Mint 12 Offers a Traditional Gnome Feel

By Michael Reed 

The recently released Linux Mint 12 offers a two pronged approach to supporting those who prefer the traditional Gnome desktop. Firstly, the Mint Gnome Shell Extensions (MGSE) transform Gnome 3 into something resembling Gnome 2. Secondly it ships with Mate, the Gnome 2.0 fork project. more>>

Goodbye GNOME 2, Hello GNOME 2?

By Shawn Powers 

Many Linux users who have been GNOME fans for years find themselves in a sudden quandary. GNOME 3.0 has completely abandoned the desktop experience we've come to love during the years. That's not to say change is bad, it's just that many folks (even Linus Torvalds) don't really want to change. more>>

Readers' Choice Awards 2011

By Shawn Powers 

The votes are in, the tallies are counted, the hanging chads have been evaluated, and we have our winners. This year holds a few surprises, a couple dominant players and as much open source as you can handle. We don't encourage gambling here at Linux Journal, but if you had an office pool going for pizza money, it's officially too late to make your wager.

Linus Ditches KDE and Gnome (so what?)

By Michael Reed 

Having made an earlier defection from KDE to Gnome, Linus Torvalds has now rejected both in favor of Xfce. It’s only natural that the actions of the creator of the Linux kernel would attract extra scrutiny, and I think that his decision is reflective of a wider disenchantment amongst long-term Linux users. more>>

Aptosid - An Overview

By Michael Reed 

aptosid might sound like a package management tool, but it's actually a desktop-orientated (KDE4 or XFCE) Debian derived Linux distro. It's more than a mere respin of Debian, but does it have what it takes to distinguish it from all of the other desktop distros? more>>

Gnome 3 Desktop

The Linux Desktop: We've Arrived.

By Kevin Bush 

Linux Desktop articles are all over the place. I can hardly open up a browser without tripping over one. Most of them are negative whine-fests, complaining that Linux is too hard for new users, or has become too dumbed-down for technical users, or the fonts are ugly, or the next generation desktop environments are too different, or... well I could go on, but I think you get the point. more>>

Spotlight On Linux: wattOS

By Michael Reed 

So many computers head for landfill when they are still able to carry out useful work. However, some organizations and individuals do what they can to put these machines into the hands of people who can use them. Naturally, this is an ideal application for Linux, and having had a quick look at it, I suspect that wattOS would make a good choice for refurbishing older computers. more>>

The Second-String Desktop

By Shawn Powers 
GNOME and KDE may be the heavy-hitters of the desktop world, and although all that power is nice, sometimes it's too bulky. That's where other desktop managers come in. more>>

Create Your Own Linux Desktop and Take It with You

By Rick Rogers 
Configure your own custom desktop and plug it in to any PC to re-create your working environment wherever you go. more>>

Organize Your Life with Nepomuk

By Stuart Jarvis 
Can KDE bring order from chaos? more>>
The GNOME Shell Activities Overview with Four Workspaces

Coming Soon to Linux Desktops

By Charles Olsen 
What's in store when the GNOME Project finally releases GNOME 3, and what will Canonical choose for the new Ubuntu? more>>
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Social from the Start

By Jono Bacon 
The Ayatana Project is striving to improve the perception and presentation of information on the desktop. The fruits of the project can be seen in the way that social media and social networking are increasingly integrated into the core of the Ubuntu desktop. more>>
Kexi

Kexi in Use

By Adam Pigg 
Kexi is an integrated data management application and forms part of the KOffice suite. It can be used for creating database schemas, inserting data, performing queries, processing data and producing reports. more>>

BackupPC

By Shawn Powers 

Some tools are so amazing, but unfortunately, if no one ever talks about them, many folks never hear of them. One of those programs is BackupPC. more>>

Control Your Linux Desktop with D-Bus

By Koen Vervloesem 
Using D-Bus, you can personalize and automate your desktop. more>>
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