I tested nine Linux desktop environments to find out which ones offer the best balance of features, customization, ...

Up until a few years ago Ubuntu Linux used the GNOME desktop environment which provided the basic look and feel to the desktop and toolbar as well as a series of default apps. But starting with Ubuntu ...

Love Ubuntu Linux, but hate the Unity desktop environment that Canonical ships with it? There are a number of alternative versions of Ubuntu supported by a large development community including ...

Ever wondered what happens when you run multiple desktop environments on the same Linux system? I recently put this to the test by installing KDE Plasma alongside Ubuntu's default GNOME setup.

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. There are two dominant software projects that provide ...

It was far more welcoming to me when I was a beginner.

KDE Plasma 6.8 has been released, arriving on the 30th anniversary of the free, open-source desktop environment being founded. Changes are, as you'd ...