Installing Linux is one of the best ways to repurpose an old laptop, as the hardware requirements are usually not much more ...

The biggest challenge for users migrating from Windows to Linux is the software availability. While many popular Windows apps ...

I get bored with my desktop wallpaper pretty easily, especially in Ubuntu Linux, where it's nearly the only thing on my desktop. Until recently, that meant scouring theming sites for great artwork ...

For those of you who haven't tried KDE yet, KDE would like to remind you that on October 14, Microsoft wants to turn your Windows 10 computer into junk. The KDE Community and friends will gladly help ...

Linux is a good alternative to Windows: It's free, runs stably, and is supplied with updates for a long time. We present three systems that look particularly similar to Windows.

Here's everything new with Linux Mint, now based on Ubuntu 24.04, and where to download your preferred version.

While I had used this feature in the past when using KDE, I was not aware of how to create my own slide-show backgrounds in Gnome. By examining how the Cosmos slide-show works, I figured out how to ...

When logging into Ubuntu or most any GNOME-based Linux system, users see a blank one-color screen until the actual desktop is loaded—which can make one feel like something's broken, or at least ...

Longtime Linux kernel developer Sarah Sharp last week published a blog post detailing her reasons for quitting the Linux kernel community. Sharp maintained the USB 3.0 host controller driver until ...

Continuing in this series of slide show backgrounds, in this article I will explain the process of creating a set of desktop backgrounds that will transition like a slide-show in XFCE. Note that I am ...