Choosing the right desktop environment can make or break your Linux experience. Here's the best options for new users.

Newcomers to Linux often worry about system stability. Cinnamon has the advantage of being backed by the Linux Mint team, which has a reputation for careful, user-focused development. Updates are ...

DietPi is a CLI-focused Debian OS, but the x86 edition deserves a desktop environment. You must install additional tools to ...

We've taken you through a tour of Window Managers in Linux, and now it's time to show you the Window Manager's bigger brother: the desktop environment, or DE for short. With a sea of choices out there ...

I will start this post with a disclaimer: I do not claim to be an expert on Linux desktops in any way, or by any stretch of the imagination. I am an ordinary Linux user, no more. I have quite a few ...

Is there any other way to change the size of the icons on the desktop besides changing the screen resolution? I'm using Fedora Core 2 Test 3 with 1280x1024 resolution on a 17" CRT monitor. I'd really ...

Unlike Windows and OS X, Linux allows you to fully customize not only the look and feel of your desktop, but also its functionality and settings, thanks to a host of desktop environments it offers.

Deepin 15.8, released last month, is loaded with more efficient layout tweaks that give the distribution greater functionality and maturity. Deepin, based in China, shed its Ubuntu base when with the ...

As a fairly new desktop Linux user I've been a distro-hopping fanatic, exploring the functionality and key differences between the array of excellent options out there. While a "forever distro" is the ...