If you’re using a Linux desktop, the graphical user interface isn’t an integral part of the system, it’s additional software that’s loaded as required. The desktop and everything that goes with it is ...

This two-part series presents a novel way to set up a VNC-based X Window System desktop for your Linux system. By the end of this two-part series, you'll have a configuration that allows users to log ...

Until now in this series I have discussed most of the common Linux desktop environments (Xfce, KDE, Gnome 3, Cinnamon, MATE and LXDE), and a couple of Window Managers (OpenBox and Enlightenment). Now ...

Want to get some use out of your early 90s vintage PC, the one barely powerful enough to run Windows 3.1? Need to outfit a group of users with workstations on a budget? Tired of administering a ...

Ubuntu 20.04 is an incredibly popular operating system, perhaps the most popular among the Linux distributions due to its ease-of-use. In general, it’s a fairly trustworthy operating system too, ...

A tiling window manager can be a wonder of productivity and efficiency. Click to open an app, and the window manager will place that app in the best possible location on your desktop. Say you click ...

Linux 101: What’s the difference between a desktop environment and a window manager? Your email has been sent After using Linux for a while, you’ll come across an article or mention of a window ...