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Purists must be screaming at their screens when watching Shuttleworth explaining why he thinks that in many ways, desktop Linux holds itself back significantly. Despite highlighting progress made, he is still bent on Ubuntu being more like the Mac.
Better cooperation is certainly a fair statement to consider, but is making things feel more like OS [...]

I started out my travels in the Linux world with KDE and after moving over to Ubuntu back with 6.06, I never looked back as GNOME was just less menu surfing for me to deal with.
Despite being seen as overly simplistic in the past, it seems that today’s latest news of GNOME 2.28 is shaping [...]

I have been using desktop recording applications on the Linux desktop with varied degrees of success for a few years now. So yes folks, there are a number of great desktop recording applications available on the Linux desktop.
My own personal favorite is definitely GTK-recordmydesktop, but other great applications include.
xvidcap - Works a lot like GTK-recordmydesktop, [...]

It’s a piece of information that eludes and confuses people from the very first day they hear about it. Linux is not an operating system. No, rather it is a kernel that is used with various distributions that make up different bundles of software that happen to use the kernel.
Perhaps an easier way to look [...]

Compiz Fusion has allowed us to do some pretty amazing things, from a visual perspective. Granted, it really means utilizing proprietary video drivers in most cases. But in the end, the results we end up with can be a lot of fun to show off.
Then there is the question of function. While visually compelling, one [...]

When most of us think about the Linux desktop, we generally think of KDE, GNOME, etc. But today I happened upon one desktop option for Linux that quite frankly, redefines the way I look at at the Linux desktop and the applications that run on it.
Enter Étoilé, a desktop that is like most other Linux [...]

Launching an application in Linux generally meant one of the following. Alt-F2, a terminal window or clicking on an icon representing a program or script. Well today, I wanted to share another option with you. It’s called GNOME Do and let me tell you, there is little that GNOME Do cannot do!
Some great examples of [...]

I for one, grow tired of all of the hot air about how desktop Linux has reached “this percentage” or “when is it going to be ready for the desktop”. Look, use it, don’t use it, really am not of the mind to care at this point. For me personally, I have made money with [...]

Honestly, speaking as someone who uses Linux every day like many of you, why in the heck do I need to care about this Instant Internet stuff? Yes, if you are stuck with older releases of Windows, boot times will make you cry. But for those using Ubuntu, the boot times are speedy enough to [...]