Ok, now, this is odd.<BR>I have a Ubuntu 8.04 that worked perfectly, disabled the Desktop Effects a minute for a test, and now I can't start them again.<BR>Haven't updated the kernel, nor anything, ...

One of the most common uses for Linux is to breathe life back into old hardware. Yet certain desktop environments like KDE Plasma can still feel sluggish on aging hardware. The old laptop I pulled out ...

Late last month the Linux Mint developers announced that they were working on a brand-new desktop environment designed to offer an alternative to the controversial GNOME 3, and on Monday they ...

Another problem I ran into with this upgrade was Compiz just stopped working. I used the "current drivers" but no Desktop Effects love. It took me weeks to figure this out, but I found a way to get ...

That is very impressive, François! I wasn't expecting to see a series of murals when I walked in, but there they are. What exactly am I looking at? You want me to guess, do you? Well, if I had to ...

Clement Lefebvre, lead developer of Linux Mint, has announced the first "fully stable" version of its new GNOME 2.x-like "Cinnamon 1.2" fork of the GNOME 3.x desktop environment is now available for ...

Linux is all about choice, and choosing a distribution is only the first step. Linux distros usually have a default desktop environment, but there are a slew of desktop environments available to use.