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Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release

...month, but that's just an estimation."KDE is a long-established desktop environment for Linux, while Xfce is seen as a 'lightweight' alternative designed... Read more

25 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Citrix XenDesktop 5: Key Advantages for Virtualizing Your <endeca_term>Desktop Environment</endeca_term>

Citrix XenDesktop 5: Key Advantages for Virtualizing Your Desktop Environment

...Citrix XenDesktop 5 that make it easier than ever to virtualize your desktop environment Read more

21 June, 2011
Focus on Green IT Leads Innovative Engineering School to VMware Virtualized <endeca_term>Desktop Environment</endeca_term>

Focus on Green IT Leads Innovative Engineering School to VMware Virtualized Desktop Environment

Florida Atlantic University faces the challenge in designing its new LEED Platinum-certified building. The university... Read more

18 October, 2011
Chasing the Mobile Desktop: How to Tame Your Distributed <endeca_term>Desktop Environment</endeca_term>

Chasing the Mobile Desktop: How to Tame Your Distributed Desktop Environment

Distributed organizations have unique desktop management challenges. End users span the globe, are often offline or... Read more

23 August, 2010
Ten KDE tools for all types of Linux user

Ten KDE tools for all types of Linux user

...is just a taste of the tools on offer in the KDE desktop environment, but they are the ones I see as some of the... Read more

12 November, 2010 by Jack Wallen
A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint

A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Linux Mint's recent climb to the top of the DistroWatch rankings and strong reactions to Ubuntu's Unity shell have led to speculation that Ubuntu's glory days could be over. We examine these two popular distros to see where they came from, where they stand and where they may be headed. Read more

10 February, 2012 by Terry Relph-Knight
Ten factors that make Ubuntu 11.10 a hit

Ten factors that make Ubuntu 11.10 a hit

...When Ubuntu 11.04 arrived, the Unity shell interface for the GNOME desktop environment seemed to be a step backwards — at least on the Ubuntu... Read more

8 January, 2012 by Jack Wallen

CentOS 6 Linux, A First Look

...be a little misleading in my case because I wanted the Gnome Desktop Environment. By default, if you select for example "Basic Server", the Gnome... Read more

15 November, 2011

Hooray! Linux Mint Debian Edition Update Pack 4!

Easter Weekend brought good news for Linux users. The much anticipated (by me, at least) release of Linux Mint Debian... Read more

8 April, 2012

Linux Mint 12 LXDE Released

...a "Lightweight" desktop (the name itself is an acronym for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment), but as a result of the recent upheaval in the Gnome... Read more

11 March, 2012
Ubuntu for Android arrives: In pictures

Ubuntu for Android arrives: In pictures

...the smartphone, which you interact with when it is docked in a desktop environment." The platform also detects the kind of device to which it... Read more

21 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Another Windows XP to Fedora 16 Linux migration

...to finish, I immediately changed Gnome to Fallback Mode to keep the desktop environment familiar to Gnome 2. My personal thought is that the Gnome... Read more

17 February, 2012
FreeBSD and PC-BSD installers in pictures

FreeBSD and PC-BSD installers in pictures

...and provides much more software to install. Installing an X server and desktop environment must be completed post-installation with FreeBSD.Screenshot: Chris Duckett Read more

1 February, 2012 by Chris Duckett
Ceedo Personal 4.8.0.3

Ceedo Personal 4.8.0.3

...many of your favorite Windows applications. Create and carry your own personal desktop environment with you on a USB flash drive, portable hard drive or... Read more

29 February, 2012

Android malware shifts shape on every download

...not the same in the mobile environment as it is in the desktop environment. In the desktop environment, server-side polymorphic malware takes advantage of... Read more

6 February, 2012 by Michael Lee

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