The ability to customize Linux and make it your own is one of the best things about running it on a computer. Yes, it’s even possible to make Linux take on the appearance of Apple’s iconic macOS if ...

Tired of desktop environments (DEs) that keep “improving” things that already worked perfectly? Does your modern Linux ...

People don’t like change. One of the things that some people get hung up on is the look and feel of the desktop. More precisely, some Windows users who look at Ubuntu Linux get hung up on how it doesn ...

Efforts to bring glitzy new graphics to Linux are fueling an old conflict: Does proprietary software belong in open-source Linux? The issue involves software modules called drivers, which plug into ...

Now, Cinnamon is the flagship desktop environment of Linux Mint, which is generally the best distro for experiencing it.

It's not that Linux's core developers are "old." After all, Linus Torvalds, Mr. Linux himself, is only 42. But for a few years now, the core Linux kernel developers have been aware that the top ...

Two years after it was developed and its source code released, Linux has taken off and hundreds of developers, including engineers from IBM, are using it. During a world tour of Internet companies and ...

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is here. Built on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, it brings a new-look app menu, Linux 6.14 kernel, and a pair of ...

With Linux gaming clearly showing it's becoming more popular, and with GOG under new ownership, there's hope yet that GOG ...

Lead kernel developer Linus Torvalds announced the official release of Linux 2.6.28 on Wednesday. The new version introduces some noteworthy changes that will put the kernel in a strong position for ...

The use of closed-source software to give Linux slick graphics is keeping a thorny legal and philosophical dispute alive. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...