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- Get Up To Speed: Alternative Linux Desktops
- If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, XFCE, Compiz, etc. One of the best aspects of Linux is its versatility and variety. And with the desktop, there...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Linux, Open Source, Desktops, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-07-11
- 10 ways to secure your Linux desktop
- Out of the box, a Linux desktop is far more secure than most others. But this level of security doesn't necessarily involve typical security-focused software or techniques. Sometimes, the easiest means to security are those measures that are the easiest to forget. Let's take a look at 10 things you...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Password, Linux Server Security, SELinux, Linux, Desktops, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Hardware, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- 10 ways to secure your Linux desktop
- Out of the box, a Linux desktop is highly secure -- but this level of security doesn't necessarily involve specialized software or techniques. Sometimes, the easiest means to security are those measures that are the easiest to forget. Jack Wallen looks at 10 things you can do to secure your...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Jack Wallen, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-05-28
- SolutionBase: Get familiar with alternative Linux desktops
- XFCEAnother light-weight but still functional WM is XFCE, with XFCE4 (link: http://www.xfce.org/ ) it can optionally have various lightweight replacements to KDE / GNOME apps, such as a light file manager, text editor various panel plugins etc. and is very easy to customize including transparency while still taking less resources...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, desktop, Linux, gareth.pullen@..., XFce, Linux desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Forrester Research predicts Linux desktop growth
- my opinionhonestly i think the whole Wal Mart selling out of PCs with Linux is the biggest kick in the pants Linux needs. Let's face it - the end user wouldn't really know how bad Vista is if Vista caused the dissolution of their marriage - it's just an operating...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Desktops, jlwallen@..., Forrester Research Inc., Linux, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Linux desktop, desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- SolutionBase: Get familiar with alternative Linux desktops
- Desktop customization in Linux is very flexible; from the ultra-modern KDE and GNOME window managers to with the likes of Fluxbox and AfterStep, there's a Linux desktop to suit everyone. Jack Wallen covers some of your Linux desktop options. Linux has proven amazingly flexible: after nearly 10...
- Tags: Desktop, Application, Menu, Linux Desktop, Window, Toolbar, Author, Entry, Workspace, Icon, Exec, Desktop Customization, AfterStep, Fluxbox Fluxbox, Construction, Desktops, Linux, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Jack Wallen, Fluxbox
- Technical articles 2007-11-15
- Forrester Research predicts Linux desktop growth
- Here's something to warm the kernels of your heart. A new Forrester report calls Linux a "credible threat to Windows on the desktop" and predicts continued growth. If you or someone you know already has a Forrester account, you can read the report yourself. Interestingly the report in question is...
- Tags: Desktop, Linux Desktop, Forrester Research Inc., Linux, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Selena Frye
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Linux desktop designs: It's a start
- Okay, so I didn't get overwhelming response to my call for desktop design artistry. However, the two I did get are pretty awesome so I went ahead and published them in this gallery. Now, you're sure to be challenged and inspired! (You know,...
- Tags: Desktop, Linux Desktop, Desktops, Linux, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Selena Frye
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- Linux desktop designs
- Maybe these two very cool Linux desktop designs will be inspirational. by Selena Frye
- Tags: screenshots, Desktop, TechRepublic Inc., Linux Desktop, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Selena Frye
- Image galleries 2007-09-27
- Has anyone had problems clicking on blogs, and finding nothing there?
- Getting an error message that no posts were found for your selection or something like that?I clicked on 2 so far that I couldn't read the blog. One on Linux desktops, and another from Sonia. I think it was a security blog that I wanted to read.DanYes...and probably...
- Tags: Blogging, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, DanLM, blog, Linux desktop, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-09-27
- Alternative desktops
- Recently, Selena penned a blog about the Linux Desktop Revolution. I replied to that posting my current Linux desktop. Shortly after that I wrote a series of articles for TechRepublic on Linux desktops. The first was Enlightenment, then came KDE, GNOME, and finally piece on Fluxbox and AfterStep. Doing...
- Tags: Desktop, Linux Desktop, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- Check out the cool Linux desktop designs
- my desktopi don't know why Enlightenment always gets snubbed in these things. Here's my current Enlightenment desktop.
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, jlwallen@..., Linux, Enlightenment, desktop, Linux desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
- Check out the cool Linux desktop designs
- This Linux desktop "show and tell" over at lifehacker.com features a bunch of sexy/pretty/cool designs from readers. Is your desktop completely pragmatic and boring or do you take pains to make it look good? If you have a desktop design that you want to show off, submit it to me...
- Tags: Desktop, Linux Desktop, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Selena Frye
- Blog posts 2007-09-20
- SolutionBase: Integrating Fedora Core 5 with a Windows network
- Connecting a Linux desktop workstation to a Windows-based network can be a challenge. In this article, Scott Lowe shows you how to make Fedora Core 5 play nice in a Windows environment. by Scott Lowe MCSE
- Tags: screenshots, TechRepublic Inc., Network, Fedora Project, Fedora Core, Microsoft Windows, Scott Lowe MCSE
- Image galleries 2007-09-17
- SolutionBase: File searching made easy with Linux
- If you're using Linux as a desktop operating system, you're not stuck using command line tools in order to find data. Jack Wallen examines some outstanding Linux tools that should make your searching simple. One of the major innovations claimed by Microsoft in Windows Vista was its improved...
- Tags: Desktop, Directory, Google Inc., Linux Desktop, Google Desktop, Window, KDE, Tool, GNOME Beagle, Kfind, Google Linux Desktop GLD, Linux, Desktops, Productivity, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jack Wallen, Google Linux Desktop, Now Konqueror, GLD
- Technical articles 2007-09-05
- Cleaning Up the Linux Desktop Audio Mess
- Desktop audio on Linux is a mess. There are just too many competing, incompatible sound systems around. Most current audio applications have to support every sound system in parallel and thus ship with sound abstraction layers with a more or less large number of back-end plug-ins. JACK clients are incompatible...
- Tags: Audio, Linux Desktop, Red Hat Inc., Client, OSS, Linux, Open Source, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-06-30
- Ubuntu 7.04 with 3D support
- Ubuntu 7.04 has been released today; right on time Feisty Fawn is available for download with the Ubuntu.com homepage being used solely as a link page for excited users wanting to take a look at the teams latest efforts. New features include a Migration assistant (to migrate Internet Explorer...
- Tags: Update, Ubuntu, News, Linux Desktop, Linux, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- SolutionBase: Working with Scribus for Linux desktop publishing
- Desktop publishing has long been the territory of Mac OS X workstations and, to a lesser extent, Windows machines. Jack Wallen shows you how to work with Scribus to turn your Linux workstation into a desktop publishing platform.
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Desktop Publishing, Linux, Desktops, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware
- Download resources 2007-04-16
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Beta 2 released
- Beta 2 of Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux 5 has been released for download and sports many exciting features. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 beta 2 is available for download to all Red Hat Network subscribers--others may be able to obtain an evaluation copy via Red Hat sales.Storage and Server...
- Tags: Linux, Linux Desktop, Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Inc., Redhat
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- Is the Linux Desktop Dead?
- Just a few quotes from a recent study:http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9590_22-6134965.html?tag=nl.e550Ironic the story comes out this week, the same week that I, a pro-Microsoft supporter, just loaded Fedora 6 to test out.While I have zero inten
- Tags: windows, rickk@..., Linux, desktop, Linux desktop
- Discussion threads 2006-11-15
