The rolling release distro switches to Niri, a scrollable, tiling compositor that's a lot cooler than you'd think. See why.

Not that I'm there very much, but now I can run Instagram, fully functional, on my desktop.

The OS of a thousand faces.

Love to customize your Linux desktop? This lightweight distro is great fun for newbies and experts ...

GNU/Linux started in 1983 or 1984 (depending which event matters most). Back then few homes, even in relatively rich ...

I've never been a fan of Linux desktops for personal use, because I like to use a lot of apps that aren't supported on Linux, without the use of slow 3rd party emulators. However, I do regularly ...

One of the more divisive concepts in IT these days is Linux on the desktop. There are those who would prefer nothing else, pointing to myriad security and stability problems found in Microsoft ...

Next year just may be the year that desktop Linux emerges as a viable alternative to Windows. Inspired by stirrings among corporate users for desktop Linux and with Microsoft’s forthcoming Longhorn ...

I want to make the change to Linux and I even have a linux laptop that my brother set up for me that I use only for banking/financial transactions. I am even a software engineer and manage IIS web ...

Is Linux ready for the corporate desktop? Join Computerworld‘s online discussion and share your views. With the proven success of Linux-based servers for mission-critical business applications, many ...

So how many desktop Linux users are there? If you believe in Net Applications’ numbers it’s just over 1%. If you want to buy W3Counter’s numbers, 2.16% of users use Linux. Or, if you want to go by my ...