Situation of the Linux Desktop #2: Habemus tumultum…

... qui nomen nominatur "pacem"! Wow, Latin! Oh er, welcome back! Wonder what that strange sentence does there - and what it may have to do with the Linux Desktop? Well, due to unforeseeable incidents when moving houses along with some family matters, I was more or less cut off from any news. I didn't …

DDD #1: Situation of the Linux Desktop

It took me a bit longer to write this post (and when I finally did, I forgot to post it to the public). Sorry for that. But now it's here - and like I promised, it's introducing a new EERIE subproject! Situation of the Linux Desktop No, I don't want to predict when the "final …

Linux desktop comparison summary – 20 solutions for your desktop!

Our first Linux desktop comparison is over. I took a look at quite some projects during the last weeks. 20 of those (including modes that are behaving differently) proved to be full DEs which should be covered by a broadscale test. Some others, like UDE for example, had to be skipped. While it does have …

Linux desktop comparison (pt. 4): Less common GTK+ DEs

This is part 4 of our desktop testing series. We'll deal with some of the less common desktop environments in this entry which by chance are are all GTK+ based. These are: GNOME 2 ROX Enlightenment E17 Sugar For test criteria and the basic Arch system, please refer to the first part of this test. …

Linux desktop comparison (pt. 2): Traditional GTK+ DEs

This is part 2 of our desktop testing series. We'll deal with 4 traditional gtk+-based desktop environments in this entry. These are: GNOME 3 Classic MATE Xfce LXDE For test criteria and the basic Arch system, please refer to the first part of this test. GNOME 3 Classic GNOME 3 Classic - also called "fallback …

Linux desktop comparison (pt. 1): Modern GTK+ DEs

This is part 1 of our desktop testing series. We'll deal with the 3 modern gtk+-based desktop environments in this entry. These are: GNOME 3 Shell GNOME 3 Cinnamon UI GNOME 3 Unity UI Test criteria I'm just going to fire up the desktop to see how many RAM is used at that time. No …

First things first – how I came to Linux (pt. 2)

Welcome back! Where was I? Right... Windows XP. Windows XP When I first saw it, I just thought: "You've got to be kidding!" What was this? A blue task bar with a green start button and a terribly colorful background! I still recall what came to my mind next: "Don't do drugs, man!" Of course, …