The Perfect Desktop – OpenSUSE 11.3 (GNOME)

This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 11.3
desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.
that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on
their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure
system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the
best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

There was a time when Linux was notorious for having what was called “fugly” fonts. Things improved a bit over the years, but thanks to expiring patents things are about to get even better. more>>

OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 was released on June 4 and a new master workspace was branched off for the upcoming 3.3 on June 5. The code in this branch will be stabilized and later become the product release that will find its way onto your desktops. more>>

The Perfect Desktop – Mandriva One 2010.1 Spring With GNOME

This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mandriva One
2010.1 Spring desktop (with the GNOME desktop
environment) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop,
i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do
on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure
system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the
best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

How To Make An Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop Resemble A Mac (With Elementary,
Docky & Gloobus-Preview)

This article shows how you can change the appearance of your Ubuntu
10.04 desktop so that it resembles a Mac. This can be achieved with the
help of Elementary,
Docky, and Gloobus-Preview.
Elementary is a project that provides a popular icon set and GTK theme;
Docky is an interactive dock (like the one you know from a Mac) that
provides easy access to some of the files, folders, and applications on
your computer, and more; and Gloobus-Preview is an extension for the
Gnome Desktop Environment designed to enable a full screen preview of
any kind of file or directory.

How To Install Latest Intel Driver 2.12 On Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)

After a long time waiting the most interesting update of the Intel
drivers for linux is now a fact. We can now have this great hardware
acceleration for playing h.264 video. Or in other words we now have
Hardware acceleration for HD content with our Intel video cards. As an
owner of U400-138 with Intel 4500 MHD I have been waiting for this over a
year but now I can play 720p without an issue. And so here is how to
install this.

Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 13 GNOME Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce
8100)

This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion
on a Fedora 13 GNOME desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics
card – I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce 8100 here). With Compiz Fusion you
can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on
your desktop. I will use the free nouveau
driver in this tutorial instead of the proprietary NVIDIA driver.
nouveau is an accelerated Open Source driver for NVIDIA cards that comes
with experimental 3D support on Fedora 13 – on my test system 3D
support was working without any problems.

Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX
5200)

This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu
10.04 (Lucid Lynx) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics
card – I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). With Compiz Fusion you
can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on
your desktop.