I wrote about Makulu Linux 5 Xfce a couple of weeks ago, and at the time I said that I loved the distribution but I hated the installer. Now, thanks to a lot of hard work, Makulu Linux 6 has been ...

Linux desktop environments have come a long way in the last few years. Once upon a time the KDE user interface looked a lot like Windows while GNOME provided a simple UI with panels at the top and ...

Choosing the right desktop environment can make or break your Linux experience. Here's the best options for new users.

I've been running MATE as my one and only environment for the last week. And boy howdy, do I have an opinion. I started out my “use every Linux Desktop Environment for a week at a time” endeavor with ...

Linux Mint isn’t chasing touch interfaces, rethinking the way we use the desktop, or enacting any other grand experiment. It’s just a polished, modern Linux desktop system—and that’s why people love ...

The team behind Linux Mint has released beta ISOs for Linux Mint 19.2. The new betas come in three flavours, Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce. There are many common updates to them all such as changes to the ...

There’s a reason Linux Mint is popular. Cinnamon was originally developed for Linux Mint, but it’s becoming more widespread. Linux Mint is still the only distribution to use it by default, but you can ...

Here’s how you can install the MATE desktop on your Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon system. This will let you use either desktop by switching the desktop session on the Linux Mint 13 login menu. 1. Click the ...

After spending days searching for answers and trying to figure out solutions myself, I gave up (before I loose any more of my hair). Below are a list of questions of problems, issues, quirks etc.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. This article is more than 5 years old. The Ubuntu 19.10 upgrade ...

The latest version ofMATE – 1.10 – was released recently and now you can experience it in its full glory on Linux Mint. The Linux Mint team announced the release of version 17.2 last week and I wasted ...

3. Go to apps then mate-session then options. 4. Check the auto_save_session box on the right side of the menu. Now your session will be restored the next time you login to your Linux Mint 13 MATE ...