ZDNET's key takeaways There's a Linux desktop environment for everyone.Windows users will feel right at home with several DEs ...

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Debian is the classic server Linux, but tends to be the second choice on desktop hardware. It'd be wrong to write off Debian ...

Here's one for all you desktop Linux proponents: if Scott McNealy has his way, you'll lose your office! At least if you work at Sun Microsystems, you will. We know this because chief executive McNealy ...

This time I’m really going to do it. I am going to put Linux on my gaming PC. Calling it now. 2026 is the year of Linux on ...

BOSTON – While many Linux converts are focused on moving their data centers off of Unix, a second front for Linux migration soon could take shape on corporate desktops. Among the 6,000 attendees at ...

The adoption of Linux on the desktop is progressing, but there won’t be a “David and Goliath” single blow that suddenly slays the dominance of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows, Linux advocates said at an ...

One of the longest running jokes in our sphere is that the coming year will finally be the year of “Linux on the Desktop.” Never mind that the erosion of the traditional Windows-style desktop form of ...

COMMENTARY--Today I am appointing myself product manager of all things Linux and desktop and will detail some of the issues that need to be resolved as well as some insurmountables. This is all fairly ...

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...

Linux making its way out of the server room and onto the desktop has been “just around the corner” for years now. Prognostications of desktop dominance have not materialized, leaving Linux with a ...