From the category archives:

Desktop Environments

The Big Advantage With Linux: Multiple Desktops

by Rob on August 21, 2009

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately using Windows as my main OS, jumping between Windows 7 or Vista.  This is mostly in part because I’ve been working with some native Windows programs throughout my daily routine.  But I decided yesterday to give up working on Windows natively and returning back to my preferred [...]

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Gnome-Do’s Docky: Docks Done Right

by Rob on June 26, 2009

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I don’t want to get into too much detail on this, but something bad happened with my Windows 7 and Ubuntu wubi setup a few days ago.  After fiddling around with the ATI driver on the Ubuntu side I rebooted back into Windows and promptly booted into the fabled Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).  This [...]

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Switching To KDE From Gnome

by Rob on April 17, 2009

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This morning I thought I would shake things up a little and start using KDE instead of Gnome.  Installation of KDE is simple enough, but actually using it turned out to be a little different for a KDE newbie such as myself.
Since I use Arch Linux, I had the choice of installing the standard version [...]

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