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Lovely GTK themes for your Linux Mint and Ubuntu desktop.

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Some lovely GTK themes and wallpapers for your Linux desktop. MediterraneanNight Series 2.03: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/MediterraneanNight+Series?content=156782. Themes Collection (Ubuntu/Linux Mint): http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Themes+Collection+%28Ubuntu%2BLinux+Mint%29?content=156873. A huge theme collection for Ubuntu and Linux Mint. GNOME Shell: Nord 1.8: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/GNOME+Shell%3A+Nord?content=142971. A very popular Gnome Shell theme. Mintyfresh Cinnamon-theme 0.3: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Mintyfresh+Cinnamon-theme?content=156287. A lovely green Cinnamon theme. Malys Inversio: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/malys+-+inversio++?content=152965. Ambiance Chrunchy: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Ambiance+Crunchy?content=151181. This … Read more

More awesome GTK and WM themes for your Linux desktop.

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Window manager themes. RISC styled WM theme for Xfce4: http://www.marutan.net/themes.php. GTK themes. Mac OS Classic theme for Xfce4: http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php?content=144719. Mac OS classic GTK2 theme: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Mac+OS+9+Platinum+gtk+theme?content=110444. Plane GTK: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Plane-Gtk3.6?content=156309. Classic 95 Windows `95 theme for MATE and Gnome: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Classic95?content=157298. How to create a look-alike Windows XP desktop using IceWM: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/projects/lookalike-windows-xp-classic/. Windows 3.1 theme for Xfce4: http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Redmond3+%28Windows+3.1+theme%29?content=121526. … Read more

Choosing an operating system for your desktop computer. Linux is a good choice now.

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The world of computers is dominated by two main players, Apple and Microsoft . These two software giants are competing with each other to be the operating system of choice for the discerning punter. Making a choice of desktop operating system sometimes comes down to what you wish to achieve with your desktop computer. Apple … Read more

Themes for the Cinnamon desktop and some thoughts on Linux text editors you should try.

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If you want some quality themes for the Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop; then this website is perfect: http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/themes. The Cinnamon desktop is quite a stunning desktop for the Linux Mint 14 distribution; but if you want something simpler; the new MATE desktop will be better suited to you. I tried the MATE desktop out with … Read more

Fedora Core 18 Linux distribution to ship with the Cinnamon and MATE desktops in the repositories.

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The Fedora Core 18 Linux distribution will ship with the MATE and Cinnamon desktops available in the default repositories. This means that there are even more desktop options available by default on the Fedora Core distribution. This is a good step and will ensure that the users of this Linux distribution have even more choice … Read more

Desktop interfaces in the olden days versus today. have we moved in the right direction?

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The olden days of computing were dominated by the massive Microsoft corporation, they bought their DOS operating system from IBM, and copied the mouse and icons interface from the Xerox Star operating system from 1981. Nowadays the Ubuntu distribution is copying the Macintosh OSX interface to create the Unity interface. But that is not very … Read more

Nice Cinnamon themes for Linux Mint 13 Maya.

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Nice Cinnamon themes for Linux Mint 13 Maya. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=147807 Eleganse-Elementary dark themes for Cinnamon. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Mictlan+gnome+shell+%26+cinnamon+theme+?content=149542. Mictlan Gnome Shell and Cinnamon theme. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/GoldieBluez?content=150586. GoldieBluez Gnome & Cinnamon theme. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/GoldieBluez?content=150586. AnTaRtIkA Gnome Shell and Cinnamon theme. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Hacktivist+-+Cinnamon+Theme?content=148598. Hacktivist Cinnamon theme. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Elementary+Style+-+Gnome-Shell%2BCinnamon?content=145727. Elementary styled Gnome Shell and Cinnamon theme. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Smooth+Purple+-+Cinnamon+Theme?content=148725. Smooth Purple Cinnamon theme.

Cinnamon desktop in Linux Mint 13 far better than the Gnome Shell desktop. Is Gnome dying?

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On Slashdot they have a story about the fall of the Gnome desktop, the team is losing members and the other desktops such as KDE and Cinnamon are taking over. Just as the Unity desktop is the death of the Ubuntu distribution, the Gnome 3 desktop will be the straw that breaks the camels back … Read more

How to switch on panel editing mode in the Mint Cinnamon desktop.

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How to switch on panel editing mode in the Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop. If you want to move the window buttons on to the bottom panel just like they are in the Gnome 2 desktop, then read on. Firstly, navigate to the panel settings dialog pictured in the screenshot and tick the panel edit mode … Read more

Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop taking over from Gnome 3 and Unity.

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The annoying bugs that I was plagued with on my Ubuntu 12.04 installation seem to have gone now that I have installed the Linux Mint 12 x86_64 DVD. I have the Cinnamon desktop running and it is even better than the modified Gnome 3 desktop that the standard Linux Mint installation provides. The MATE desktop … Read more