KDE Plasma 6 is shaping up to be a top quality Linux desktop.
KDE Plasma 6 is a very good Linux desktop environment to compete with Gnome Shell.
KDE Plasma 6 is a very good Linux desktop environment to compete with Gnome Shell.
The best alternative to Google Earth for education on the Linux desktop.
A look at the current state of Linux desktops and why they need to change.
The Linux desktops that we know and use have come a long way. The KDE Linux desktop environment is very different now compared to 2006. But at least it has kept the same basic layout with the taskbar and start menu, unlike Gnome. That has changed completely since the Gnome shell came out, now it … Read more
The KDE Linux desktop has gone back to retro greatness with the Trinity KDE desktop, this is a version of KDE 3 that is available for modern Linux distributions. This allows the use of classic themes. The KDE 2 and Keramik themes are available for the desktop to emulate a nice Linux look from 2008. … Read more
The KDE Trinity desktop has all of the good themes that users of KDE 2.2 would remember. These are great themes, there was another KDE theme I miss from the olden days. It was a stone look-alike theme that was very nice, but I cannot find it on the Internet. It is great that modern … Read more
Here are some awesome themes for the KDE and MATE desktops to brighten up your KDE and MATE desktop experience. Lovely themes for the Linux Mint MATE desktop. Full Flat KDE Plasma theme. A nice flat theme for the KDE 4.9 Plasma desktop. Screenshot: Full Flat theme. Metrosuave. A beautiful Beryl Emerald theme that would … Read more
This is a look at the KDE 3.4 Linux desktop environment in VMWare 12. The above screenshot shows the default KDE 3.4 desktop environment on Kubuntu 5.04. This is a very good looking desktop environment. The desktop is very fast indeed. The default Xorg video configuration would not work, so I edited the xorg.xonf to … Read more
The Linux desktop has undergone a significant change in layout since the earliest days of the Gnome desktop that we saw on Red Hat Linux back in the day. Those were the days of dial up Internet and 14″ monitors that were far smaller than the massive computer screens that we have now. And the … Read more
KDE 4.0 themes Oxygen transparent: http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/oxygen-transparent?content=127752. An amazing transparent version of the Oxygen KDE 4.0 theme. Oxygen GTK: http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/Oxygen+Gtk?content=136216. A port of the Oxygen KDE theme to GTK. Soft metal: http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/Soft+Metal?content=120867. A soft metallic theme for KDE. Uniq 1.11: http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/uniq?content=112688. Another very nice KDE 4.0 theme. More nice themes, these are for Gnome Awesome elegance … Read more
More awesome wallpapers for a Linux or BSD desktop. The wallpapers. Pandora and orbiting spaceship: http://wallpaperswide.com/download/avatar_6-wallpaper-1920×1080.jpg. Astronaut with surfboard on alien planet: http://4walled.cc/src/98/98fad31467a2205977988e458b554821.jpg. Awesome planet wallpaper with a giant superstructure on it: http://4walled.cc/show-1281760. Astronaut having a beer on the Moon: http://4walled.cc/show-1171862. Awesome view of planet Earth and the Milky way galaxy: http://4walled.cc/show-1124548. The sun rising … Read more
This website has some awesome screen-shots of old Linux desktops from 1999. This really takes me back, Linux and UNIX desktops in the olden days looked a lot different than they do now, it is good news that the Common Desktop Environment or CDE is now available for Debian. I just wish that there were … Read more
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Cuba+for+cuban?content=120562. Cuba for cuban. A lovely 2560*1600 resolution wallpaper. http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Cloud%27s+on+sunset?content=125325. Clouds on sunset. This is a lovely sunset wallpaper. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8546631761_4f59b4cb8b_o.jpg. A widescreen wallpaper suitable for multiple monitors. I just wish that KDE 4.11 would let you span wallpapers. http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/D16549d0/03422_standingontheedgeofinfinity_3840x2400.jpg. Gorgeous foggy forest wallpaper. This one is awesome. Monochrome long exposure waterfall photograph: http://shutterific.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/waterfall-2.jpg. Awesome bridge … Read more
The Westcliff High School for Girls Academy has switched from Windows on their workstations to the KDE Plasma desktop. This means that they are avoiding the licensing hassles of using Windows and they are adopting a free and open operating system that will provide the students with a desktop environment reminiscent of Windows but with … Read more
The next release of the Linux Mint 16 distribution code named “Petra” will be released in November. This will include the new KDE 4.11 desktop interface as well as many other enhancements and upgrades. I am looking forward to this release. This is the best desktop environment around and is well worth the time taken … Read more
The OpenSUSE 12.3 distribution I have downloaded does not seem to work with my ATI hardware very well at all. I used the nomodeset parameter on the boot screen and it still refuses to load the graphical interface. Even though the Linux Mint 14 and Ubuntu 13.04 Gnome distributions work perfectly well with this parameter … Read more
Quad screen space wallpaper suitable for any Linux desktop: http://www.wallpaperpimper.com/wallpaper/Quad_Screen/Blue-Star-Field-5120×1024.jpg. A nice 3D rendered wallpaper that features a lovely snowy mountains scene: http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a121/Paul_D/ScreenShot00014.jpg. This wallpaper is a super high resolution image suitable for about 6 screens, 7300*1000 pixels resolution: http://www.west-crete.com/img/panoramas/hania-harbour-panorama7large.jpg. Get a good selection of dual monitor gaming wallpapers on this website: http://www.gamewallpapers.com/dual-screen.php. Lovely San … Read more
I have just seen the free movie about The Pirate Bay and at 10:07; you see a KDE 3.4 Linux desktop. I can not tell what Linux distribution this is but it is the good old KDE 3.4 for sure. The best and fastest version of KDE. The Pirate Bay movie is very interesting, how … Read more
This is the old drive space indicator that was used in old versions of Windows. Such an image is so retro looking it is hard to believe that we use to use something like this. The days of using 1.44 Megabyte floppy disks and Iomega Zip drives are long gone. Now we have 16 Gigabyte … Read more
I have just installed KDE 4.9 in Linux Mint 14 the easy way. Just type sudo apt-get install kde-full to install all of the packages in one go. Since I have my dual desktop configuration laid out in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file I had a properly working dual screen desktop as soon as KDE started up … Read more