Sabayon 11 Mate Review: Very efficient but stripped down version
To begin with, Sabayon 11 release is not
be missed. At least that is the evidence I got post using the Sabayon
11 XFCE and KDE releases. Hardware support is better than ever with complete EFI/UEFI and UEFI SecureBoot support, greatly improved NVIDIA Optimus support through Bumblebee, a selection of MySQL flavors, including Google MySQL and MariaDB, up to 14000 packages now available in the
Sabayon 11 KDE Review: Great aesthetics and stable performance
To begin with, Sabayon 11 release is not be missed. At least that is the evidence I got post using the Sabayon 11 XFCE release. Hardware support is better than ever with complete EFI/UEFI and UEFI SecureBoot support, greatly improved NVIDIA Optimus support through Bumblebee, a selection of MySQL flavors, including Google MySQL and MariaDB, up to 14000 packages now available in the repositories
Sabayon 11 XFCE Review: Extremely refined and a release not to be missed!
The name "Sabayon" always rings me of a very refined and extremely polished Linux operating system. As has been my experience with Sabayon 9 and 10, even the Sabayon 11 release doesn't disappoint. Sabayon 11 is refinement exemplified and is released in four flavors: Gnome 3, KDE, XFCE and LXDE. I start this series of review with my preferred desktop environment, XFCE.
From Sabayon 11 XFCE
Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" XFCE Review: Simply the best!
Simply put, it has become really boring to review any Linux Mint distro as I need to write the same words again and again. Things work so perfect with Mint and honestly, I haven't seen any other Linux distro better than Mint in terms of stability and performance. Last year when I reviewed Linux Mint 13 XFCE (the long term support one), I coined the release as the best of the year for any XFCE
Customize to Create desktop cube with Compiz in Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint
As I have been saying in my last
few articles, Linux desktops like Gnome, KDE, LXDE, XFCE, etc. (except
Unity) can be customized - so much that even at times it becomes
difficult to identify what desktop environment (DE) actually it is! In my last article I covered whatever is written here, just separating out the compiz bit so that it is easier to search in google.
From Enabling Desktop
How to customize and decorate Ubuntu desktop? Simple steps to customize Linux Desktop: Give your Fedora or Ubuntu a face-lift!
As I have been saying in my last
few articles, Linux desktops like Gnome, KDE, LXDE, XFCE, etc. (except
Unity) can be customized - so much that even at times it becomes
difficult to identify what desktop environment (DE) actually it is! I do
some very basic level customization to give a face lift to
otherwise bland DEs like LXDE, XFCE, Openbox, etc. and in this article
I'll take you
Linux Lite 1.0.4: With added Steam!
When I reviewed Linux Lite 1.0.0 last year, I was pretty happy with the lightweight XFCE distro. The release was based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and was quite lighter than Xubuntu 12.04. Once the 1.0.4 update for Linux Lite came out in February 2013, I was a bit curious to try out and see the incremental additions that the developers have made to the updated release.
I found a few changes from 1.0.0
Fedora 18 "Spherical Cow" Vs Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal": Who is the best?
With Fedora 18 release in Jan 2013, I see increase in interest on Fedora distros in my friends circle. Almost everybody wants to know between Fedora and Ubuntu - who offers better proposition? Well, honestly, there is no straight forward, definitive answer and both command a significant number of dedicated users. As you see, both Ubuntu and Fedora gives birth to scores of derivatives and are
Ubuntu Precise: Install LibreOffice 4.0.0 full suite
LibreOffice 4.0.0 is released and you can download the installation file from LibreOffice site. Two files are to be download:
LibreOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz (170 MB)
LibreOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-US.tar.gz (9 MB)
Before proceeding, first uninstall the existing LibreOffice installation via terminal, by:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*
Now go to the downloaded files.
PCLinuxOS KDE 2013.02 Review: The best KDE distro in the Linux world!
Last year, I started using PCLinuxOS KDE on a regular basis with 2012.02 and with 2012.08 release, I really fell in love with the distro. The July release provided almost every application I require, out of the box, and I hardly needed installing any more application from the repository. However, I found it to be a bit high on resource consumption compared to other KDE distros released in 2012.
Snowlinux 4 "e17" Review: Good but not good enough compared to Bodhi 2.2.0
Enlightenment is definitely one of the best looking lightweight desktops that I have used. Thanks to Rasterman and team for creating and nurturing this amazing desktop. I would place it somewhere between Openbox and LXDE both in aesthetics as well as performance. Openbox runs on the least resources of the three but looks a bit blank whereas LXDE consumes a bit more RAM and CPU but can be