The final release of Linux Mint 16 (Petra) Cinnamon/MATE came a little over a week ago, and the KDE/Xfce Release Candidates arrived this week. I decided to install all four of them, each on a ...

The latest Linux Mint is a solid release for everyday use. The biggest improvements are to be found in its default Cinnamon desktop. Mint Zena provides more information than ever on what your hardware ...

How long are you going to ride Linux with training wheels?

The maintainers of the popular Linux distribution Linux Mint have released version 22.3, codenamed “Zena.” The new version of the Ubuntu-based Linux updates software and improvements and aims to make ...

There are a few different reasons why the average person — as opposed to an enthusiast tinkerer — might want to try out one of the many available flavors of free Linux-based operating systems. If ...

I use Windows because I have to, and Linux because I want to.

There are more interesting Linux desktop distributions to choose from than ever before. However, if you’re looking for major distros with a great deal of support, you’ll want to look at the big four: ...

Welcome back to the new-and-improved Linux Gaming Report! This is a series about gaming with Linux that aims to capture the various nuances in setup, and uncover potential performance variations ...

Linux Mint 14, released in December and dubbed the “Nadia” version, is loaded with a horde of improvements to all four of its desktop environments. It is not usually necessary to grab every new ...

If the end of XP demonstrated anything, it’s that disruption ensues when an OS reaches end of life. Linux users have long had LTS releases to stave off some of that, but the new Linux Mint 17 offers ...

If you are looking to use Linux Mint without creating a separate partition on your computer, a hypervisor such as VMware Workstation is the way to go. In this post, we will see a step-by-step guide to ...

Desktop Linux can run on your Windows 7 (and older) laptops and desktops. Machines that would bend and break under the load of Windows 10 will run like a charm. And today’s desktop Linux distributions ...