If you combine the Xfce desktop with the Compiz compositing window manager, you get a desktop with a bit more panache than if you were to use Xfce alone. Compiz helps to turn Xfce into something akin ...

Ok, now, this is odd.<BR>I have a Ubuntu 8.04 that worked perfectly, disabled the Desktop Effects a minute for a test, and now I can't start them again.<BR>Haven't updated the kernel, nor anything, ...

Another problem I ran into with this upgrade was Compiz just stopped working. I used the "current drivers" but no Desktop Effects love. It took me weeks to figure this out, but I found a way to get ...

One of the most common uses for Linux is to breathe life back into old hardware. Yet certain desktop environments like KDE Plasma can still feel sluggish on aging hardware. The old laptop I pulled out ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Ubuntu blog Tombuntu shows Linux users rocking Compiz Fusion, the desktop effects package installed by default in Ubuntu 7.10, how to switch the ...

The KaOS distro is an up-and-coming Linux operating system that provides one of the best integrations yet of a refreshed KDE-based computing platform. Two types of users gravitate to this solidly ...

Late last month the Linux Mint developers announced that they were working on a brand-new desktop environment designed to offer an alternative to the controversial GNOME 3, and on Monday they ...

We've taken you through a tour of Window Managers in Linux, and now it's time to show you the Window Manager's bigger brother: the desktop environment, or DE for short. With a sea of choices out there ...

Linux is all about choice, and choosing a distribution is only the first step. Linux distros usually have a default desktop environment, but there are a slew of desktop environments available to use.

That is very impressive, François! I wasn't expecting to see a series of murals when I walked in, but there they are. What exactly am I looking at? You want me to guess, do you? Well, if I had to ...