Linux-based, more portable than any mini PC, and just as affordable, the Steam Deck is great as a Linux desktop.

Choosing the right desktop environment can make or break your Linux experience. Here's the best options for new users.

Use the TV/Monitor - docked mode - only as this gives better performance. Steam Deck users can operate their Steam Deck like a capable desktop PC with a Linux OS.

Point release brings Cinnamon tweaks, shiny apps, and Ubuntu's Hardware Enablement stack The latest point release to the ...

While this is of no concern when you look at Linux as a wannabe-UNIX that will happily do the same multi-user server tasks, it’s an absolutely awful choice for a desktop OS.

With 16GB of RAM, you can open far more tabs in your browser, do some gaming, use virtual machines, develop, and create video ...

Linux Desktop Platform vs. Linux Desktops To clarify terminology, the concept of Linux desktop use has two meanings. They are not the same thing. The Linux OS, as a computing platform, uses the Linux ...

Some people hate the idea of adding proprietary software to their desktop Linux. For these people, there are Linux distributions such as gNewSense that use only free software. For the rest of us ...

You want to know the funniest thing is about compared Corel Linux 1.0, released in 1999, with a typical modern desktop Linux — say, Ubuntu 9.10? How much hasn’t changed. It’s sort of like ...