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5 best Windows-like Linux desktop environments for a familiar look and feel

Now, Cinnamon is the flagship desktop environment of Linux Mint, which is generally the best distro for experiencing it.
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Turning Ubuntu into Kubuntu

In the Introduction to this book, I mentioned that there are several distributed versions of Ubuntu. These include Edubuntu and Kubuntu, both of which are Ubuntu but with a different default ...
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Does the new Windows 7 taskbar look like the KDE 4 taskbar?

When I started posting screenshots of the new Windows 7 desktop several people commented both in the TalkBack and via email on how similar the Windows 7 taskbar is to the KDE 4 taskbar. Not being ...

Kubuntu vs. Fedora: Different takes on the same desktop

ZDNET's key takeaways Both Kubuntu and Fedora KDE Plasma are great distributions.One is based on Ubuntu, and one is based on Fedora.There are subtle reasons why you might gravitate toward one or the ...
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Kubuntu 7.04 - Is the the distro for those coming from a Windows background?

The other day I posted a question which asked "Which is best - Ubuntu or Kubuntu?" Interestingly one of the most popular replies that I got was "it depends." With this phrase in mind I decided to take ...
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Kubuntu Focus NX gets a spec bump (mini PC with Kubuntu Linux and 12th-gen Intel Core)

The Kubuntu Focus NX is a small form-factor desktop computer that ships with Kubuntu Linux software pre-installed. When the Kubuntu team first introduced the mini PC last year it was available with ...