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[News] Comprehensive New Article on Free Desktop Environments

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Introduction to Linux: Desktop Environments

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| You undoubtedly notice that, although the functionality seems to overall be 
| similar (with a few minor exceptions), everything seems to use a different 
| name and/or is in a different place. If you've explored more than one 
| distribution, this may even seem to be the case between Linux distributions. 
| I'll be covering the more mainstream desktop environments, as well as 
| suggested programs to replace the ones you've come to rely on in Windows.     
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http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles/editorials/linux-%20desktops/

30 Gnome themes to enhance your Ubuntu experience

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| To be honest, I never really liked Human, Ubuntu’s default theme, and seems 
| that many other people don’t. Happilly, on GNU/Linux systems it is easy to 
| customize everything, even the buttons aspect or the windows borders. Here’s 
| a list of 30 Gnome themes of all styles, from the Windows XP look-a-like to 
| the very original skin, to enhance your Ubuntu experience.    
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http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/featured/30-gnome-themes-to-enhance-your-ubuntu-experience-18

Giving love to the Previewer

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| Very hard work has been done in these days to improve more and more the 
| Previewer. The first thing i focused on was making a good DBus interface. 
| Helped by Fabrizio Montesi (fmontesi on irc) i made some methods to allow a 
| good integration with JOLIE.   
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http://alediaferia.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/giving-love-to-the-previewer/

Good screenshots.


Recent:

An Introduction to Linux for Activists (And Others)

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| Well that wraps it up for what I recommend as the top distros for new Linux
| users. Next week I'll cover the installation process and some troubleshooting
| tips in case you get stuck. Until then remember that "information wants to be
| free." So stop paying Microsoft your hard earned money and free it!
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http://angryveteran.blogspot.com/2008/07/introduction-to-linux-for-activists-and.html


Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop Options

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| In addition to Desktop environments there are window managers that are
| separate programs that manage the windows and interface that you use. The
| reason you would explore the option of a different window manager is that it
| will use much less resources than the GNOME or KDE Desktop. However, less
| resources in terms of RAM and CPU means more basic features. In initial
| testing in similar settings for each these are the results. It is very clear
| that GNOME uses considerably more resources than any of the alternative
| window managers.
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http://beginlinux.com/index.php/desktop_training/ubuntuhardyheron_cat/112-ubuntu804/1035-ubuntu-804-desktop-options
http://tinyurl.com/6r432z


Related:

More distros = more choice

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| With more than 300 active distributions (distros), Linux is on a roll. Linux 
| distros primarily differ in terms of features since they are built on 
| variants of the same kernel (32-bit/64-bit; with various features of the 
| kernel enabled or disabled). “All the Linux distributions come from the same 
| upstream kernel and what distinguishes each distribution is how they provide 
| support, get ISVs to certify the ISV applications on the specific 
| distribution, and how IHVs (Independent Hardware Vendor) get to do the same,” 
| feels Nandu Pradhan, President & Managing Director, Red Hat India.        
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20080211/opensource03.shtml


Distros Don’t Drive Development

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| Lots of press and people focus on Linux distributions when they check out 
| what happens in Linux land. This and that distro come in new releases and 
| they offer this and that brand new feature. This is also true of the many 
| linux podcasts. They give credit to distros for new things that pop up.   
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http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2007/10/28/distros-dont-drive-development/


The distro jungle

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| People who are new to Linux are often confused by the large number of
| distributions to choose from. The good news is that you can safely ignore 
| most of them. This article helps you choose a distribution for getting 
| started with your Linux exploration—and helps you understand just what 
| it is you've just chosen.
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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-distros/?S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR&ca=dgr-btw01distrojungle


Ubuntu 7.10 & Fedora 8 Performance Compared

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| The bottom line is with our hardware we had used and these common Phoronix 
| benchmarks, the performance of Fedora 8 and Ubuntu 7.10 was deadlocked. There 
| was no clear winner. If you are trying to decide between taking the Ubuntu or 
| Fedora route, you're best off looking at the distribution's features and what 
| they mean to you.     
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=912&num=1


Schism

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| When someone says a recent Linux Distro is 100 times better than another 
| recent Linux distro, I worry a little that schism has lead to computer 
| religion. Taken on its face, examined rationally, you have to ask "how can 
| that be?". They all feed off the same kernel stock, and pull in the same sets 
| of office projects and same GUI projects and so forth.    
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http://on-being-open.blogspot.com/2007/09/schism.html


Why Having 500+ Distros is a Good Thing

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| Perhaps next time the author might think about what they're
| saying...because limiting the number of distros out there is
| absolutely NOT the way to go to accomplish anything other
| than limiting innovation.
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http://linux-blog.org/index.php?/archives/186-Why-Having-500+-Distros-is-a-Good-Thing.html


Staffing for Linux, not distribution X

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| What doesn’t change is that you hired them to do what they’re doing: run 
| Linux - and the next step in generality is to first recognise that Linux, the 
| BSDs, and Solaris are all variations on a theme and then to conclude that 
| people who are good with one of these are likely to be equally effective with 
| the other two.    
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=912
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