Why do GNOME and KDE compete for the Linux desktop?

Want to break free from a Microsoft world? Leigh Dyer looks at the alternatives.

Leigh Dyer looks at the range of Linux desktops beyond GNOME and KDE.

Mandrake Linux is a popular and user-friendly distribution and it offers a choice of window managers.

Four years ago, I saw a picture of a very beautiful desktop interface, called 'Enlightenment', running on an Operating System called 'Linux'. I didn't know much about either, but I downloaded and installed Linux anyway in order to run that fine looking user interface. Thanks to that early interest, I now enjoy a wonderful job designing and maintaining networks in which Linux often fills an important role. There's no better way to learn something new than for it to be enjoyable. With this in mind, I'd like to present Mike's Hopefully nifty guide to having fun with Linux.

Not only is SuSE Linux Professional 8.1 the most complete distribution, it's also one of the friendliest.

KMotux is an educational word game for KDE. The aim of KMotux is to find words chosen by the comput...

KSql, which used to be known as KMySql, is an easy-to-use KDE database client, providing access to s...

New release of popular Linux distribution

As you're probably aware, LindowsOS is an attempt at a consumer-friendly Linux that looks and works like Windows. It was even originally intended to run Windows applications, using the Wine emulator, although this only works well with certain high-profile programs such as Microsoft Office.

Download the latest version of Mandriva Linux

The first OS to make a serious effort at an easy, integrated Linux to rival Windows was the now defunct Corel LinuxOS.

Red Hat's latest offering is a finely tuned offensive into the lucrative corporate desktop market. With the Linux steamroller on a collision course for Redmond the last year has seen a number of major wins for the open source upstart with corporations such as IBM and governments that include Germany, France, China, Japan, Russia and Britain either already making the switch or considering it. And not just for servers, but on workstations too.

Despite various attempts at Windows Desktop alternatives, Linux is still best suited to servers, for which Red Hat is by far the most popular choice. With this in mind, it came as no surprise when in May 2002 Red Hat split its product line in two: Linux and Enterprise Linux.

Formerly called Redmond Linux, Lycoris is probably the most Windows-like Linux around.

A easy way to install Ubuntu with Windows

Will Redmond take over from SCO?.

This program, written in java, allows connection of two computers to the internet at the same time, ...

Community-based project checks free and open source software.