It's a rare occasion that a piece of Linux software slips by me, especially when it's a desktop environment or window manager. But here we are. Just a week or so ago, I ran into what I originally ...

If you’re using a Linux desktop, the graphical user interface isn’t an integral part of the system, it’s additional software that’s loaded as required. The desktop and everything that goes with it is ...

So it's summertime, and I'm becoming restless. I'm not sure I want to completely switch over to Gentoo yet (running Debian unstable now), but I haven't really changed anything up in a while. So I'm ...

Linux 101: What’s the difference between a desktop environment and a window manager? Your email has been sent After using Linux for a while, you’ll come across an article or mention of a window ...

Subject pretty much says it all. In current times, are there any technical or practical differences between starting a window manager environment from a TTY command line vs. invoking it via a display ...