Stardock has released the release candidate of their popular desktop management software Fences. Fences, which has been reviewed at Ghacks before (see: Unclutter Your Desktop With Fences), can be used to define groups on the Windows desktop that can be hidden easily so that the computer desktop appears clean and uncluttered.
A double-click on the desktop [...]

Tags: desktop, desktop management, fences, stardock, windows software
Categories: Windows, software

Of all the Linux distributions, the consensus is beginning to become clear that Ubuntu is, hands down, the most user friendly of the Linux distributions. Naturally there are people that claim other distributions like PCLinuxOS, and Linux Mint are even more user-friendly than Ubuntu. But what exactly makes a Linux distribution user-friendly?
I have been using Linux [...]

Tags: desktop, end user, Linux, ubuntu, user friendly
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, ask the readers

Recently I instructed you how to “Manage your E17 menus“. In that article you saw how easy it was to add to the E17 favorites menu and handle some of the configuration options for the Main menu. The surprising issue was that the Main menu could not be edited (at least not with some serious [...]

Tags: alacarte, application menus, desktop, desktop menus, GNOME, GNOME menus
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

I like to think of myself as a Linux desktop power user. To that end I want my desktop to be very efficient and work with me on every level. I want as few clicks of the mouse as possible. Fortunately there are certain (nearly) universal aspects of the Linux that make this not only [...]

Tags: autoraise, desktop, focus, Linux, workspace
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, Uncategorized

We’ve started the debate. We’ve discussed 5 Reasons you should switch to Linux right now, and 5 Good reasons to switch to Linux. Now it’s time to up the ante and discuss some of the things Linux does better than Windows.
Some of you may scoff and say “There is nothing Linux does better than Windows.” [...]

Tags: desktop, kernel, Linux
Categories: Advice, Linux, Mac, Open Source, Operating Systems, Windows, software

Remember BumpTop? We covered a tech demo of the 3D desktop technology back in 2006 and felt that it could be a great way of helping the user bring order to the desktop chaos. Unlike other projects of this kind this one was developed into a product that is now available as a free and [...]

Tags: 3d desktop, bumptop, computer desktop, desktop, windows desktop, windows software
Categories: Uncategorized, Windows, software

If you use Windows than the three-finger salute Ctrl-Alt-Delete means quite a bit to you. You use it and, in some instances, you use it frequently. But if you are new to Linux you will notice that the Ctrl-Alt-Delete might actually reboot your machine (If you’re in console mode that is for certain. Some desktop [...]

Tags: desktop, GNOME, KDE, Linux, system monitor
Categories: Advice, Linux, Tutorials Basic, software