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X410-Full-Desktop-700

Real Linux Desktop Experience with X410 and WSL?

May 29, 2019 Steve Emms Desktop, Office, Productivity, Reviews, Software

X410 is an X Window server for Windows 10. When you want to use X Window GUI apps on remote servers, simply run X410 and connect to your server via SSH with X11 forwarding. Here’s our review of X410 using ‘The Windows Subsystem for Linux’.

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KSmoothDock-parabolic

KSmoothDock – excellent KDE Plasma 5 desktop panel with parabolic zooming

March 6, 2019 John O'Donnell Desktop, Reviews, Software

KSmoothDock is a cool desktop panel with parabolic zooming effect for KDE Plasma 5. While visually it is inspired by Mac OS X’s Dock, it aims to follow the traditional Linux model of desktop panel with the application menu, launchers, the pager, the task manager, the system tray and the clock.

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File Managers

Excellent GTK File Managers to Manage your Filesystem

March 4, 2019 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Software, Utilities

We recently visited 15 Qt file managers. This article reviews 15 Gtk file managers.

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File Managers

Qt File Managers Roundup: Excellent Ways to Manage your Filesystem

February 25, 2019 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

It makes sense to use Qt based software with KDE. Benefits include memory savings, and better integration with the KDE desktop. However, if you prefer other desktop environments, these Qt file managers still work admirably. We review 15 Qt file managers.

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Latte-Dock

Latte – Excellent KDE Dock based on Plasma Frameworks

February 15, 2019 John O'Donnell Desktop, Graphics, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Latte is a dock based on Plasma frameworks that aims to offer an elegant and intuitive experience for your tasks and KDE Plasma widgets. It animates its contents by using parabolic zoom effect and tries to be as unobtrusive is possible.

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