UrsaOS is an Arch-based rolling Linux distribution with a preconfigured Plasma Wayland desktop, Calamares installer, Btrfs, and Pacman.
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BracefaceOS – Debian-based Linux distribution
BracefaceOS is a Debian-based distribution offering a customized desktop system with installation, troubleshooting, and build documentation.
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33 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Application Launchers
Application launchers play an integral part in making the Linux desktop a more productive environment to work and play.
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Mending Wall – fixes common problems when using more than one desktop environment
Mending Wall is a Linux application to fix issues when hopping between multiple desktop environments.
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Magpie – Mutter-derived X11 window manager and compositor
Magpie is an X11 window manager and compositing library derived from Mutter, originally developed for the Budgie desktop environment.
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sway – i3-compatible tiling Wayland compositor
sway is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor offering keyboard-driven tiling, workspaces, window capture, HDR output and IPC control.
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Gala – window manager and compositor for Pantheon
Gala is Pantheon’s window manager and compositor, providing workspace overview, animated window management, gestures and display controls.
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xfwm4 – Xfce window manager with integrated compositing
xfwm4 manages windows in Xfce with integrated X11 compositing, configurable decorations, focus controls, opacity, shadows and workspaces.
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KWin – window manager and compositor for KDE Plasma
KWin is KDE Plasma’s window manager and compositor, offering window rules, desktop effects, virtual desktops and Wayland display management.
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Mutter – Wayland compositor and window management library
Mutter is GNOME’s Wayland compositor and display server, managing windows, workspaces, monitors, input, rendering and Xwayland applications.
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Ancestris – family tree software
Ancestris manages family histories with GEDCOM editing, relationship trees, maps, chronological views, place tools and detailed reports.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – Desktop
Best Free and Open Source Linux Software covering desktop environments, KDE plasma widgets, GNOME extensions, window managers, and docks.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Extend your Desktop – Part 22
We look at a couple of ways you can extend your GNOME desktop. We first cover extensions before moving on to exploring themes.
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36 Excellent GNOME Desktop Extensions (Updated 2022)
Add additional functionality to a GNOME desktop with these great GNOME extensions. This roundup showcases 36 excellent GNOME extensions.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Managing Users – Part 15
We investigate how to manage users using both the GUI and the command-line. This article is part of the Linux for Starters Guide.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Navigating the Desktop – Part 6
This article guides you around the desktop in Ubuntu. It’s part of our Linux for Starters series teaching you all the basics.
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Now and Then: The Development of 6 Lean Desktop Environments
Back in early 2008, we published a feature recommending the best 6 lean desktop environments. How did they fare?
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Linux Candy: XDecorations – Holiday lights and more
XDecorations is a small utility that lets you add decorations to your desktop. It’s our latest addition to the fun Linux Candy series.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Web Browsing – Week 4
This week’s blog focuses on an absolutely essential desktop activity. Surfing the web. A web browser is the quintessential desktop application. Everyone needs one, and there is not a desktop Linux distribution around that does not make a web browser available.
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KSmoothDock – excellent KDE Plasma 5 desktop panel with parabolic zooming
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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