desktops

The brand synonymous with cost-effective HDTVs is jumping into the PC making game with five new desktop and notebook products.

The H Open: "GNOME and KDE may be the high profile Linux desktop environments, but they are not to everybody's tastes."

Linux and Open Source: "The popular Linux distribution, Mint, will be giving its users three different distinct flavors of the GNOME for their desktop in its next release, Linux Mint 12, Lisa."

Apple is finally bringing its iMac series of all-in-one desktops up to date with Intel's 2nd generation Core i processors, AMD Radeon HD graphics, and the fast Thunderbolt I/O port that made its debut on the MacBook Pros earlier this year.

The VAR Guy: "Deploying Linux desktops across large organizations has been getting easier with each new release."

Tech Drive-in: "Linux desktop is on a roll. First came the revamped KDE 4.0 which took the level of User Interface(UI) fit and finish of Linux desktops to another level.

Then came the GNOME Shell and Ubuntu Unity desktop interfaces. But one thing they all lack, especially GNOME Shell and Unity, are good looking and user friendly login screens.

And here are some very interesting login screen mockups for GNOME."

Off the Beat: "OK, it's finally happening. For a couple of years, the standard for desktops has been edging towards mobile devices with every new netbook interface.

Now, with Ubuntu's decision to replace GNOME with its own Unity desktop, the shift away from the workstation standard has actually arrived."

Linux.com: "GNOME and KDE may be the first desktops that come to mind when you think of the Linux desktop, but they're not the only ones."

OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 was released

The H Open: "But Linux and free software come in many different flavours, and the adventurous user goes in search of wider options, other distributions and new desktops."