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A full review of Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon.

A full review of Linux Mint 13, including a gallery of images.

A full review of Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin).

Add MyUnity to your Ubuntu Linux system.

Get software for your Ubuntu system that is not included in Ubuntu itself.

Enhance your Ubuntu system configuration controls with Ubuntu Tweak

Here's a quick way to upgrade to Ubuntu Linux 12.04.

When it comes to Linux distributions, it’s truly different strokes for different folks. Some folks want software that is truly free, meaning that they can do with it as they please. That’s where distros like Trisquel come in. Trisquel is based on Ubuntu, but it provides only free software. You will not find proprietary software included with it.

A look at the new features in Fedora 17, including some screenshots.

A full review of Siduction 11.1.

A full review of the Linux Mint 12 MATE desktop (a fork of GNOME2), including a gallery of images.

A full review of Linux Mint 12, including a gallery of images. The moment so many have waited for is finally here. Linux Mint 12 has been released! This update to Linux Mint has had many people on edge since it marks the move from the older version of GNOME to GNOME 3.2. GNOME 3.2, as you might already know, has had many detractors. Linux Mint users have wondered how on earth such a popular distribution would make a transition to such a reviled and hated desktop interface.

A full review of openSUSE 12.1, including a gallery of images.

A sneak peek at Linux Mint 12. Is Ubuntu doomed?

A full review of Kubuntu 11.10, including a gallery of images.

A full review of Ubuntu 11.10, including a gallery of images.

A quick look at Bodhi Linux 1.2, including a gallery of images.

Linux isn't happy with GNOME 3 and wants a fork of GNOME. Linus has shared this thoughts about GNOME 3 in a Google Plus thread and he’s not happy with it. At all. He’s using Xfce instead, and I really can’t blame him. I wasn’t impressed with GNOME 3 either. It probably should not have been released in its current form. I would not use it and I used to be a big GNOME fan. Here are the text of his messages, and here’s a link to the Google Plus thread they came from.

Mandriva had been around a long time and is a popular desktop distribution. I was intrigued to find that Mandriva now has a fork called Mageia. The first release of Mageia came out recently and I finally found some time to sit down and give it a go. Mageia was created by former Mandriva contributors. For more background, be sure to read the original announcement about Mageia.

Distrohopping can be fun, but there's a downside to everything. I’ve been a distrohopper for as long as I can remember. What is a distrohopper you might be wondering? Well it’s a guy or gal who loves using different desktop distros and who frequently hops from one to another. I wrote a column about the Psychology of a Distrohopper a while back that explores what exactly goes on in the minds of distrohoppers.