There are some other benefits to using an OS within a VM, like having a virtual drive that grows and shrinks based on what you need. If I need a bit more oomph, I can reconfigure my VM with more RAM ...

Linux is used everywhere, from supercomputers to servers and on Internet of Things (IoT) devices and the cloud. The one place where Linux isn't everywhere is the desktop -- and that's in no small part ...

There are more interesting Linux desktop distributions to choose from than ever before. However, if you’re looking for major distros with a great deal of support, you’ll want to look at the big four: ...

Over on Flickr, fosco_ submitted this simple Ubuntu desktop, with just a few things tweaked for a cleaner experience. Like we’ve said, sometimes less is more, and this desktop makes good use of a few ...

Installing Ubuntu 16.04 as a virtual machine (VM) on ESXi is a relatively simple process, provided you know how to work around some of the "gothcas" that can complicate the process. In this article, I ...

If you use Ubuntu, you’re almost certainly familiar with GNOME, the default desktop environment that comes with it. Unity is still based on GNOME, so it won’t affect the use of any GNOME-based ...

Canonical has kept a promise it made in February this year and has made public some of the telemetry it gathered from Ubuntu Desktop users in the past three months. The data was gathered using the ...