 Linux Mint 13 gets back to desktop basicsBucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution. [ComputerWorld]  VIDEO: Do ultrabooks spell end for desktop PC? The rise of powerful, portable laptops and the supposed demise of the bulky computer tower [BBC] VIDEO: Do ultrabooks spell end for desktop PC? The rise of powerful, portable laptops and the supposed demise of the bulky computer tower [BBC News] VirtualBSD 9.0 Released VirtualBSD 9.0 is a desktop-ready FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE built around the XFCE Desktop Environment for good aesthetics and usability, and is distributed as a VMware appliance (that can also be made to work with VirtualBox) so even non techies can be up and running in minutes. The most common (...) [OSNews] VIDEO: Webscape: How to share your desktop How to share your desktop and taxi to the airport. [BBC] VIDEO: Webscape: How to share your desktop How to share your desktop and taxi to the airport. [BBC News] Microsoft Forces OEMs To Lock Devices Into Windows 8 Using UEFI And so the war on general computing continues. Were you looking forward to ARM laptops and maybe even desktops now that Windows 8 will also be released for ARM? I personally was, because I'd much rather have a thin, but fast and economical machine than a beastly Intel PC. Sadly, it turns out (...) [OSNews] Image gallery: Which Linux desktop is for you? The four top Linux distributions -- Fedora, Mint, openSUSE and Ubuntu -- differ widely in their approach to the desktop. We look at all four and figure out which is right for you. [ComputerWorld] Fedora, Mint, openSUSE, Ubuntu: Which Linux desktop is for you? The four top Linux distributions -- Fedora, Mint, openSUSE and Ubuntu -- differ widely in their approach to the desktop. We look at all four and figure out which is right for you. [ComputerWorld] Boxee 1.5 for Desktops Arrives, but the End Is Nigh Boxee released version 1.5 of its free multimedia streaming software for Mac, Windows, and Linux desktops today, but simultaneously announced that it will cease offering the Boxee desktop software after January 2012. Thereafter, the company will limit its focus to devices such as the D-Link (...) [OSNews] Razor-qt is a new Linux desktop alternative Among GNOME 3, Ubuntu Linux's Unity, and Windows 8's Metro, there's no denying that desktop environments have become a hot topic in 2011. More specifically, mobile-inspired interfaces are becoming increasingly commonplace, challenging users to accept a whole new paradigm in the desktop (...) [ComputerWorld] Razor-qt: A Fast Qt Desktop Environment Gtk+ has GNOME on the one hand, and Xfce on the other. Qt, on the other hand, only has KDE - there's no lightweight, less encompassing alternative if KDE doesn't float your boat, but you'd still want a Qt desktop. Luckily for you, there's now Razor-qt, a small, lightweight and simple Qt desktop (...) [OSNews] PC users unlikely to embrace Windows 8 IDC expects Windows 8 upgrades on desktops and laptops to be scarce, saying Microsoft's upcoming operating system will be 'largely irrelevant' to users of traditional PCs. [ComputerWorld] VDIs Compared: Citrix XenDesktop vs. VMware View InfoWorld's Keith Schultz provides an in-depth comparison of enterprise-grade virtual desktop infrastructures from Citrix and VMware. 'As in my comparison of entry-level VDI solutions, my goal was to see what it would take to deploy a complete VDI solution based on Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 and (...) [OSNews] VDI shoot-out: Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 Citrix XenDesktop shines with unmatched flexibility and all the desktop virtualization bells and whistles. Insider (registration required) [ComputerWorld]
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