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GNOME 3 and Unity Alternatives: Cinnamon vs. Mate By Bruce Byfield | Article Published April 16, 2013 Looking for the GNOME 2 experience? Linux Mint is the obvious choice. But how do its two desktops--Cinnamon and Mate--compare? Tags: open source, Linux, Gnome, Linux Mint, desktop, Unity, Cinnamon, MATE GNOME or KDE? The Old Question Is New Today By Bruce Byfield | Article Published April 09, 2013 Despite the growing number of choices, the question on the desktop today remains "GNOME or KDE?" Tags: Linux, Gnome, KDE, Linux Mint, desktop, Unity, Cinnamon, MATE 9 Major 2012 Events That Will Influence the Linux Desktop in Coming Years By Bruce Byfield | Article Published December 27, 2012 2012 was a lively year on the Linux Desktop, with the promise of more to come next year. Tags: open source, MySQL, Ubuntu, Linux desktop, Gnome, KDE, tablet, Linux Mint, Calligra, MariaDB Experimentation vs. Tradition: The Future of Innovation on the Linux Desktop By Bruce Byfield | Article Published November 08, 2012 The new diversity of Linux desktop choices could actually hinder innovation. Tags: open source, Linux, Ubuntu, Gnome, KDE, Linux Mint, desktop, Unity The Ripple Effect of Windows 8 By Scott Alan Miller | Article Published October 30, 2012 When our firm's employees found Windows 8 too unwieldy, we transitioned to Linux Mint instead and soon found that we didn't need any Microsoft products at all. Tags: open source, Linux, Microsoft, Windows 8, applications, Office, Linux Mint, desktop, LibreOffice Linux Mint's Mate: GNOME 2 Lives Again By Bruce Byfield | Article Published April 17, 2012 Linux Mint's Mate is the most successful of all the efforts to keep GNOME 2 alive. Tags: open source, Linux, Gnome, Linux Mint Linux Mint vs. Ubuntu: the Best Option? By Matt Hartley | Article Published April 02, 2012 One Linux distribution prizes stability and safety, while the other tends to be ahead of the curve. Tags: open source, Ubuntu, Linux Mint Is Linux Mint a Better Choice than Ubuntu? By Matt Hartley | Article Published July 12, 2011 Could the rapidly growing, user-friendly Linux distro attract converts away from the mighty Ubuntu? Tags: Ubuntu, Gnome, open source software, Linux Mint Linux Distro Switching: Pro vs. Con By Brian Proffitt | Article Published February 26, 2010 Linux users have a habit of changing distros faster than you can say Ubuntu. Does this practice hurt of help Linux's development? Tags: Linux, Ubuntu, distribution, distro, Linux Mint |