Since 17.10 Ubuntu pairs animal codenames with matching default wallpapers. Wallpapers favor geometric, glowing, and semi-realistic styles; my favorites include Lobster, Minotaur, Groovy Gorilla.

Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu distribution of Linux, has unveiled the final wallpapers that will be included in the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" release in October. As a ...

Not quite ready to jump into the Ubuntu 9.10 beta? Want to see what its subtly revised icons, themes, and wallpapers look like? Being an open-source project, you can grab pretty much everything right ...

Are you bored with the look of your desktop? Are the wallpapers that come with your distro enough for you? WallpaperDownloader is a graphical application that will help you customize your desktop and ...

If you’re using the Unity 7 desktop—now Unity 7.4—you’ll have a better experience than ever before. Those controversial online search results—which some people called “spyware”—are now disabled by ...

Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix arrived just in time for the holidays. Its first stable version, released on Dec. 4, is based on Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine. It utilizes Linux Mint’s Cinnamon desktop environment ...

Ubuntu Cinnamon is a brand new “remix” project that incorporates the Cinnamon Desktop Environment into Ubuntu. It’s not an official “flavor” of Ubuntu, but the developers are hoping that — like Ubuntu ...

Tired of Windows? Sick of paying big money for Macs? Want a better, more secure desktop? Give Linux a try. Read now Ubuntu is an important operating system on everything from telecom's 5G clouds to ...

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: ...