Linux desktops can be wonderfully flexible, but many still feel built around old habits. You get panels, menus, window buttons, workspaces, and a familiar layout that works well enough. That’s fine ...

The desktop environment determines your day-to-day experience, making it far more important than the distro.

In my many years of using Linux, I've worked with just about every desktop environment ever created for the open-source platform. Some of those desktops are highly customizable, while others are less ...