Anjal: GNOME's Evolution for Netbooks
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published February 09, 2010
Anjal, a light interface for GNOME mail reader Evolution, demonstrates how netbooks are affecting open source software.
Tags: Linux, Gnome, Linux desktop, netbooks, netbook

KDE vs. GNOME: Email Readers
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published January 19, 2010
A feature-by-feature comparison between the KDE and GNOME email readers, concluding with an opinion about which is best.
Tags: Gnome, KDE, email, evolution, kmail

KDE vs. GNOME: Photo and Music Management
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published January 12, 2010
The differences between KDE and GNOME in photo and music apps reveals key trends in Linux desktop development.
Tags: open source, Gnome, KDE, Linux desktop

How Will Users React to GNOME 3.0?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published September 29, 2009
With KDE for comparison, GNOME now faces a serious challenge.
Tags: search, desktop, Gnome, KDE, Linux desktop

GNOME and KDE: In Search of the Perfect Menu
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published September 21, 2009
GNOME and KDE both offer beginners a classic menu, yet the two desktops take different paths from there.
Tags: open source, Gnome, KDE, Linux desktop

Will Geolocation Find a Home on Linux Desktops?
By Bruce Byfield | Features Article Published August 04, 2009
The capability to detect and record your location is already starting to arrive in GNOME and KDE. But these early implementations are just a hint of what geolocation will soon provide.
Tags: Google, Gnome, KDE, GNU/Linux desktop, geolocation

GNOME, KDE, and Xfce: Which Desktop is Right for You?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published July 28, 2009
Regardless of which of the most popular Linux desktops you settle on -- GNOME, KDE, and Xfce -- the choice is too personal to trust to endorsements.
Tags: Linux, Gnome, KDE, xfce, Linux desktop

GNOME Developer Talks About GNOME Do
By Paul Ferrill | Open Source Article Published July 21, 2009
GNOME developer David Siegel launched GNOME Do as a senior thesis.
Tags: Linux, open source, programming, Gnome

Richard Stallman, Leadership, and Sexism
By Bruce Byfield | Features Article Published July 20, 2009
What happened at a recent desktop conference points out unresolved issues in the free software community about leadership and sexism -- issues that many prefer to remain silent about rather than confront.
Tags: software, Gnome, KDE, Stallman, FOSS

Google Chrome OS and the Open Source Desktop
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published July 13, 2009
Given the sharing between the major free desktops like KDE and GNOME, any promising ideas in Chrome OS will also be borrowed by the major desktops.
Tags: Google, Microsoft, Linux, Gnome, KDE

KDE's Kontact vs. GNOME's Evolution: Best Personal Info Manager?
By Bruce Byfield | Features Article Published June 29, 2009
An expert Linux user compares two open source personal contact managers and decides on his personal favorite.
Tags: Firefox, desktop, Gnome, Linux desktop

Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published June 21, 2009
With KDE and GNOME innovating furiously, the open source desktop is still driven by developers working on what interests them – to the confusion of many users.
Tags: social networking, Gnome, KDE, Ubuntu, Linux desktop

Striking the Right Gnote
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published May 27, 2009
Because the open source Gnote is coded in Mono, some see it as controversial. It this much ado about nothing?
Tags: Novell, developer, programming, Gnome

Why I Switched from GNOME to KDE
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published May 14, 2009
The two desktops are remarkably similar, but for now KDE is closer to where more of the action is.
Tags: Linux, desktop, Gnome, KDE

Can GNOME Regain the Evolutionary Advantage over KDE?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published April 16, 2009
Perhaps feeling the pressure as KDE 4 gains acceptance, GNOME seems to have been panicked into a hasty decision. But what if no one wants to share its new, apparently radical vision?
Tags: software, Gnome, KDE, Canonical

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Planning to Overtake Apple
By Bruce Byfield | Features Article Published April 06, 2009
In a candid interview, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth says that Free software must be transformed from “something of the ugly duckling of the software world to the powerful swan that it really is." His goal: to have Ubuntu leading desktop innovation by October 2010.
Tags: Gnome, KDE, Ubuntu, Linux desktop

GNOME vs. KDE: Which Has the Evolutionary Advantage?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published March 29, 2009
Not whether KDE or GNOME is “better,” but which Linux desktop development approach will be most successful in the next few years.
Tags: Linux, software, desktop, Gnome, KDE

Xfce Linux Desktop: Better Than KDE or GNOME?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published March 10, 2009
The new release, Xfce 4.6, demonstrates still more improvements in usability.
Tags: services, desktop, Gnome, KDE, xfce

Torvalds, KDE 4, and the Media Circus
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published January 26, 2009
Linus Torvalds’ recent comments ignited afresh the GNOME and KDE flame wars, yet partisans on both sides are missing something crucial.
Tags: desktop, Gnome, KDE, Linux desktop, Torvalds

KDE and GNOME Users: Different Download Habits
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published October 09, 2008
The lists of most frequently downloaded software for these two GNU/Linux desktops reveal key differences between them.
Tags: Linux, desktop, Gnome, KDE