Install GNOME Tweaks and Extension Manager. Set up .themes and .icons folders to store custom themes and icons for GNOME ...

We talk a lot about switching from Windows 11 to Linux for a variety of reasons, and like many of my colleagues, I'm also on board with that sentiment. But moving to a completely new operating system ...

The past couple months, I've been showing how to create your very own customized Ubuntu live CD. In “Customizing Linux Live CDs, Part I” (LJ, May 2008), I provided a basic procedure for mounting an ...

Customizability has always been one of Linux’s best defining features, and the newly released Ubuntu Linux 12.04 “Precise Pangolin” is no exception. I’ve already written about a few different ways to ...

Unlike Windows and OS X, Linux allows you to fully customize not only the look and feel of your desktop, but also its functionality and settings, thanks to a host of desktop environments it offers.