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Makulu Aero Edition comes with a Windows like theme but the Windows theme isn't the most interesting thing about Makulu. No, It is definitely the choice of pre-installed software including Opera, Popcorn Time and Mega Sync.

Chakra does really fall into the pool of distros that is suitable for the Everyday User but I decided to give it a go anyway after receiving a request. As well as being my first review of Chakra this is also my first review of KDE Plasma.

It is over 2 years (almost 3) since I last reviewed Linux Lite. Linux Lite is a lightweight distribution built for ease of use. It uses the XFCE desktop environment and is based on Ubuntu LTS. The best features are the Lite Installer and the Control Centre. It competes in the same space and Linux Mint XFCE or MATE, Xubuntu, SolydXK, Zorin Lite etc.

This guide shows how to install Skype using Ubuntu. The Software Centre doesn't show it but the package is there and ready to be installed from the repositories. This guide shows how.

Ubuntu 15.10 was released without a huge fanfare and for Ubuntu 14.04 users there is no real requirement to upgrade. In this review I have documented the one frustration that has bothered me about Ubuntu for so many years, the Ubuntu Software Centre. Why is nothing being done to fix it?

Windows 10 has been out for a while now and as I have a track record for writing dual boot guides I thought it was about time I created a Windows 10 and Ubuntu dual boot guide.

This guide focuses on computers with a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) over a standard Basic Input Output System (BIOS). Another guide will be coming out shortly to cover the BIOS version.

This is a step by step guide showing how to install Ubuntu on Windows 10 using Virtualbox, including the Guest Additions.

Here is a review of CentOS linux not as a server operating system but as a desktop operating system. How does it fare when compared to other favourites such as openSUSE and Fedora.

This guide lists 8 Linux distributions designed to look like Windows, Android, ChromeOS and OSX. It includes Chromixium, Q4OS, Zorin and MacPup.

In this article I have listed the best and worst Linux email clients. What makes a good email client? It needs to be easy to set up, be fully featured, be easy to use and provide better performance than the webmail equivalents.

Q4OS is a distribution that I knew little about before I tried it. It uses the Trinity desktop environment which gives it an old school look and feel. It also has a striking resemblence to older versions of Windows which for Windows XP and Vista users is going to be very inviting.

With the release of Windows 10 there have been a number of articles and podcasts discussing the issue as to what effect this will have on Linux. So has the release of Windows 10 had an adverse effect on Linux? I don't really think so and this article says why.

After watching a Youtube video released this week highlighting 5 reasons not to use Linux I decided to write the rebuttal. Roll your sleeves up, we are in for the too many distros debate again.

My favourite hobby is retrogaming. I love playing old video games and I have a collection containing the best consoles and computers ever made. It has taken a while for Linux to come to the party with regards to gaming and the repositories are full of the worst clones ever developed.

My last review of Mageia was given the title "gone in 60 seconds" partly because that is as much time as I was prepared to give it. This time things went so much better although for a brief period I was left in complete silence

Elementary OS is a really good Linux distribution for those people who don't want to learn about the command line and have no interest in customising their user experience. If you just want to use your computer to play games, listen to music and do basic things then this might be the one for you.

This guide provides a list of 5 useful tricks you will be glad you knew about before installing Android x86 within Virtualbox. Screen rotation for instance is a royal nuisance.

In this review of Android x86 I have tried to work out whether Android really can ever work on a normal laptop. Whilst largely frustrating I did get some positive results in the end.

Microsoft dangled a big juicy orange carrot in front of the noses of Windows XP users. That carrot was the "Insider Program" for Windows 10. Help test our software and you get a free upgrade. Except that you don't. Feel scammed? Try Linux.

Which type of desktop environment do you prefer? Modern desktops with dash style interfaces and lots of keyboard shortcuts, traditional desktops like Cinnamon with menus and panels or customisable desktops such as XFCE and LXDE?