Often normal PC user think Linux is too greeky and the command prompt terminal is too dull to be a working environment. While cool desktop only can be found on Mac and Vista OS. But you are wrong!

Below the 10 pretty Linux desktop recommended on Digg, if I didn’t tell you, you might not even notice it is running on Linux! Especially, with the effect of Compiz Fusion, you now can achieve more amazing visual effects than Vista and Mac OS X!

• gnome：2，3，9
• e17：4，6
• pekwm：5
• fluxbox：8
• Not sure: 1, 7, 10

So, which one you prefer the most?

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Top 10 Pretty Linux Desktop

Saw this trick on downloadsquad.com, so share this tips here on how to reset your forgotten password.

1. In GRUB message, press the escape key.
2. Select the one with the recovery mode
3. Boot up in shell until you reach the command prompt. Type in "passwd username" where username is your account username. (typing "ls /home" to bring it up)
4. Enter your new password. Confirm your password again.
5. Type "shutdown -r now" to reboot your system.

Ubuntu announced the roadmap for the upcoming OS today. Mark Shuttleworth has mentioned the arrangement for Ubuntu till 11.04 in the year 2011. After Ubuntu 8.04, the upcoming LTS will be 10.04 and will be supported up to year 2015.

Ubuntu 11.04 seems to be very far from now. I’m more expecting Ubuntu 8.10, it was mentioned by Ubuntu developer saying that it will be major appearance changes and great performance on network.

In Linux and Unix, users only allow to access files/folders with their permission only. However, under a superuser named root, users are able to have the privileges to all the administration work.

su root

su stands for Switch User. To access other users, just use their username instead of "root".

What Ubuntu different from other Linux distro is it includes sudo command. It will assign users for temporary root-level privileges. So, to execute your command in terminal under root-level privileges is simple, just add "sudo" before your command. Please note that the password require is user password and not the root password.

userA@machineA:~$ sudo vi /etc/testing.conf

"sudo -s" is equivalent to "su"

You do not have to worry when running GUI programs that require for root privileges as it will prompt for a password automatically.

For those used to Windows system, you might find Linux folder system is totally a confusion for you. Folders name such as /bin, /etc, /media really didn’t clear indicate the purpose. And most of the time you don’t know how to get back to the original path.

Here is a picture clearly illustrate how Linux folder system really works. Hope this really give you a clear picture. Basically, I normally mess around in /mnt, /etc, /dev and /home.