The default email client that comes bundled with Ubuntu is Evolution. Make no mistake, this is a really good email client (arguably just as good as Mozilla Thunderbird that also runs under Ubuntu easily). Setting up an IMAP-enabled Gmail account in Evolution is fairly straightforward as long as you know where to enter in the SSL stuff and other odds and ends....

Two web sites that are all about eye candy for for Linux are KDE-Look and GNOME-Look. You get your pick of the litter when it comes to.. well.. everything in a desktop environment using Linux. Wallpapers, themes, styles, window decorations, icons, cliparts, system sounds, splash screens, bootsplash, VLC themes, Xine themes.. the list goes on and on and on. So if...

A primer: In Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X you only know of one desktop environment – that being the one provided to you by the OS. Yes you can change around the colors, move things and so on, but the fact of the matter is that you’re only given one choice for window management, theirs. A GNU/Linux distribution isn’t limited to just one...