Neowin's 2026 GNU/Linux Desktop Thread

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Welcome to the 2026 GNU/Linux Desktops Thread

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- Embedded images should be smaller than or equal to 1440x900 (preferably 1024x768).
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- If you are going to quote, there isn't a need to quote an img-embeded picture - Just don't do it. Please just reference the post by page number/page link/etc.
- The desktops thread is not to be used as a means to post images of a pornographic or otherwise provocative nature. We do not support a babes forum and neither will we in an unofficial capacity. Please help to keep the thread relevant and safe to browse for everyone.
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- In the interests of keeping the thread on topic it is strongly urged that you format your posts in the following order:

Themes: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice).
Wallpaper: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice).
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Programs: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice).

For finding mystery wallpapers, consider using Google Images Reverse Search or Tineye.

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On 08/02/2026 at 09:43, Mindovermaster said:

Never used Cosmic before, but looks good. :) 

it's great - not without it's faults,  but it will only get better from here.  

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Time for me to chime in after 25 years of running Neowin 😛 

Screenshot from 2026-02-08 17-28-40.png

This is my test rig: TITAN, that I've used to test SSDs, memory, GPUs and most recently GeForce NOW on Linux with which NVIDIA gifted an Ultimate subscription 😎

Edit: Forgot to mention this is Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

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After switching over to Linux two months ago, this is my desktop on Fedora Kinoite:

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  • Background - I randomly found this online a very long time ago and have used it ever since
  • The Konsole theme is Edna-Light, found in the built in theme browser
  • A few of the pinned icons were customised with the KDE Menu editor
  • I'm using the KWin Script: Remember Window Positions which essentially does as the title says, remembers the position of the window when you close / open an application 

Other than that its a pretty much stock KDE setup, the defaults seemed pretty nice to me :)

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On 07/03/2026 at 16:15, InsaneNutter said:

After switching over to Linux two months ago, this is my desktop on Fedora Kinoite:

Screenshot_20260307_214212.thumb.png.103361de7268b88976d2814a976314a2.png

  • Background - I randomly found this online a very long time ago and have used it ever since
  • The Konsole theme is Edna-Light, found in the built in theme browser
  • A few of the pinned icons were customised with the KDE Menu editor
  • I'm using the KWin Script: Remember Window Positions which essentially does as the title says, remembers the position of the window when you close / open an application 

Other than that its a pretty much stock KDE setup, the defaults seemed pretty nice to me :)

Ditto. Default is good enough. :) 

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (6C12T @ 3.9Ghz /5.2Ghz)//AsRock B650E Steel Legend//32GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5//500GB Seagate Firecuda 530 NVME/16TB Seagate Exos X18 HDD//SuperFlower Leadex 3 750w//Montech Air 903 Max//Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE      

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On 04/04/2026 at 10:21, remixedcat said:

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (6C12T @ 3.9Ghz /5.2Ghz)//AsRock B650E Steel Legend//32GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5//500GB Seagate Firecuda 530 NVME/16TB Seagate Exos X18 HDD//SuperFlower Leadex 3 750w//Montech Air 903 Max//Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE      

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That looks killer, Remixed! :) 

Same CPU, yay! 😛

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