Turn the Back of Your Monitor Into a Workspace Utility Belt. You've missed the absolute no.1 best space saver, here: If you're using a desktop PC, and your monitor stand isn't one of those stupidly deeply-sloped ones like on the iMac... Put the desktop sideways on the desk itself, and put the monitor in front of it. Frees up an absolute ton of space - particularly if you have a slightly bulky tower case, and are using a desk that hails from the days of chubby pizza-box cases and CRT monitors, so it's deep but doesn't really have anywhere for a tower to be slung underneath. Means you have nice easy access to the DVD drive, USB ports (both front AND back), etc.
Plus, with a sufficiently large case and/or small enough printer/scanner/all-in-one, you can put that on top of it and free up even more desk space... for... like... I dunno. What else do you want to put on your work desk that means you need space behind the monitor anyway? WindowPad Uses Your Number Pad to Snap Windows to the Screen Edge. Turn an Old Computer into a Networked Backup, Streaming, or Torrenting Machine with FreeNAS. The Best Twitter Client for Linux. PlayOnLinux Installs Windows Games and Programs on Linux Hassle-Free. Depends on the game. Some games run about the same speed in both, some are noticeably slower, and sometimes a game will be faster in wine.
Depends on the game, what features it uses, and how it's made. Console-to-PC ports, which often have problems even on Windows, tend to run like crap in wine. DX10 and DX11 implementations are incomplete, so you won't have access to any of the nice features there. Older games are often better-supported in wine than in windows itself because you can set wine to pretend to be windows 98, which makes things like Thief, Undying, and System Shock 2, which don't run properly in XP or 7, install and play properly. I know that's not a simple, clear answer, but that's because the question is too general to give a better answer. Even if there is a performance hit, it's not normally enough to be worth rebooting for me, especially when wine has some nice tricks Windows doesn't. Turn an Old Computer into a Networked Backup, Streaming, or Torrenting Machine with Ubuntu. The Best Alternative File Browser for Linux.
You won't find a commander-like interface here, nor will you find a built-in terminal, but it's a very solid file manager nonetheless. This stuff, along with some other nice features, is hidden by default in Dolphin to keep it clean for new users, but KDE isn't GNOME - advanced features are generally hidden, not removed. There is a toolbar button that says "split" (also enabled by F3), and pressing F4 opens an embedded terminal. Shfit-F4 opens a terminal as a new window. There's also a filter bar (ctrl+i) that's extremely useful. Everything can be resized or rearranged in the window so it looks and acts like you want it to, including always showing the terminal or hiding some of the extra information.
Sorry if I sound like a jerk about it, but this stuff isn't exactly hard to find, and I expect better from LH (and you, Whitson) than to just look at a program on first start and decide it has no features. Linux Tips News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker. Linux App Directory News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker.