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- Alternative
Linux Desktop Environment
Provides C++/Java application framework.
- DesktopX
Extends Windows desktop to support true objects
(can be anything) instead of passive icons,
use one by one, or mix together to form themes;
build your own desktop interface, even if
not a programmer. [Stardock Corporation, Inc.]
- DeXtop
GUI for Unix workstations, now runs on Linux,
is Common Desktop Environment (CDE) from The
Open Group, based on OpenMotif 2.2.1. Runs
on all Accelerated-X brand of X servers, and
other X-compliant X servers. [Commercial]
- EDE
- Equinox Desktop Environment
Main goals of this project are simplicity,
speed, minimal memory usage (if possible),
good look and fell and stability. That does
not mean it will be for 8086. It's FLTK-based.
- ESSoft
Was EdSoft. Makes software in C/C++, BASIC,
Visual Basic, for DOS on bare x86, Windows
(Win32), GNU/Linux. Much of it is free GNU
GPL. Main product is ESSoft-GUI a DOS GUI
with some applications. Also education and
game programs.
- foXdesktop
Lightweight desktop environment, uses Fox
multiplatform C++ widget set. [Open Source,
LGPL]
- Future
GUIs
News of OS, GUI, software, related hardware
developments. Updates irregularly, often interesting
tidbits.
- The
GPE Palmtop Environment
A project whose aim is to provide a Free Software
GUI environment for Palmtop/Handheld computers
running the GNU/Linux operating system.
- The
GUI Gallery
Surprisingly large and thorough Graphical
User Interface list, with timeline, screenshots,
downloads, links. Very useful resource for
students of computer interfaces.
- GUIdebook
A website dedicated to preserving and showcasing
as many Graphical User Interfaces as possible.
Lots of screenshots and icons.
- Smashplay
Web-based desktop GUI, looks and acts like
Windows and Mac OS. Using Flash so users can
open a variety of programs and have control
over the interface.
- XFce
Lightweight desktop environment for various
Unix systems, easy to use and configure, fast,
XFce 3 is based on GTK+. Description, downloads,
screenshots, links, credits. [Open Source,
GPL]
- Xfce
Desktop Environment
Runs on FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS/Solaris; English,
French, German. Description, downloads, CVS,
screenshots, bug reports, fora. [Open Source,
GPL; SourceForge.net]
- XPde
A desktop environment(XPde) and a window manager(XPwm)
for Linux. It tries to make easier for Windows
XP users to use a Linux box. Nothing more,
no clipboard compatibility between Gtk and
Qt applications, no emulation of Windows applications,
no unification on the widgets of X applications,
just a desktop environment and a window manager.
[Open source, GPL]
- The
Definitive Desktop Environment Comparison
Compares UI and usability of several desktop
environments (DEs) that are widely used, admired,
reviled: Windows XP Luna, BeOS 6 (Dano/Zeta),
Mac OS X Aqua, Unix KDE and GNOME. Large article
with many forum comments. [OSNews.com] (March
17, 2003)
- Hooray
for Bluecurve
Article praises, analyses Red Hat's new user
interface in their Linux 8.0. [Linux Review]
(December 3, 2002)
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