• programs distributed with some desktop environments for the X Window System. Note that Razor-qt has become LXQt, a port of LXDE to the Qt framework. GNOME's...
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    which was started in 2006. A comparison of X Window System desktop environments demonstrates the differences between environments. GNOME and KDE were usually...
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    The ROX Desktop is a discontinued graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. It is based on the ROX-Filer, a drag and drop spatial file manager...
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    by so many." Comparison of X Window System desktop environments Comparison of X window managers Ubuntu Unity Lomiri, a continuation of Unity 8 Portals:...
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    lightweight desktop environment and spiritual successor to LXDE Xfce – Another lightweight desktop environment built using GTK Comparison of X Window System desktop...
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  • Desktop Window Manager (DWM, previously Desktop Compositing Engine or DCE in builds of pre-reset Windows Longhorn) is the compositing window manager in...
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    /ɛks ɛf siː iː/) is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Xfce aims to be fast and lightweight while...
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    ecosystem. GNOME Foundation Adwaita (design language) KDE Comparison of X Window System desktop environments Portals: Linux Free and open-source software Originally...
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    The desktop metaphor is ubiquitous in modern-day personal computing; it is found in most desktop environments of modern operating systems: Windows as well...
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    An X window manager is a window manager that runs on top of the X Window System, a windowing system mainly used on Unix-like systems. Unlike MacOS Classic...
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    LXQt desktop environments. The demands that a desktop environment places on a system may be seen in a comparison of the minimum system requirements of Ubuntu...
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    will see feature improvements. GNOME Comparison of X Window System desktop environments Default lock screen of Plasma 5 Plasma 5 showing KRunner and...
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    criticised the desktop left and right click menus for having too much complexity. Free and open-source software portal Comparison of X window managers Terminology...
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    sophisticated workstations. Desktop Linux distributions include a windowing system such as X11 or Wayland and a desktop environment such as GNOME, KDE Plasma...
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    interface. Most window managers are designed to help provide a desktop environment. They work in conjunction with the underlying graphical system that provides...
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  • 28%. For desktop computers and laptops, Microsoft Windows has 71%, followed by Apple's macOS at 16%, unknown operating systems at 8%, desktop Linux at...
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  • formerly X Desktop Group (XDG), is a project to work on interoperability and shared base technology for free-software desktop environments for the X Window System...
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    LXQt (redirect from Lubuntu Desktop)
    LXQt is a free and open source lightweight desktop environment. It was formed from the merger of the LXDE and Razor-qt projects. Like its GTK predecessor...
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  • Windows 10 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. Microsoft described Windows 10 as an "operating system as a service"...
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  • computers and embedded systems. Windows CE was a distinctly different kernel, rather than a trimmed-down version of desktop Windows. It is supported on Intel...
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  • remote desktop refers to a software- or operating system feature that allows a personal computer's desktop environment to be run remotely from one system (usually...
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  • desktop wallpaper and single window navigation in Windows Explorer. In 1998, Microsoft released Windows 98, which also included the Windows Desktop Update...
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  • operating system. New features of Windows Vista include a graphical user interface and visual style referred to as Windows Aero; a content index and desktop search...
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    Razor-qt (category Free desktop environments)
    2014-05-07. Free and open-source software portal Comparison of X Window System desktop environments "razor-qt / Code / Commit [r1]". Sourceforge.net....
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    traditional desktop metaphor. The first Xerox Star system (released in 1981) tiled application windows, but allowed dialog boxes and property windows to overlap...
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  • Windows 8.1 is a release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on August 27, 2013, and broadly released...
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  • Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became...
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