In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating...
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Operating System Main Interface Components, is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. COSMIC was originally...
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MATE (/ˈmɑːteɪ/ MAH-tay) is a desktop environment composed of free and open-source software that runs on Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems...
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open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, which was originally based on GNOME 3, but follows traditional desktop metaphor...
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independent, free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems that targets the desktop metaphor. Budgie is developed...
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The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is a desktop environment for Unix and OpenVMS, based on the Motif widget toolkit. It was part of the UNIX 98 Workstation...
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The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) is a complete software desktop environment designed for Linux and Unix-like operating systems, intended for computer...
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K Desktop Environment 3 (KDE 3) is the third series of releases of the K Desktop Environment (after that called KDE Software Compilation). It was one of...
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new module, GEM AES (Application Environment Services), provided the window management and UI elements, and GEM Desktop used both libraries in combination...
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K Desktop Environment 1 was the inaugural series of releases of the K Desktop Environment. There were two major releases in this series. The development...
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K Desktop Environment 2 was the second series of releases of the K Desktop Environment. There were three major releases in this series. K Desktop Environment...
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Lumina Desktop Environment, or simply Lumina, is a plugin-based desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It was designed specifically...
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KDE (redirect from K desktop environment)
users. In order to solve the issue, he proposed the creation of a desktop environment in which users could expect the applications to be consistent and...
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A desktop environment is a collection of software designed to give functionality and a certain look and feel to an operating system. This article applies...
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GNOME (redirect from Gnome desktop environment)
GNOME (/ɡəˈnoʊm/, /ˈnoʊm/) is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Many major Linux distributions...
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Sugar is a free and open-source desktop environment designed for interactive learning by children. It was developed by SugarLabs. Developed as part of...
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Linux (redirect from Linux desktop environment)
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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Unity (user interface) (redirect from Unity (desktop environment))
latter was renamed Lomiri in February 2020. Unity7 is the default desktop environment in Ubuntu Unity, an official flavor of Ubuntu since 2022. The maintainers...
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taskbars have no direct counterpart on a real-world desktop, though this may vary by environment and the function provided; for instance, a familiar wall...
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Xfce (redirect from Cholesterol Free Desktop Environment)
four individual letters, /ɛks ɛf siː iː/) is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Xfce aims to be...
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Deepin (redirect from Deepin Desktop Environment)
and Hiweed Linux) is a Linux distribution. It features the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), built on Qt and available for a variety of distributions....
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Java Desktop System, briefly known as OpenSolaris Desktop, is a legacy desktop environment developed first by Sun Microsystems and then by Oracle Corporation...
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Desktop virtualization is a software technology that separates the desktop environment and associated application software from the physical client device...
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KDE Plasma (redirect from Plasma Desktop)
SuperKaramba widget engine, which formed the Desktop in earlier KDE releases. They are bundled as the default environment with a number of free software operating...
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Graphical user interface (redirect from Desktop (computing))
modeled through a desktop metaphor to produce a simulation called a desktop environment in which the display represents a desktop, on which documents...
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LXDE (redirect from Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment)
LXDE (abbreviation for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) is a free desktop environment with comparatively low resource requirements. This makes it especially...
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A web desktop or webtop is a desktop environment embedded in a web browser or similar client application. A webtop integrates web applications, web services...
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Visual User Environment (VUE or HP VUE) is a discontinued desktop environment developed by Hewlett-Packard, intended for use on Unix workstations. VUE...
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paradigm, to describe ways in which the virtual space of a computer's desktop environment is expanded beyond the physical limits of the screen's display area...
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older desktop environments such as the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), but also to the K Desktop Environment (KDE). Each desktop environment was built-upon...
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