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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window list menu. Can change colours. Free and open-source software portal Comparison of X Window System desktop environments Window manager List of Wayland...
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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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Unity (user interface) (redirect from Unity (desktop environment))
derision heaped upon it by so many." Comparison of X Window System desktop environments Comparison of X window managers Ubuntu Unity Portals: Free and...
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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 which is a drag and drop spatial...
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LXDE (redirect from Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment)
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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for Windows 8 Comparison of X Window System desktop environments Desktop environment History of the graphical user interface Microsoft Bob Removal of Internet...
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Xfce (redirect from Cholesterol Free Desktop Environment)
/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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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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GNOME (redirect from Gnome desktop environment)
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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administration, and user environments UnixWare UnixWare 2.x, based on AT&T System V Release 4.2MP UnixWare 7, UnixWare 2 kernel plus parts of 3.2v5 (UnixWare 2...
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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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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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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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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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KDE Plasma 5 (redirect from KDE Plasma Desktop)
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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sales than the popular desktop operating system Microsoft Windows, and smartphone use (even without tablets) outnumbers desktop use. Mobile devices, with...
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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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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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Freedesktop.org (redirect from X Desktop Group)
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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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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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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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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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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distribution – although non-WYSIWYG systems such as TeX and LaTeX are also used, especially in scientific publishing. Originally, desktop publishing methods provided...
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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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Windows Server 2016 is the eleventh major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server brand...
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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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computer. Systems that support the X Window System, typically Unix-based ones, have this ability "built in". Windows versions starting from Windows 2000 have...
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