• 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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    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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    MATE (/ˈmɑːteɪ/) is a desktop environment composed of free and open-source software that runs on Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems such as...
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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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    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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    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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    originally an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment, is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems...
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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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    Lumina Desktop Environment, or simply Lumina, is a plugin-based desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is designed specifically...
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    K Desktop Environment 3 is the third series of releases of the K Desktop Environment (after that called KDE Software Compilation). There are six major...
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    KDE (redirect from K desktop environment)
    wordplay on the existing Common Desktop Environment, available for Unix systems. CDE was an X11-based user environment jointly developed by HP, IBM, and...
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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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  • 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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    SUSE Linux Enterprise. Desktop Linux distributions include a windowing system such as X11 or Wayland and a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE Plasma...
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    Unity is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment originally developed by Canonical Ltd. for its Ubuntu operating system. It debuted in 2010...
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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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    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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  • details for a program in a desktop environment Remote desktop software, software that provides remote access to a computer's desktop Client (computing), sometimes...
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    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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    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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    Ubuntu (redirect from Ubuntu Desktop)
    open-source software. Ubuntu is officially released in multiple editions: Desktop, Server, and Core for Internet of things devices and robots. The operating...
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    (pronounced as four individual letters) is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Xfce aims to be...
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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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    Ambient is a MUI-based desktop environment for MorphOS. Its development was started in 2001 by David Gerber. Its main goals were that it should be fully...
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  • computing, the term remote desktop refers to a software- or operating system feature that allows a personal computer's desktop environment to be run remotely...
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    KDE Plasma (redirect from Plasma Desktop)
    It is designed for desktop PCs and larger laptops. In its default configuration it resembles KDesktop from K Desktop Environment 3, and Microsoft Windows...
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    desktop environment was based upon the Motif look and feel and the old OPEN LOOK desktop environment was considered legacy. CDE unified Unix desktops...
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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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  • most popular environments being the KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce and GNOME. No single official Linux desktop exists: rather desktop environments and Linux distributions...
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