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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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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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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System Main Interface Components is an alpha free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Originally a modified...
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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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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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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)
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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Unity (user interface) (redirect from Unity (desktop environment))
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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Linux (redirect from Linux desktop environment)
SUSE Linux Enterprise. 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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Desktop virtualization is a software technology that separates the desktop environment and associated application software from the physical client device...
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Xfce (redirect from Cholesterol Free Desktop Environment)
(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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MorphOS (redirect from Ambient_(desktop_environment))
and hosts the A/Box currently Ambient is the build-in MUI-based desktop environment for MorphOS, the development was started in 2001 by David Gerber...
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Linux range of use (redirect from Linux desktop environments)
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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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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Looking Glass is a desktop environment for computers running the UNIX operating system. Developed by Visix Software, it was sold commercially until Visix...
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Oracle Solaris (redirect from Solaris Operating Environment)
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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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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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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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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