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Lightweight desktop environment, uses Fox multiplatform C++ widget set. [Open Source, LGPL]
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Fox Desktop Environment  The fast and powerful desktop environment. Website News About Download Screenshots FAQ Documentation Projects in FDE Links Contact us Old Website Development Project site Roadmap Mailinglists Forums Browse CVS News 2005-10-19 8212; Artwork online(Jochen) Joshua designed some artworks for the...
http://foxdesktop.sourceforge.net/

Web-based desktop GUI, looks and acts like Windows and Mac OS. Using Flash so users can open a variety of programs and have control over the interface.
http://www.smashplay.com/

Lightweight desktop environment for various Unix systems, easy to use and configure, fast, XFce 3 is based on GTK+. Description, downloads, screenshots, links, credits. [Open Source, GPL]
http://www.xfce.org/

Provides C++/Java application framework.
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SourceForge.net: Alternative Linux Desktop Environment  Provide feedback on this page Recently changed page Site Status SF.net Projects Alternative Linux Desktop Environment Summary Alternative Linux Desktop Environment Stats RSS Summary Admin Home Page Forums Tracker Bugs Support Requests Patches Feature Requests Mail Tasks Docs Screenshots News...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/alde/

Article praises, analyses Red Hat's new user interface in their Linux 8.0. [Linux Review]
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6476

Runs on FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS/Solaris; English, French, German. Description, downloads, CVS, screenshots, bug reports, fora. [Open Source, GPL; SourceForge.net]
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SourceForge.net: Xfce Desktop Environment  Provide feedback on this page Recently changed page Site Status SF.net Projects Xfce Desktop Environment Summary Xfce Desktop Environment Stats RSS Summary Admin Home Page Tracker Tasks Docs Screenshots News Files Sponsored Downloads About Xfce Desktop Environment Xfce is an...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xfce/

Surprisingly large and thorough Graphical User Interface list, with timeline, screenshots, downloads, links. Very useful resource for students of computer interfaces.
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Graphical User Interface Gallery  On these pages you will find many screen shots of various desktop computer Graphical User Interfaces and operating systems. Many different people have had different ideas of how a GUI should work and these screen shots show many of the...
http://toastytech.com/guis/

News of OS, GUI, software, related hardware developments. Updates irregularly, often interesting tidbits.
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Future GUIs  Microsoft thinks you will be in the first half of next year. MS has got the backing from ten hardware companies to pump those tablets out. Netscape 6.2 bonus The latest release of Netscape seems to bring some goodies to...
http://www.futureguis.net/

Compares UI and usability of several desktop environments (DEs) that are widely used, admired, reviled: Windows XP Luna, BeOS 6 (Dano/Zeta), Mac OS X Aqua, Unix KDE and GNOME. Large article with many forum comments. [OSNews.com]
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The Definitive Desktop Environment Comparison OSNews.com  So many operating systems and so many graphical desktop environments This article is a comparison of the UI and usability of several Desktop Environments (DEs that have been widely used, admired and reviled: Windows XP Luna, BeOS 6 (Dano/Zeta Mac...
http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3064

A website dedicated to preserving and showcasing as many Graphical User Interfaces as possible. Lots of screenshots and icons.
http://www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/guidebook

A project whose aim is to provide a Free Software GUI environment for Palmtop/Handheld computers running the GNU/Linux operating system.
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GPE: The GPE Palmtop Environment  Environment provides a user interface environment for palmtop/handheld computers running the GNU/Linux or any other UNIX-like operating system. GPE is not a single piece of software, but an entire environment of components which make it possible to use your GNU/Linux...
http://gpe.handhelds.org/

A desktop environment(XPde) and a window manager(XPwm) for Linux. It tries to make easier for Windows XP users to use a Linux box. Nothing more, no clipboard compatibility between Gtk and Qt applications, no emulation of Windows applications, no unification on the widgets of X applications, just a desktop environment and a window manager. [Open source, GPL]
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xpde desktop environment  If you want to mirror this website, checkout this page. Download Current releaseDevelopment version Information HomeScreenshotsFAQDocumentationAnnouncementsArticlesWho are we? Donate Support this project!List of donorsYou can also donate hardware if you want, you can send it to:José León SernaC/Conde de plasencia,...
http://www.xpde.com/

Main goals of this project are simplicity, speed, minimal memory usage (if possible), good look and fell and stability. That does not mean it will be for 8086. It's FLTK-based.
http://ede.sourceforge.net/

GUI for Unix workstations, now runs on Linux, is Common Desktop Environment (CDE) from The Open Group, based on OpenMotif 2.2.1. Runs on all Accelerated-X brand of X servers, and other X-compliant X servers. [Commercial]
http://www.xig.com/Pages/DeXtop/CDE-GUI.html

A group of projects that are intended to make Unix more powerful and friendly by creating a desktop environment based on plugins.
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http://arm0nia.org/