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Enlightenment Foundation Libraries Preview Release

Submitted by Witek Tarchalski 2004-08-01 Desktop environments 84 Comments

The Enlightenment Foundation Libraries are a collection of libraries that make up the foundation of the future enlightenment-0.17 window manager, and of several applications:

IceWM – The Cool Window Manager

Guest post by Rahul Gaitonde 2004-07-22 Desktop environments 67 Comments

IceWM is a lightweight window manager for UNIX-like systems. Although widely used, it is often underrated - there is hardly any IceWM-related content on the Internet. This article is my attempt to share my experiences as a longtime IceWM user. It contains tips and tricks, usage scenarios, and makes use of examples whenever possible to better demonstrate IceWM's features and capabilities. Finally, the article is meant for those with some familiarity with UNIX, but who are new to IceWM.

Waimea Developer Returns From Beyond

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-02 Desktop environments 38 Comments

From Slashdot: Waimea 0.5.0 was released after about a year from the developer disappearing. It turns out he was just working on getting the OpenGL backend for Cairo completed. Waimea is the first window manager that uses Cairo for rendering.

Advanced Window Managers in the UNIX World

Guest post by Martin Stubenschrott 2004-05-06 Desktop environments 72 Comments

In the Unix world of computing, it is possible to exchange your window manager with an advanced one. The window manager's main purpose is to move/resize windows on the screen. These improved window managers differ from the way people are used to interact with windows in the Microsoft Windows world.

XPDE 0.5.0 Released

Submitted by XulChris 2004-03-23 Desktop environments 26 Comments

This is the first release of XPDE with a completely rewritten code base. A screenshot can be seen here. Go at TechDigest to pose your question for an interview with XPDE.

Equinox Desktop Environment 1.0.1 Released

Submitted by Maggot 2004-02-03 Desktop environments 25 Comments

FLTK-based Equinox Desktop Environment (EDE) 1.0.1 is released. Current released features: Small memory footprint; Fast loading, comparing to other window managers; Theme support; Window decorations support; Xft support (text anti-aliasing support); Wallpaper support (support for may image formats); Taskbar with configurable menu, cpu status, easy keyboard type switching; Localisation support; Graphical front-end for: xscreensaver configuration, software installation (.rpm, .deb, .tgz), time and time-zone configuration fast file and directory finder.

AfterStep 2.0 beta 3 released

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-24 Desktop environments 4 Comments

This AfterStep release fixes numerous bugs and cleans up build system. In addition new WinTabs module had been added, althou it still remains undocumented and experimetal, but in future it will allow combining similar applications, such as text editors, terms, etc, into single window with tabs.

Enlightenment 0.16.6 Released; Becomes freedesktop.org Compliant

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-07 Desktop environments 25 Comments

The latest installment of the DR16 series, Enlightenment version 0.16.6 has been released. Significant new features in this version include full support for the freedesktop.org Extended Window Manager Hints (EMWH) Specifications. This means that E now works excellently with both KDE 3.x and Gnome 2.x desktops and their applications. Automatic menu generation updated to work with Gnome 2.x and KDE 3.x menus. Support for software cursors in XFree86 4.3 or higher. Numerous bugfixes including focus issues, Epplets and more.

AfterStep 2.00-beta2, Cairo 1.5 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-09-29 Desktop environments 26 Comments

AfterStep is an X window manager which started by emulating the NeXTSTEP look and feel and changed along the way. The new version fixes compilation bugs, shaped windows bugs, I18N bugs, move-resize bugs, Pager bugs, and more have been fixed. Mouse cursor changing has been reimplemented in different parts of the window. look.glass has been updated. Desktop session saving and restoring has been implemented. In other X releases, Cairo is an X11 vector graphics library with cross-device output support. Version 1.5 was released today.

Enlightenment DR17 Sees Yet Another Rewrite

Eugenia Loli 2003-09-18 Desktop environments 54 Comments

While DR-16.6-pre7 is out, the much anticipated for years now X desktop environment Enlightenment, sees yet another scrapping of code and rewrite. The team scrapped Ebits and all the applications that depend on it and started development of Edje, its replacement. You can read the rest of the saga here.

AfterStep 2.0 beta1 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-08-13 Desktop environments 22 Comments

After many months of hard work by Sasha, he's happy to announce the birth of AfterStep 2.0 beta to the world, packed with new features and enhancements.

XPde Team Releases XPde 0.4.0

Submitted by José León Serna 2003-08-01 Desktop environments 65 Comments

The XPde Team released XPde 0.4.0, a major upgrade to the XPde desktop environment and window manager. Check out the announcement, view the screenshots or read the detailed ChangeLog. Go to the downloads section to get the binaries and sources.

SGI Indigo Magic Desktop for Linux Beta 1 Available

Submitted by Gil Bates 2003-07-04 Desktop environments 35 Comments

The first beta of SGI Indigo Magic Desktop has been uploaded and is ready for testing. The IMD project reproduces the 4Dwm desktop, as found on SGI's IRIX operating system, running under Linux.

ROX Desktop 2.0 Released

Submitted by Thomas Leonard 2003-06-01 Desktop environments 16 Comments

ROX-Filer 2.0.0 has been released. This is a major upgrade to the core component of the ROX Desktop. Use of ROX is centred around the file system, using the same program and interface to manage both applications and data. Originally based on concepts in RISC OS, ROX takes and extends these GUI ideas and merges them with an underlying Unix or Linux system. The release notes have the full story, and the guided tour and screenshots may be useful for new users.

XPde 0.3.0 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-03-16 Desktop environments 68 Comments

The XPde Team released XPde 0.3.0, a major upgrade to the XPde desktop environment and window manager. Check out the announcement, view the screenshots or read the detailed ChangeLog. Go to the downloads section to get the binaries and sources. Read more for a quick commentary.

XPde 0.2.0 Released

Submitted by FH 2003-02-16 Desktop environments 63 Comments

There is a new version of the X11 desktop environment which emulates Windows, XPde.

SGI Indigo Magic Desktop for Linux Project Needs Betatesters

Submitted by Gil Bates 2003-02-05 Desktop environments 28 Comments

"IMD for Linux (Indigo Magic Desktop) is going much further that those themes that simulate the IRIX look and feel. IMD for Linux has it own window manager that looks, behaves and provides the same features found on an IRIX box. Read more about the recreation of 4dwm desktop environment on Linux and how to beta test for the project.

XFCE 4, E17, Evolution Updates

Eugenia Loli 2003-01-17 Desktop environments 15 Comments

Jasper Huijsmans has been working on a possible replacement for xfbd and xfdeskmenu, both parts of the XFCE desktop environment. Screenshot here. In the meantime, the Enlightenment project posted an update a few days ago. And here are some shots of the Evolution email client running on GTK+ 2.x.

XPde 0.1 Released

Submitted by José León Serna 2002-09-28 Desktop environments 50 Comments

A few months back we reported on XPwm, a window manager and a desktop that emulates the behaviour of Windows XP. Today, the project is renamed to XPde, it has a new release, and it now looks more polished. Read more for the message the developer sent us.

FVWM 2.4.8 Released

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-16 Desktop environments 29 Comments

FVWM, the powerful ICCCM-compliant multiple virtual desktop window manager for the X Window system, released version 2.4.8. Latest alpha release 2.5.2 will support font shadow effects like the ones seen at WindowsXP's title bars.

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