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Blackbox 0.70.1 Released

Submitted by cprpop 2005-11-03 Desktop environments 27 Comments

A new release of Blackbox in the latest 0.70 series is now out: 0.70.1 cumulates new features and bugfixes added to CVS over the last 8 months. Read on for a list of the most notable changes.

Using the Fluxbox Window Manager

Submitted by Jophn Deo 2005-09-10 Desktop environments 39 Comments

"If you're planning on using Fluxbox, the key is, like everything in Linux is that you learn a little something and have fun doing it. Experiment with different styles and configuration. That is one of the advantages to this type of window manager - you can make it look like you want."

EDE 1.0.4 Released

Submitted by anonymous 2005-09-01 Desktop environments 51 Comments

EDE 1.0.4 is a new version of EDE (Equinox Desktop Environment) which brings full FreeBSD support, various bugfixes and new features. The Equinox Desktop Environment is a small desktop environment, built to be simple, to have a familiar look and feel and to be reasonably fast.

Review: Enlightenment 17

Thom Holwerda 2005-08-24 Desktop environments 67 Comments

Here is a review of E17. "On the whole, I am very happy with the new Enlightenment. On their homepage, the Enlightenment team states "We believe your desktop should not be an eyesore. It should be functional AND beautiful." They are doing well on both fronts." Screenshots included.

Customizing FVWM

Thom Holwerda 2005-08-08 Desktop environments 29 Comments

FVWM, the F Virtual Windows Manager, is a window manager for computers running the X Window System. While KDE and GNOME offer more features, they are also heavy on memory usage. FVWM is light and fast, and you can customize it to meet your needs.

Elive Beta: Enlightenment Sans Commitment

Submitted by anonymous 2005-07-19 Desktop environments 40 Comments

Elive, the Debian based Enlightenment (16.7 and 17) liveCD project has released version 0.1 for download. See the package and features list for more information. A screenshot tour is also available.

WindowMaker 0.92 Released

Submitted by OpenGLCoder 2005-07-05 Desktop environments 19 Comments

WindowMaker 0.92 has been released. Many bugs have been fixed, among other things. You can download it here.

X Window Manager Benchmarks (E17 on Top)

Guest post by Hisham Mardam Bey 2005-06-09 Desktop environments 125 Comments

After benchmarking an extensive set of Window Managers for X, we have found that Enlightenment DR17 comes out on top in terms of speed. The benchmark was performed on old (FVWM) and new (Metacity, new KDE / KWin) window managers and rated them in terms of window mapping and response time. The bechmark can be found here (both results and source).

Mezzo’s revolutionary desktop environment?

Submitted by Omega 2005-05-16 Desktop environments 25 Comments

Have a look here for an appliance-like desktop environment.

Java Desktop for X v0.5 released

Submitted by Tay Hock Keong 2005-04-13 Desktop environments 6 Comments

JD4X v0.5 now supports both jdk v1.4 or v1.5 (jdk 5). The binary version released is however, compiled for jdk 1.5 (jdk 5).

Blackbox is back

Guest post by Ciprian Popovici 2005-03-07 Desktop environments 45 Comments

People have said many times that Blackbox development, the minimalist window manager for X, was dead. With sometimes as much as two and a half years passing between stable releases, I can see why they'd get such ideas.

New Enlightenment; Rasterman’s Opinions on xdevconf

Guest post by Diego Calleja 2005-02-22 Desktop environments 110 Comments

Rasterman talks about other's opinions. As he says, E17 has several of the tecnoologies gnome and others are searching. He adds two videos as a proof with animate backgrounds and other things.Perhaps it's time for the linux desktop world to stop reinventing the wheel and collaborate one with each other. Gnome has things like accesibility and lots of apps, enlightenment has a very powerful rendering engine. It'd be a shame to see people reinventing the wheel.

Flush and the FVWM

Guest post by Tavis Ormandy 2005-02-21 Desktop environments 57 Comments

I'd like to announce my new project, flush. Flush is a shell with a difference, you'll be able to execute simple commands like mv and rm, but there will be no support for scripting constructs, pipelines, globbing or substitution.

EDE 1.0.2 Released

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-04 Desktop environments 33 Comments

The EDE Team presents version 1.0.2 of the Equinox Desktop Environment and version 2.0.4 of the Extended Fast Light Toolkit (eFLTK).

Matchbox 0.9 Released

Submitted by Matthew Allum 2005-01-04 Desktop environments 10 Comments

Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited. Version 0.9 was released today.

Java Desktop for X

Submitted by Tay Hock Keong 2004-11-29 Desktop environments 20 Comments

Want to try a real Java + Linux based desktop? JD4X and ZerahStar are joining efforts to produce a next generation desktop. It is still in very early stages of development but worth the try.

Window Maker 0.90.0 released

Submitted by Gürkan Sengün 2004-10-23 Desktop environments 25 Comments

Window Maker, a window manager for X11 which mimics NEXTSTEP as close as possible, was released today. The most important news are antialiased fonts, UTF-8 support, font configuration in WPrefs, xinerama support, NetWM support (allows running well with GNOME 2.x, KDE 3.x) etc.

AfterStep 2.0 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-28 Desktop environments 47 Comments

AfterStep is a Window Manager for X which started by emulating the NeXTSTEP look and feel, but which has been significantly altered according to the requests of various users. This release has improved stability and speed, an Ident module, updated docs, and added menu keyboard shortcuts. Wharf animation has been fixed, and there are many other bugfixes.

XPDE 0.5.1 Released

Submitted by Christopher Stone 2004-08-23 Desktop environments 51 Comments

The XPde Team released XPde 0.5.1, the release that includes a Start Menu and fixes.

FVWM – Still Alive and Well

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-02 Desktop environments 13 Comments

DistroWatch has a quick write up on the current status of FVWM, an old favorite.

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