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CDE - Common Desktop Environment

CDE - Common Desktop Environment

The Common Desktop Environment, the classic UNIX desktop

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The Common Desktop Environment was created by a collaboration of Sun, HP, IBM, DEC, SCO, Fujitsu and Hitachi. Used on a selection of commercial UNIXs, it is now available as open-source software for the first time.

For support, see: https://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/Home/

Features

  • X11 Desktop Environment

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2 - More Applications 4 - The Style Manager 5 - The File Manager 6 - Just Another Window Manager 3 - Help Systems 1 - Applications

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Desktop Environment, Window Managers

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GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)

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  • etdt-svp Edited 2022-08-25
    Very good spirit to maintain this desktop environment and it must be quite a huge work. It's not difficult to add apps to the apps manager but a bit difficult to link icons to them. An occasion to look at MWM and related projects (EMWM), Xresources and read man pages also. So it's really unix ! Well a bit of nostalgia and it made me rediscover old X tools like xclipboard.
  • runlevel5 Posted 2022-08-24
    When I was young, I could not afford any commercial UNIX workstation running CDE. I used to dream about CDE while typing away on MS Word on Windows 3.11. It's amazing to see how much desktop scene has evolved and CDE has aged quite well
  • nutyx Edited 2022-01-18
    Please keep going. Good job. I propose an Common Desktop Environment ISO for tests.
  • rhubarb-geek-nz Posted 2021-05-21
    Really good to see CDE still working. My Raspberry Pi now looks just like an old HP 9000 or RS/6000. Excellent.
  • aak1978 Edited 2021-02-22
    I use CDE on my home laptop running FreeBSD. Thank you
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Additional Project Details

User Interface

Motif/LessTif, Project is a window manager, X Window System (X11)

Programming Language

C, C++

Related Categories

C++ Desktop Environment Software, C++ Window Managers, C Desktop Environment Software, C Window Managers

Registered

2012-03-08
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