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foXdesktop
Lightweight desktop environment, uses Fox multiplatform C++ widget set. [Open Source, LGPL]
http://foxdesktop.sourceforge.net/
Smashplay
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/
XFce
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/
Alternative Linux Desktop Environment
Provides C++/Java application framework.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/alde/
Hooray for Bluecurve
Article praises, analyses Red Hat's new user interface in their Linux 8.0. [Linux Review]
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6476
Xfce Desktop Environment
Runs on FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS/Solaris; English, French, German. Description, downloads, CVS, screenshots, bug reports, fora. [Open Source, GPL; SourceForge.net]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xfce/
DeXtop
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/DeXtopGUI.html
The GUI Gallery
Surprisingly large and thorough Graphical User Interface list, with timeline, screenshots, downloads, links. Very useful resource for students of computer interfaces.
http://toastytech.com/guis/
Future GUIs
News of OS, GUI, software, related hardware developments. Updates irregularly, often interesting tidbits.
http://www.futureguis.net/
The Definitive Desktop Environment Comparison
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]
http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3064
ESSoft
Was EdSoft. Makes software in C/C++, BASIC, Visual Basic, for DOS on bare x86, Windows (Win32), GNU/Linux. Much of it is free GNU GPL. Main product is ESSoft-GUI a DOS GUI with some applications. Also education and game programs.
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/p/apsk43/essoft/
GUIdebook
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
The GPE Palmtop Environment
A project whose aim is to provide a Free Software GUI environment for Palmtop/Handheld computers running the GNU/Linux operating system.
http://gpe.handhelds.org/
DesktopX
Extends Windows desktop to support true objects (can be anything) instead of passive icons, use one by one, or mix together to form themes; build your own desktop interface, even if not a programmer. [Stardock Corporation, Inc.]
http://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/
XPde
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]
http://www.xpde.com/
EDE - Equinox Desktop Environment
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/
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