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1. 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]
2. Alternative Linux Desktop Environment - Provides C++/Java application framework.
3. arm0nia project - A group of projects that are intended to make Unix more powerful and friendly by creating a desktop environment based on plugins.
4. 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.]
5. 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.
6. foXdesktop - Lightweight desktop environment, uses Fox multiplatform C++ widget set. [Open Source, LGPL]
7. Future GUIs - News of OS, GUI, software, related hardware developments. Updates irregularly, often interesting tidbits.
8. GUIdebook - A website dedicated to preserving and showcasing as many Graphical User Interfaces as possible. Lots of screenshots and icons.
9. Hooray for Bluecurve - Article praises, analyses Red Hat's new user interface in their Linux 8.0. [Linux Review]
10. 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]
11. 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.
12. The GUI Gallery - Surprisingly large and thorough Graphical User Interface list, with timeline, screenshots, downloads, links. Very useful resource for students of computer interfaces.
13. 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]
14. Xfce Desktop Environment - Runs on FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS/Solaris; English, French, German. Description, downloads, CVS, screenshots, bug reports, fora. [Open Source, GPL; SourceForge.net]
15. 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]

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