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A Look At the Lightweight Equinox Desktop Environment

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the feature-rich-is-still-important dept.

Linux.com (who share Slashdot's corporate overlords) takes a look at the Equinox Desktop Environment and why, even though it is extremely lightweight, it may still lack the ability for widespread appeal. "the Equinox Desktop Environment (EDE) is the fastest desktop environment I know of -- but its lack of standards support and a few missing features may be troubling to some users. [...] EDE feels as light as a window manager but also offers the features mentioned above. The speed advantage of EDE most likely lies in its foundation, a modified version of the Fast Light ToolKit GUI library. EDE started almost instantly on the 500MHz machine I tested it on, whereas the other environments needed at least a few seconds. EDE provides a coherent and simple interface that requires little effort to learn."

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  1. Re:Windows 95 called.... by grub · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I love Windowmaker! It's my default environment on almost every *nix system I run.

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  2. Re:Windows 95 called.... by Joe+Jay+Bee · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I also love it, altho to be fair given that I'm using OS X (basically NeXTstep gone pro) it'd be kinda redundant for me to use it. ;)

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  3. Re:Windows 95 called.... by argent · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Remember when XP came out, and lots of people turned the GUI to windows 2000 mode.

    My XP desktop at work is in Classic mode right now.