NsCDE is a modern and functional CDE desktop based on the FVWM window manager. CDE is a desktop enviroment based on the Motif widget toolkit and was the main Unix desktop associated with Unix workstations for many years.
NsCDE is a retro but powerful UNIX desktop environment which resembles the CDE look (and partially feel) but with a more powerful and flexible framework beneath-the-surface, more suited for 21st century unix-like and Linux systems and user requirements than original CDE.
NsCDE can be considered as a heavyweight FVWM theme on steroids, but combined with a couple other free software components and custom FVWM applications and a lot of configuration, NsCDE can be considered a lightweight hybrid desktop environment.
Visually, NsCDE mimics CDE, the well known Common Desktop Environment of many commercial UNIX systems of the nineties. It supports CDE backdrops and palettes with FVWM colorsets and has a theme generator for Xt, Xaw, Motif, GTK2, GTK3, Qt4 and Qt5. Integrating all these bits and pieces, the user gets a retro visual experience across almost all X11 applications. Enriched with a bunch of powerful FVWM concepts and functions, modern applications and font rendering, NsCDE acts as a link between classic CDE look and a fast and extensible environment, well suited for modern day computing.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Extensive FVWM configuration and customization.
- FvwmScript GUI programs.
- GTK2 and GTK3 theme based on pixmap engine.
- Icon theme.
- Python programs and Korn Shell scripts,
- Miscellaneous pieces for integration, like CSS for Firefox and Thunderbird, etc.
- Integrated free software components for desktop environment tasks.
Website: github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE
Support:
Developer: Hegel3DReloaded
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
NsCDE is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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