Open Source Linux Desktop Environment Software

Desktop Environment Software for Linux

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    The Lila theme is a community project to provide an icon set and other lila-style resources for your desktop. The theme to based around SVG graphics - which means they can be scaled to any size without loss of quality.
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    Downloads: 29 This Week
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    xmlroff is a fast, multilingual, multi-platform XSL formatter that transforms XSL-FO (or any XML with a stylesheet) into PDF or PostScript. New development is at http://xmlroff.org. This SF project is inactive.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Gtk+ WebCore is a Linux/Gtk+ port of Apple Computer Inc.'s WebCore KHTML html rendering engine including a web component. A reference browser implementation is included in the project.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    BlackScreen

    BlackScreen

    An Open Source Prank Application!

    BlackScreen is a cross platform application that makes your monitor look black, no desktop, icons, or even your cursor. It's a great way to prank your family, and friends. Go ahead, and give it a try, just don't get the crap beat out of you :)
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    Downloads: 6 This Week
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    Truevision is a 3D modeler for gnome and povray. It is still in an alpha developpement phase.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    Demos Commander

    This project has moved to Github

    A clone of Norton Commander for Unix. Text-based, full featured file manager intuitive interface. https://github.com/sergev/deco
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    Java Remote Desktop

    Java Remote Desktop

    Cross-platform java remote desktop control and desktop sharing

    jrDesktop is a cross-platform java remote desktop control and desktop sharing application that provides a remote display and control of a computer. It has many features. It works only on LAN, for the Internet-ready version visit www.firnass.com
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    PyPanel is a lightweight panel/taskbar written in Python and C for X11 window managers. It can be easily customized to match any desktop theme or taste. PyPanel works with WindowMaker and EWMH compliant WMs (Kahakai, Openbox, PekWM, FVWM, etc).
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    SCREEM is a GNOME website / tag based html editor (ie not WYSIWYG) which aims not only to aid in creating web pages, but also to provide useful site maintainance facilities as well, including automatic link updating, and site upload facilities.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Timer Applet is a countdown timer applet for the GNOME panel.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    The Kid-Safe system is designed to be installed on PCLinuxOS. The project's primary goal is the Kid-Safe LiveCD, which is built using this package. The system includes KDE Kiosk Restrictions, Internet Filtering, Games and More. Designed for all ages.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Geheimnis is no longer maintained (use of kpgp is now recommended). Geheimnis was an application for UNIX/KDE that "wraped" around encryption programs and their irksome command-line interface, making it easier for users to use these programs.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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