CDE: Common Desktop Environment

Role: Motif desktop environment. CDE combines a workspace manager, front panel and desktop applications into a complete UNIX desktop. It is useful for seeing how Motif fits into a larger environment rather than just a single program. The project continues as an open-source desktop, with source, documentation and development activity hosted on SourceForge. Project and activity

CDE’s dtwm manages the desktop’s windows and workspaces. Motif supplies the widgets used inside applications; the distinction between those layers is explained in our Motif overview.

Explore the project

• CDE project wiki: start here for platform-specific build and installation instructions.
• Source and history: the maintained desktop source tree.
• Releases: published source distributions.
• Documentation: desktop and programming manuals.

For a smaller Motif desktop setup, compare MWM and EMWM.

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