Comparison of X Window System desktop environments: Difference between revisions

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! Latest stable release!! Latest stable release date !! Programming language !! Graphical toolkit !! License !! Notes

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| [[Cinnamon_Cinnamon (software)|Cinnamon]] || 2011

| 4.6.2 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/blob/master/debian/changelog |title=cinnamon/changelog at master |website=www.github.com |access-date=2020-06-06}}</ref>|| 2020-05-27<ref name=":0"/> || C, JavaScript, Python || GTK || GPL || Forked from GNOME 3 with the intent to create a traditional desktop built on modern technologies.

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| 0.16.0<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Release LXQt 0.16.0 {{!}} LXQt|url=https://lxqt-project.org/release/2020/11/05/lxqt-0-16-0/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=lxqt-project.org}}</ref>|| 2020-11-05<ref name=":6" />|| C, C++ || Qt || GPL, LGPL || Formed by a merger of LXDE-Qt and Razor-qt, this is a lightweight Qt-based desktop environment.

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| [[MATE_MATE (software)|MATE]] || 2011-08-19

| 1.24<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |url=https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2020-02-10-mate-1-24-released/ |title=MATE 1.24 released |last=Ulbrich |first=Wolfgang |date=2020-02-10 |website=MATE |language=en |access-date=2020-06-06}}</ref>|| 2020-02-10<ref name=":7" />|| C, C++, Python || GTK || LGPL, GPL || Revival and continuation of GNOME 2 environment after the release of GNOME 3. In recent releases, it has been ported to GTK 3, demonstrating the progress of the project.

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| [[theDesk Desktop Environment]] || 2020-06-17

| Beta 4 <ref name=":11">{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/vicr123/thedesk/ |title=theDesk Desktop Environment / Github |website=www.github.com |access-date=2021-08-14}}</ref> || 2021-04-28<ref name=":11" /> || C++, QMake, other || QT || GPL || theDesk is a sucessorsuccessor to theShell <ref name=":12">{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/vicr123/theshell/ |title=theShell / Github |website=www.github.com |access-date=2021-08-14}}</ref> and is a desktop environment built on Qt libraries.

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| [[theShell]] || 2017

| 8.0.2 <ref name=":12">{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/vicr123/theshell/ |title=theShell / Github |website=www.github.com |access-date=2021-08-14}}</ref> || 2021-07-28<ref name=":12" /> || C++, QMake, C || QT || GPL || theShell is a lightweight desktop environment built on Qt libraries.

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| [[Trinity Desktop Environment]] (TDE) || 2010-04-29

| R14.0.8 <ref name=":8">{{Cite web |url=https://www.trinitydesktop.org/newsentry.php?entry=2020.04.29 |title=Trinity News |website=www.trinitydesktop.org |access-date=2020-06-06}}</ref> || 2020-04-29<ref name=":8" /> || C++ || Qt || GPL (and other) || Forked from KDE 3.x

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| [[Unity_Unity (user_interfaceuser interface)|Unity]] || 2010-06-09

| 7.5|| 2019-09-03 || C, C++, Python, Vala, QML || GTK || GPL, LGPL || Developed by Canonical for Ubuntu as an alternative graphical shell to GNOME Shell. Designed with "convergence" in mind, it was discontinued by Canonical in early 2017 because Unity 8 had some problems, including Mir and X app support. Was picked up by UBPorts and renamed "Lomiri."

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| [[GPL]], [[LGPL]]

| [[GNU_General_Public_LicenseGNU General Public License#Version_2Version 2|GPLv2 (or later)]]

| [[GPL]], [[LGPL]], [[BSD licenses|BSD]]

| [[GPL]], [[LGPL]]