Comparison of X Window System desktop environments: Difference between revisions

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! rowspan="2" | Name

! Name !! First release date

! rowspan="2" | Initial release

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

! colspan="2" | Latest release

! rowspan="2" | Programming language

! rowspan="2" | Graphical toolkit

! rowspan="2" | License

! rowspan="2" | Notes

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! Version <!-- stable versions -->

! Date <!-- YYYY-MM-DD / ISO 8601 -->

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

| 4.6.2 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web wikidata|url=https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/blob/master/debian/changelog property|title=cinnamon/changelog at master preferred|website=www.github.com reference|edit|Q1092551|P348|access-dateP548=2020-06-06Q2804309}}</ref> || 2020-05-27<ref name{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1092551|P348|P548=":0"/>Q2804309|P577}} || 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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| [[Deepin#DDE|Deepin Desktop Environment]] (DDE) || 2015

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q129145|P348|P548=Q2804309}} 2019-07-19|| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q129145|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} || C++ || Qt || GPL || The desktop environment of Deepin.

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| [[Enlightenment (software)|Enlightenment]] (E) || 1997

| 0.24.1<ref name=":1">{{Cite web wikidata|url=https://www.enlightenment.org/news/e24.1 property|title=Enlightenment DR 0.24.1 Release preferred|website=www.enlightenment.org reference|access-dateedit|Q692045|P348|P548=2020-06-06Q2804309}}</ref> || 2020-05-31<ref name{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q692045|P348|P548=":1" />Q2804309|P577}} || C || EFL || BSD license || Complete environment including centralized configuration of most settings.

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| [[Equinox Desktop Environment]] (EDE) || 2003-01-06

| 2.1 <ref name=":2">{{Cite web wikidata|url=https://sourceforge.net/p/ede/news/2014/06/ede-21-released/ property|title=EDE / News: EDE 2.1 released preferred|website=www.sourceforge.net reference|edit|Q1323918|access-dateP348|P548=2020-06-06Q2804309}}</ref> || 2014-06-22<ref name{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1323918|P348|P548=":2" />Q2804309|P577}} || C++ || FLTK || GPL, LGPL || Seldom used environment, has seen little activity in recent years.

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| Étoilé || 2006-02-22

| 0.4.2{{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q290639|P348|P548=Q2804309}} || 2012-04-11{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q290639|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} || Objective-C || GNUstep || MIT, BSD license || Has seen little activity for several years, the last sign of activity having been in 2014.

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| [[GNOME]] || 1999-03-03

| 3.38<ref name=":3">{{Cite webwikidata|title=GNOME 3.38 Released – GNOMEproperty|url=https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/09/gnome-3-38-released/preferred|access-date=2020-11-20reference|languageedit|Q44316|P348|P548=enQ2804309}}</ref> || 2020-09-16<ref name{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q44316|P348|P548=":3"Q2804309|P577}} />|| C, C++, Vala, Python, JavaScript || GTK || GPL, LGPL || GNOME is one of the most popular environments. Major design changes with the 3.0 release sparked the creation of Cinnamon (a fork of GNOME 3), Unity (an alternative Gnome Desktop Session to GNOME Shell) and MATE (a fork of GNOME 2).

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| [[KDE Plasma 5]] (KDE5, KDE Plasma Workspaces, formerly K Desktop Environment or simply KDE) || 1998-07-12

| 5.21<ref name=":4">{{Cite webwikidata|date=2021-02-16property|title=Plasma 5.21 - KDE Communitypreferred|url=https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.21.0/reference|access-date=2021-04-29edit|website=kde.orgQ17363870|P348|languageP548=enQ2804309}}</ref> || 2021-02-16<ref name{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q17363870|P348|P548=":4"Q2804309|P577}} />|| C++, QML || Qt || LGPL || KDE has a strong and enthusiastic following. The project is largely community-centric, and encompass many other applications and frameworks, many built specifically for KDE.

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| [[LXDE]] (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) || 2006

| 0.10.0<ref name=":5">{{Cite web wikidata|url=https://blog.lxde.org/2019/03/23/lxpanel-0-10-0-and-some-others/ property|title=LXPanel 0.10.0 and some others… preferred|last=LStranger reference|date=2019-03-23 edit|website=LXDE Blog Q47123|language=en-US P348|access-dateP548=2019-08-05Q2804309}}</ref> || 2019-03-23<ref name{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q47123|P348|P548=":5"Q2804309|P577}} />|| C || GTK || GPL, LGPL || LXDE, with its low resource footprint, is a favorite among developers of lighter-weight Linux distributions. Development has largely moved to LXQt, but it is still maintained.

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| [[LXQt]] || 2014-05-07

| 0.16.0<ref name=":6">{{Cite webwikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q18341825|P348|titleP548=ReleaseQ2804309}} LXQt 0.16.0|| {{!}} LXQtwikidata|url=https://lxqt-project.org/release/2020/11/05/lxqt-0-16-0/qualifier|access-date=2020-11-20raw|website=lxqt-project.org}}</ref>preferred|single| 2020-11-05<ref nameQ18341825|P348|P548=":6"Q2804309|P577}} />|| 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 (software)|MATE]] || 2011-08-19

| 1.24<ref name=":7">{{Cite web wikidata|url=https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2020-02-10-mate-1-24-released/ property|title=MATE 1.24 released preferred|last=Ulbrich reference|first=Wolfgang edit|Q194090|dateP348|P548=2020-02-10Q2804309}} |website=MATE| {{wikidata|languagequalifier|raw|preferred|single|Q194090|P348|P548=en Q2804309|access-date=2020-06-06P577}}</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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| [[Elementary OS#Pantheon desktop environment|Pantheon]]|| 2011

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| [[Razor-qt]] || 2010

| 0.5.2{{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q2420670|P348|P548=Q2804309}} 2013-01-12|| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2420670|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} || C++ || Qt || GPL || Merged into LXQt

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| [[ROX Desktop]] || 2000 (?)

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q1417071|P348|P548=Q2804309}} || {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1417071|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} || C, Python || GTK || GPL ||

| || 2011-10-09 || C, Python || GTK || GPL ||

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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 successor 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"/> || 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

| R14.0.11 <ref name=":8">{{Cite web wikidata|url=https://www.trinitydesktop.org/newsentry.php?entry=2021.10.31 property|title=TDE R14.0.11 release is ready! preferred|website=www.trinitydesktop.org reference|edit|Q14301825|access-dateP348|P548=2021-11-02Q2804309}}</ref> || 2021-10-31<ref name{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q14301825|P348|P548=":8" />Q2804309|P577}} || C++ || Qt || GPL (and other) || Forked from KDE 3.x

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| [[Unity (user interface)|Unity]] || 2010-06-09

| 7.5{{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q381140|P348|P548=Q2804309}} 2019-09-03|| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q381140|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} || 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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| [[Xfce]] || 1996

| 4.14<ref name=":9">{{Cite web wikidata|url=https://xfce.org/about/news/?post=1565568000 property|title=News – Xfce 4.14 released – Xfcepreferred|website=xfce.orgreference|edit|Q170821|P348|access-dateP548=2020-06-06Q2804309}}</ref> || 2020-01-12<ref name{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q170821|P348|P548=":9"Q2804309|P577}} />|| C || GTK || GPL, LGPL, BSD license || XFCE is often used in lightweight distributions targeting lower-end hardware.

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