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ROX Desktop

ROX Desktop
Final release
2.11[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 9 October 2011
Repositorygithub.com/rox-desktop/
Written inC, Python, GTK
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeDesktop environment
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websiterox.sourceforge.net/desktop/
AntiX 21 Runit with ROX Desktop 2.11
Lxterminal (one of many Linux terminal or console applications) running neofetch, showing AntiX Linux 21 running ROX Desktop 2.11.

The ROX Desktop is a discontinued[2] graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. It is based on the ROX-Filer which is a drag and drop spatial file manager. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License. The environment was inspired by the user interface of RISC OS (not to be confused with RISC/os).[3] The name "ROX" comes from "RISC OS on X". Programs can be installed or removed easily using Zero Install, a decentralized software installation system.

The project was started by Thomas Leonard as a student at University of Southampton in 1999[4][5] and was still led by him in 2012.

  1. ^ http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/node/962.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Kenlon, Seth (16 December 2019). "Relive Linux history with the ROX desktop | Opensource.com". opensource.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  3. ^ "ROX founder: Why I brought RISC OS to Unix". Archived from the original on 20 November 2007.
  4. ^ "RISC O-X?". Acorn User. No. 214. December 1999. p. 10. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. ^ "comp.sys.acorn.misc – Re: ROX desktop".[permanent dead link‍]

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