About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: Desktop environment stubs, Desktop shell replacement, Free desktop environments, MS Windows-like desktops, Common Desktop Environment, EDE, Enlightenment, Xfce, IceWM, KDE Software Compilation 4, Object Desktop, Unity, Workbench, Comparison of X Window System desktop environments, K Desktop Environment 3, Sugar, Web desktop, Project Looking Glass, Tango Desktop Project, SharpE, LiteStep, User environment management, CairoShell, Emerge Desktop, Scalos, ROX Desktop, Wayfarer, Calmira, At Ease, MyColors, OpenSolaris Desktop, XFast, OpenWindows, LDE(X), Rio, GeoShell, LCARS 24, Talisman Desktop, Evolution-X, TabWorks, Etoile, Sakura HyperMedia Desktop, Mobile wallpaper, Dock, Emerald, UIX, FVWM-Crystal, UDE, Packard Bell Navigator, Mezzo, IRIX Interactive Desktop, KidDesk, Xynth, UnleashX, VUE, Operating environment, StickyKeys, Ambient, HP NewWave, Control-V, JWM, Control-X, W Window System, Windows shell replacement, Simplified Cangjie, Larswm, Dayi method, FVWM95, Secure Desktop, QGtkStyle, Pyro Desktop, Elixir Desktop, Jesktop, X.desktop, Secure attention key, GlobalView, Dockapps, Control-Y, Xorg.conf, Greengnome, Olwm, Desktop customization, IRIS Workspace, QubeOS, Xito, Nanika, Bounce keys, JetToolBar, Clickable, PerlTop, RISCwindows. Excerpt: KDE Software Compilation 4 (KDE SC 4) is the current series of releases of KDE Software Compilation. The first major version (4.0) of this series was released on 11 January 2008, and the latest major version (4.6) was released on 26 January 2011. Major releases (4.x) are scheduled for every six months, while minor bugfix releases (4.x.y) are released monthly. The new series includes updates to several of the KDE Platform's core components, notably a port to Qt 4. It contains a new multimedia API, called Phonon, a device integration framework called Solid and a new style gui...
