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This is a list of software that provides an alternative graphical user interface for Microsoft Windowsoperating systems. The technical term for this interface is a shell. Windows' standard user interface is the Windows shell; Windows 3.0 and Windows 3.1x have a different shell, called Program Manager. The programs in this list do not restyle the Windows shell, but replace it; therefore, they look and function differently, and have different configuration options.
Shell | Software license | Windows versions | Development status | |||||||
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3.1x | 9x | 2000 | XP | Vista | 7 | 8 | 10 | |||
bbZero | GPL | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Discontinued |
BumpTop | Apache License | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Discontinued |
Calmira | GPL | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Discontinued |
Emerge Desktop | GPL | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Discontinued[1] |
KDE Plasma Workspaces | GPL | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Discontinued on Windows[2] |
LDE(X) | GPL | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Discontinued[3] |
LiteStep | GPL | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Stalled[4] |
Packard Bell Navigator | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Discontinued |
ReactOS Explorer | GPL | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Active[5][6][7] |
TabWorks | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Discontinued |
Talisman Desktop | Trialware | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Stalled[8][9] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'emergedesktop.org has shutdown'. Emerge. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^Funk, Kevin (18 June 2016). 'KDE on Windows status update'. Personal Blog of Kevin Funk. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^phil (18 April 2007). 'The road ahead is a cliff face'. LDE(x) Forums. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^Donelle (11 January 2017). 'Re: Added .NET Framework interoperability to the core and started a c# binding library'. GitHub. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^'ReactOS Explorer'. ReactOS Project. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^'ReactOS Explorer source code'. ReactOS Project. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^Fuchs, Martin. 'ReactOS Explorer (original author, details)'. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^'Talisman Desktop'. LightTek Software. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^'Talisman Desktop News, no updates since Aug 15, 2011'. LightTek Software. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
External links[edit]
- Liming, Sean (August 2003). 'Windows XP Embedded – Different Shells for Different Users'. Microsoft Developer Network. Microsoft. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
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