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Mezzo is the desktop environment
Desktop environment

In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface that is based on the desktop metaphor which can be seen on most modern personal computers today....
 created by Jason Spisak. Added to Symphony OS
Symphony OS

Symphony OS, SymphonyOne or Symphony Linux, is a Live CD operating system, developed by Ryan Quinn, Jason Spisak, and Alexander Drummond....
, it follows Jason Spisak
Jason Spisak

Jason Spisak is an United States voice acting in animation and video games.Jason is also the co-leader of the Symphony OS Project. He is the designer of Symphony's unique Mezzo desktop environment and wrote the Laws of Interface Design, for which the project tries to adhere to in its designs....
's Laws of Interface Design and poses a new way of presenting data to the user. Mezzo uses FVWM
FVWM

The F Virtual Window Manager is a virtual window manager for the X Window System. Originally a twm derivative, FVWM has evolved into a powerful and highly configurable environment for Unix systems....
 as a window manager.

Mezzo disposes of standard concepts like "The desktop is a folder" and nested menu systems and instead presents all needed information directly to the user via the main desktop and four desk targets for tasks and files related to System, Programs, Files, and Trash.






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Mezzo is the desktop environment
Desktop environment

In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface that is based on the desktop metaphor which can be seen on most modern personal computers today....
 created by Jason Spisak. Added to Symphony OS
Symphony OS

Symphony OS, SymphonyOne or Symphony Linux, is a Live CD operating system, developed by Ryan Quinn, Jason Spisak, and Alexander Drummond....
, it follows Jason Spisak
Jason Spisak

Jason Spisak is an United States voice acting in animation and video games.Jason is also the co-leader of the Symphony OS Project. He is the designer of Symphony's unique Mezzo desktop environment and wrote the Laws of Interface Design, for which the project tries to adhere to in its designs....
's Laws of Interface Design and poses a new way of presenting data to the user. Mezzo uses FVWM
FVWM

The F Virtual Window Manager is a virtual window manager for the X Window System. Originally a twm derivative, FVWM has evolved into a powerful and highly configurable environment for Unix systems....
 as a window manager.

Mezzo disposes of standard concepts like "The desktop is a folder" and nested menu systems and instead presents all needed information directly to the user via the main desktop and four desk targets for tasks and files related to System, Programs, Files, and Trash. This tries to simplify the desktop.

Originally only available for Symphony OS
Symphony OS

Symphony OS, SymphonyOne or Symphony Linux, is a Live CD operating system, developed by Ryan Quinn, Jason Spisak, and Alexander Drummond....
, some earlier versions of Mezzo were available as a .deb package for other Debian
Debian

Debian GNU/Linux is one of the most popular and influential computer operating systems composed of free software and open source software....
-based distributions such as Ubuntu. The design of Mezzo has also influenced other projects, particularly the Kuartet Desktop, which is built upon KDE using Superkaramba
SuperKaramba

SuperKaramba is a tool that allows one to easily create functionality enhancement modules on a KDE desktop. Currently, only Linux is officially supported, although it also works well on FreeBSD and NetBSD....
 and Python
Python (programming language)

Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python's core syntax and semantics are Minimalism , while the standard library is large and comprehensive....
 for the rendering of a similarly-designed GUI .