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The ROX Desktop is a 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....
 based on the ROX-Filer
ROX-Filer

ROX-Filer is a graphical file manager for the X Window System. It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop, a graphical desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems....
 file manager
File manager

A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. The most common operations used are create, open, edit, file viewer, computer printer, streaming media, rename, move, file copying, file deletion, attributes, properties, search/find, and permissions....
. Files are loaded by dragging them to an application from the filer, and saved by dragging back to the filer. Applications are executable directories
Application directory

An application directory is a grouping of software Object file, help files and resources that together comprise a complete Software package but are presented to the user as a single object....
, and are thus also installed
Installation (computer programs)

Installation of a computer program is the act and the effect of putting the program in a computer system so that it can be execution .Most programs are supplied in a condensed form intended for sale and distribution....
 (copied), uninstalled (deleted), and run through the filer interface. ROX has a strong link with Zero Install
Zero Install

Zero Install is a means of Software distribution and Software package software for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. At this time there are no major distributions integrating Zero Install in their default install....
, a method of identifying and executing programs via a URL, to make software installation completely automatic.

It is inspired by the user interface of RISC OS
RISC OS

RISC OS is a computer operating system which was originally developed by Acorn Computers Ltd in Cambridge, England for their ARM architecture based computers....
 (not to be confused with RISC/os
RISC/os

RISC/os was a UNIX operating system distributed by MIPS Technologies during the 1980s and 1990s for use with their computer workstations and server s, such as the M/120 server or MIPS Magnum workstation....
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The ROX Desktop is a 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....
 based on the ROX-Filer
ROX-Filer

ROX-Filer is a graphical file manager for the X Window System. It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop, a graphical desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems....
 file manager
File manager

A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. The most common operations used are create, open, edit, file viewer, computer printer, streaming media, rename, move, file copying, file deletion, attributes, properties, search/find, and permissions....
. Files are loaded by dragging them to an application from the filer, and saved by dragging back to the filer. Applications are executable directories
Application directory

An application directory is a grouping of software Object file, help files and resources that together comprise a complete Software package but are presented to the user as a single object....
, and are thus also installed
Installation (computer programs)

Installation of a computer program is the act and the effect of putting the program in a computer system so that it can be execution .Most programs are supplied in a condensed form intended for sale and distribution....
 (copied), uninstalled (deleted), and run through the filer interface. ROX has a strong link with Zero Install
Zero Install

Zero Install is a means of Software distribution and Software package software for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. At this time there are no major distributions integrating Zero Install in their default install....
, a method of identifying and executing programs via a URL, to make software installation completely automatic.

It is inspired by the user interface of RISC OS
RISC OS

RISC OS is a computer operating system which was originally developed by Acorn Computers Ltd in Cambridge, England for their ARM architecture based computers....
 (not to be confused with RISC/os
RISC/os

RISC/os was a UNIX operating system distributed by MIPS Technologies during the 1980s and 1990s for use with their computer workstations and server s, such as the M/120 server or MIPS Magnum workstation....
). The name "ROX" comes from "RISC OS on X
X Window System

The X Window System is a computing software system and network protocol that provides a graphical user interface for networked computers. It implements the X Window System protocols and architecture and provides windowing system on raster graphics Visual display units and manages Keyboard and pointing device control functions....
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The desktop uses the GTK+
GTK+

GTK+, or The GIMP Toolkit, is a cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is one of the most popular toolkits for the X Window System, along with Qt ....
 toolkit, like the GNOME
Gnome

A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and wiktionary:subterranean lifestyle. The word gnome is derived from the New Latin gnomus....
 and Xfce
Xfce

Xfce is a free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms, such as Linux, Solaris and BSD. It aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use....
 desktops. The design focuses on small, simple programs using drag-and-drop to move data between them. For example, a user might load a compressed file into a spreadsheet from the web by dragging the data from the web browser to the archiver, and from there into the spreadsheet. A program would be installed in the same way, by dragging the archive from the web to the archiver, and from there to the applications directory in the filer.

Drag-and-drop saving allows the user to save the text file to any directory they please, or directly to another application, such as the archiver on the panel.

See also

  • Comparison of X Window System desktop environments


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