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Common Desktop Environment

The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is a desktop environment for Unix and OpenVMS, based on the Motif widget toolkit. It was part of the UNIX 98 Workstation Product Standard, and was for a long time the Unix desktop associated with commercial Unix workstations. It helped to influence early implementations of successor projects such as KDE and GNOME…

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Available in
English, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
Developer
CDE Project (modern)
License
2012: LGPL-2.0-or-later Original: Proprietary
Operating system
Unix, Unix-like, OpenVMS
Original author
The Open Group
Release
June 1993; 33 years ago (1993-06)

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Common Desktop Environment

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Available in · 1
Common Desktop Environment → English, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
Developer · 1
Common Desktop Environment → CDE Project (modern)
License · 1
Common Desktop Environment → 2012: LGPL-2.0-or-later Original: Proprietary
Operating system · 1
Common Desktop Environment → Unix, Unix-like, OpenVMS
Original author · 1
Common Desktop Environment → The Open Group
Release · 1
Common Desktop Environment → June 1993; 33 years ago (1993-06)
Repository · 1
Common Desktop Environment → sf.net/p/cdesktopenv/code/
Size · 1
Common Desktop Environment → 54.9 MB (source code)
Stable release · 1
Common Desktop Environment → 2.5.3 / November 25, 2025; 8 months ago (2025-11-25)
Type · 1
Common Desktop Environment → Desktop environment

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cde desktop motif linux software released unix free open environment license release version group solaris source 2012 gnome proprietary project

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Common Desktop EnvironmentAvailable inEnglish, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Swedish1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentDeveloperCDE Project (modern)1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentLicense2012: LGPL-2.0-or-later Original: Proprietary1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentOperating systemUnix, Unix-like, OpenVMS1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentOriginal authorThe Open Group1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentReleaseJune 1993; 33 years ago (1993-06)1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentRepositorysf.net/p/cdesktopenv/code/1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentSize54.9 MB (source code)1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentStable release2.5.3 / November 25, 2025; 8 months ago (2025-11-25)1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentTypeDesktop environment1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentWebsitesf.net/projects/cdesktopenv/1.00infobox
Common Desktop EnvironmentWritten inC, C++1.00infobox

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