Alternative Linux Desktop Environment - Provides C++/Java application framework.
DesktopX - Extends Windows desktop to support true objects (can be anything) instead of passive icons, use one by one, or mix together to form themes; build your own desktop interface, even if not a programmer. [Stardock Corporation, Inc.]
EDE - Equinox Desktop Environment - Main goals of this project are simplicity, speed, minimal memory usage (if possible), good look and fell and stability. That does not mean it will be for 8086. It's FLTK-based.
foXdesktop - Lightweight desktop environment, uses Fox multiplatform C++ widget set. [Open Source, LGPL]
GPE: The GPE Palmtop Environment - Project for a Free Software GUI environment for palmtop-handheld computers running GNU/Linux operating systems.
The GUI Gallery - Surprisingly large and thorough Graphical User Interface list, with timeline, screenshots, downloads, links. Very useful resource for students of computer interfaces.
XFce - Lightweight desktop environment for various Unix systems, easy to use and configure, fast, XFce 3 is based on GTK+. Description, downloads, screenshots, links, credits. [Open Source, GPL]
XPde - A desktop environment(XPde) and a window manager(XPwm) for Linux. It tries to make easier for Windows XP users to use a Linux box. Nothing more, no clipboard compatibility between Gtk and Qt applications, no emulation of Windows applications, no unification on the widgets of X applications, just a desktop environment and a window manager. [Open source, GPL]
The Definitive Desktop Environment Comparison - Compares UI and usability of several desktop environments (DEs) that are widely used, admired, reviled: Windows XP Luna, BeOS 6 (Dano/Zeta), Mac OS X Aqua, Unix KDE and GNOME. Large article with many forum comments. [OSNews.com] (March 17, 2003)
Hooray for Bluecurve - Article praises, analyses Red Hat's new user interface in their Linux 8.0. [Linux Review] (December 3, 2002)
