what are the GUIs available for UNIX-type OSs?

Question

what are the GUIs available for UNIX-type OSs?

Answer 1

KDE and Gnome are the big players in this space. IMHO, they are more intuitive than Windows, but not as intuitive as Mac. Windows ends up copying a lot of KDE and Gnome features each time that Microsoft has come out with a big update (like Vista and it's multiple desktops and transparent windows - it's been available for years in KDE and Gnome).



Other players are FVWM, TWM/VTWM, MWM, CTWM, OLWM/OLVWM, wm2/wmx, AfterStep, AmiWM, Enlightenment, WindowMaker, SCWM, IceWM, Sawfish, Blackbox, Fluxbox and Metacity.

Answer 2

Will you pay me for answering your homework questions?



The biggest GUIs for most *nix-es are KDE, Gnome, XFCE, CDE and TWM. TWM gets lots of play as a "failsafe" GUI.

Of course there's also Aqua or whatever the interface for OSX is called: since OSX is a *nix, it counts as a GUI.



There are countless others, but these are the big players.



Much work is being spent on realizing 3D desktops like Sun's Looking Glass and Compiz Fusion.

Answer 3

On Linux you can get Gnome and KDE. KDE looks a lot like windows.

Answer 4

what OS are you using (what version)? Need more info...