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SLIDE is a project mainly written in C++ and JAVASCRIPT, it's free.

Simple, lightweight, intuitive desktop environment

Slide - Simple lightweight intuitive desktop environment

The name already says it - this is a desktop environment. Currently its a VERY basic one. You're welcome to adapt it to your needs or create apps for it. It uses wxWidgets as GUI-Toolkit and bases directly on X11

If you want to try it already, you should do the following:

  • Compile wxWidgets 2.8 using the --with-x11 switch on configure.
  • You'll need to have libpng, libjpeg and libtiff.
  • Create a /etc/Slide.conf (see the Slide.conf in the repo for example.
  • Create a ~/.slidestarter for the Starter-App (see the one in repo for an example)
  • Put "Slide" in your ~/.xinitrc

Features already implemented:

  • Virtual desks (workspaces)
  • Switch between desks using STRG+Left arrow/Right arrow
  • Move windows between desks pushing out of the screen on the left or right edge
  • Tile/Untile visible windows using CTRL+TAB / CTRL+ALT+TAB
  • Usual ALT+TAB behaviour
  • Window decoration with close/maximize
  • Maximize / Restore
  • Close windows

If you have any questions, just write me a message.

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