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Encyclopedia: Windowing system

A windowing system is a graphical user interface (GUI) which implements windows as one of its primary metaphors. It is normally one part of a larger desktop environment.

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How to say "Windowing system" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	視窗系統
	(Japanese)	ウィンドウシステム
	(German)	Fenstersystem
	(Spanish)	Sistema de ventanas
	(French)	Système de fenêtrage

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Fresco (computing)

In computing, Fresco (formerly known as Berlin ) is a windowing system. It is intended as a replacement for the X Window System...

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Keylaunch

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Rio (program)

rio is Plan 9's window system. It embodies key Plan 9 design concepts due to two main features: each window runs in its own namespace windows are treated as completely editable text. In previous editions, the windowing system was known as 8½ [ sic...

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Desklaunch

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Deskmenu

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GDM

GDM is a display manager for the X Window System and the GNOME replacement for XDM. It allows users to pick their session type on a per-login basis...

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DirectFB

DirectFB is a computer library for Linux operating system that provides "hardware graphics acceleration, input device handling and abstraction, integrated windowing system with support for... meant to bypass the X Window System, which has been traditionally used to support graphics in UNIX...

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BeFree

it's evolved introducing changes to the original API and a different windowing system. The windowing system has hardware graphics acceleration with support for translucent windows, drop shadows and... BeFree is a Free Software personal computer operating system. It's based on the Linux 2.6 kernel...

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DVI

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GLX

GLX (acronym for "OpenGL Extension to the X Window System") provides the glue connecting OpenGL and the X Window System: it enables OpenGL 3D programs to draw to a window of the X Window System. GLX consists of three parts: An API that is used to write OpenGL programs for the X Window System. An...

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