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    Window Maker Live

    Window Maker Live

    Window Maker Live Linux Distribution

    Window Maker Live is an installable Linux Live ISO based on the current Bookworm branch of Debian. The system uses the Window Maker window manager as the default graphical user interface. Window Maker Live's components have been carefully preconfigured and the desktop environment has a consistent visual appearance. Window Maker Live integrates selected components from other desktop environments such as XFCE4, MATE, LXQT, with a particular focus on GNUstep. The main idea behind this project is to integrate the Window Maker window manager as default user interface on top of a standard Debian/Bookworm base system. It also serves as an alternate installation medium for Debian/Bookworm. The second main idea not directly visible on the surface level is the inclusion of many useful command line utilities and tools for system administration. This effectively turns wmlive into a UNIX administrator's workbench for rescue and repair operations.
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    Downloads: 129 This Week
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    denisidoro dotfiles

    denisidoro dotfiles

    Awesome personal dotfiles

    Awesome personal dotfiles.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    river

    river

    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor

    River is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor with a flexible runtime configuration. River can either be run nested in an X11/Wayland session or directly from a tty using KMS/DRM. Simply run the river command. Usually this executable is a shell script invoking riverctl(1) to create mappings, start programs such as a layout generator or status bar, and perform other configuration.
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    The FVWM configuration framework.
    Downloads: 46 This Week
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    LuninuxOS

    LuninuxOS

    LuninuxOS is a Debian/Ubuntu based Linux distribution.

    A Linux operating system, designed and developed to be beautiful, simple, fast, and stable on many computer hardware.
    Downloads: 15 This Week
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    SweetBerry

    SweetBerry

    Dotfiles themed with SweetPastel

    This is my dotfiles that I made, it's a dotfiles design to be understandable and hackable by anyone and themed with SweetPastel. Instead of making multiple Window Manager Configs with different style I opt in on just one style but it should be compatible to other Window Manage so if you switch to another Window Manager it should be the same style, plus it's less work. All the configs are stored in a folder so it won't conflict at your pre existing configs (Except of the window managers they will conflict unless you backup your old files)
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    FlickOS

    FlickOS

    Lightweight, Elegant and Sustainable Operating System

    FlickOS is designed to be lightweight, fast and sustainable, with focus on efficient use of system resources. The project is based on Ubuntu 20.04 and LXLE, which provides a stable and well-supported foundation. Unnecessary packages and services are stripped away, leaving only the essential components needed to minimize resource usage. FlickOS have complete suite of applications like LibreOffice, Firefox, VLC and many essential software for daily use. Save the environment, recycle your old PCs and Flick it. Support If you are having trouble installing or have some suggestions, you can email me at dvbondoy@gmail.com. You may also join our Reddit community at r/flickos, I am always there to answer your questions. Create issues at https://github.com/dvbondoy/FlickOS/issues Download the ISO file, write it to flash-drive using Etcher and boot your computer to the USB.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    An efficient configurable icon distribution.
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    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    Provide secure and stable OS, based on highly modified Linux Kernel, own package system, like "BSD Ports". Compatible with x86, Power PC. Easy to use of any level users. Complete Documentantion in many languages. 99% compatible with Windows.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    An application launcher running a modified bash session in a small terminal window, providing all the well known bash features like tab-completion and history. Additional features include terminal rules, regexp based command line rewriting, and more.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    LXP is a desktop enviroment identical to Windows XP. LXP is a collection of different pieces of GNU software (icewm, xfe, idesk, etc) modified in order to look and feel identical to Windows XP. LXP has its own icewm themes and utility pack.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    This project is not maintened since 2006 as sdl for pascal is not updated. maybe one day , if time found , i will adapt it . or if someone want to do it ? ;) x11 desktop in SDL and fpc designed for childrens (and others) .works with pentium 200 minimalist configuration.. ..Easy to use , very fast and beautiful with animations (i hope so) :) use festival and mbrola to speak
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    AwesomeWM-spin

    My customized linux live spin using 'Awesome' the Window Manager (WM)

    My customized linux live spin using 'Awesome' the Window Manager (WM) If you are not familiar with the AwesomeWM you might have troubles using this LiveOS, unless you are experienced with Linux in general. If you are looking for a Windows (Microsoft TM) or iOS (Apple TM) alternative, this Linux spin is NOT for you! As the linux base system i'm using Fedora, which i found to work best for the hardware i have. This project is in no way related with Fedora. The install icon is to be found in '$HOME/notepad' This is highly customized to my very personal liking. * As less GUI as possible * Console for everything * No bling bling but my scripts * LUA hardcoded applications menu Introducing my stuff: * Text User Interface: https://github.com/sri-arjuna/tui * Sutra: Random sutras from the Vedics (german) * Several small scripts Based on: * Fedora: http://www.fedoraproject.org * AwesomeWM: http://awesome.naquadah.org/download/ * RPMFusion: http://rpmfusion.org
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    FBC jest programem ktory umozliwia zmiane calego fluxboxa. Wlacznie z aplikacjami dodatkowymi takimi jak: conky, gdeskcal, Idesk. Poszukuje testerow. During versions 0.x only in polish language. IM WYZSZY BUILD TYM NOWSZA WERSJA!
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    FVWM is a multiple large virtual desktop window manager for X Window System. FVWM is intended to have a small memory footprint and a rich feature set, be extremely customizable and extendable, be both classic and modern.
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    The Free-POSIX Common Desktop Project exists to create an open standard for free Desktop implementations.
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    Global Translation and Localisation Team
    Translation team with the primary objective to translate and maintain the translations of some useful SourceForge.net Projects. GUI and CLI applications, PHP, Java and Documentation for Linux, Apple MAC & BSD and Windows. More info on our homepage.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    Change the wallpaper according to the weather. Information about the weather at the selected location is fetched from Google. NOTE: New project with new version is here: https://github.com/onli/izulu
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    The Pawn will make it possibly for you to tell the computer exactly what you would like it to do. Fiction. No its reality now. The highly customizable slackware will be the base for Pawn.
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    Ozganizator is a Desktop organizer with some similarities with devilspie or the way Afterstep works but wich will work on quite any window manager.
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    Rofi Applets

    Rofi Applets

    Various useful applets developed with Rofi and shell-scripts

    Bundle of easy-to-configure useful Rofi Applets Developed by Umutcan Sevdi. This project requires Rofi. It's a very powerful pop-up/switcher that allows anyone to create powerful menus. You can download it from the package manager of your choice. All applets read color values from applets/global.rasi. Editing color hexcodes will update all existing applets. Create a directory at ROFI_APPLETS_PATH. Then open two files. config.rasi and launch.sh. Instead of defining your own color values, import all of them from global.rasi for consistency. Develop rest like any other rofi applet. Write your launch script to the launch.sh. Applet CLI will automatically recognize your applet on the next run.
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    Sakura is a Knowledge Navigator and User Interface for UNIX, which implements HyperMedia and its own windowing and packing system, both in the main program and in an extensive API for Tcl and other languages.
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    A collection of scripts that build a live CD with the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) platform. This CD can be booted from any computer.No software needed to be installed.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    Live Security/Forensics Linux Distribution, built from scratch and packed full of tools useful for vulnerability analysis, penetration tests, and forensic analysis.
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