- ROX Desktop
Infobox_Software
name = ROX Desktop
caption = A screenshot of the ROX desktop
developer =
latest_release_version = 2.6.1
latest_release_date = release date|2007|06|11
operating_system =Linux ,Unix ,Mac OS X ,Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems
genre =Desktop environment
license = GPL
website = [http://rox.sourceforge.net/ rox.sourceforge.net]The ROX Desktop is a Unix
desktop environment based on theROX-Filer file manager . Files are loaded by dragging them to an application from the filer, and saved by dragging back to the filer. Applications are executable directories, and are thus also installed (copied), uninstalled (deleted), and run through the filer interface. ROX has a strong link withZero Install , a method of identifying and executing programs via aURL , to make software installation completely automatic.It is inspired by the user interface of
RISC OS (not to be confused withRISC/os ). The name "ROX" comes from "RISC OS on X".The desktop uses the
GTK+ toolkit, like theGNOME andXfce desktops. The design focuses on small, simple programs using drag-and-drop to move data between them. For example, a user might load a compressed file into a spreadsheet from the web by dragging the data from the web browser to the archiver, and from there into the spreadsheet. A program would be installed in the same way, by dragging the archive from the web to the archiver, and from there to the applications directory in the filer.Drag-and-drop saving allows the user to save the text file to any directory they please, or directly to another application, such as the archiver on the panel.
External links
* [http://rox.sourceforge.net/ ROX home page]
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