Free desktop environment software for linux

Major Features :

1. The Grdc main program:
   • A pure GTK+ 2.0 application!
   • Maintain a list of remote desktop files for most frequently used servers
   • Make quick connections by directly putting in the server name
   • Remote desktops with higher resolutions are scrollable in both window and fullscreen mode
   • Viewport fullscreen mode: remote desktop automatically scrolls when the mouse moves over the screen edge.
   • Floating toolbar in fullscreen mode, allows you to switch between modes, toggle keyboard grabbing, minimize, etc.
   • RDP protocol is supported by rdesktop; VNC protocol is supported by libvncclient.
2. The Grdc Gnome applet:
   • A Gnome desktop applet for easy-access of Grdc main features
   • List all remote desktop files and make the connection easily
   • Support remote desktop files grouping feature

Enhancements:

• Add Avahi support using libavahi-ui
• Option tstart a connection in view-only mode
• Enhanced command line arguments tsupport new grdc-applet features
• Black Scrolled Viewport border (Nikolay Botev)
• Better mouse cursor (both server and client side) (Nikolay Botev)
• Keyboard mapping option for rdesktop (RDP)
• VNC Chat feature
• Fix VNC desktop resize bug (Nikolay Botev)
• VNC Beep feature (Nikolay Botev)
• A SFTP client (stand-alone or integrate with SSH tunnel)
• SSH terminal feature integrated with SSH tunnel
• Add RDP options: Share folder, Startup program/path and Advanced arguments
• New Preference option Default View Mode
• Better default window size tmatch server resolution
• New VNC advanced option: Horizontal and Vertical scale
• Saved password is now encrypted
• Quick Connect protocol sub menus and connection protocol icons
• Support VNC keyboard mapping
• Fix VNC peer disconnect bug (Alex Chateau)
• Greek translation added by Elias Sofronas

The GNOME project provides two things: GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for end-users, users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop.
Main features:
Free
- GNOME is Free Software and part of the GNU project, dedicated to giving users and developers the ultimate level of control over their desktops, their software, and their data. Find out more about the GNU project and Free Software at gnu.org.
Usable
- GNOME understands that usability is about creating software that is easy for everyone to use, not about piling on features. GNOMEs community of professional and volunteer usability experts have created Free Softwares first and only Human Interface Guidelines, and all core GNOME software is adopting these principles. Find out more about GNOME and usability at the GNOME Usability Project.
Accessible
- Free Software is about enabling software freedom for everyone, including users and developers with disabilities. GNOMEs Accessibility framework is the result of several years of effort, and makes GNOME the most accessible desktop for any Unix platform. Find out more at the GNOME Accessibility Project.
International
- GNOME is used, developed and documented in dozens of languages, and we strive to ensure that every piece of GNOME software can be translated into all languages. Find out more at the GNOME Translation Project.
Developer-friendly
- Developers are not tied to a single language with GNOME. You can use C, C++, Python, Perl, Java, even C#, to produce high-quality applications that integrate smoothly into the rest of your Unix or Linux desktop.
Organized
- GNOME strives to be an organized community, with a foundation of several hundred members, usability, accessibility, and QA teams, and an elected board. GNOME releases are defined by the GNOME Release Team and are scheduled to occur every six months.
Supported
- Beyond the worldwide GNOME Community, GNOME is supported by the leading companies in Linux and Unix, including HP, MandrakeSoft, Novell, Red Hat, and Sun. Find out more at foundation.gnome.org.
A community
- Perhaps more than anything else, GNOME is a worldwide community of volunteers who hack, translate, design, QA, and generally have fun together. Find out more at GNOME Developers site.

GNU Mobile-remix 1.0 provides you with another dark theme for your GNOME desktop. It is a mix between the GNU mobile and GNU Tierra themes.

GNOME is an international effort to build a complete desktop environment the graphical user interface which sits on top of a computer operating system entirely from free software. This goal includes creating software development frameworks, selecting application software for the desktop, and working on the programs which manage application launching, file handling, and window and task management.

GNOME is part of the GNU Project and can be used with various Unix-like operating systems, most notably Linux, and as part of Java Desktop System in Solaris.

Enhancements:

• Corrected a few mistakes
• Corrected menubar for those without globalmenu.
• Changed Menu colours.

Requirements:

• GNOME
• Patched pixbuf
• Mist engines installed.

Aurora-Glass 0.1 provides you with another nice Aurora-based theme for GNOME users. It is actually a GTK theme that requires the Aurora engine and the patched pixbuf engine.

Enhancements:

• Added transparent glass scrollbars

Requirements:

• Aurora Gtk Engine
• Patched pixbuf engine

Kubuntu is an Ubuntu-derived distribution with the K Desktop Environment (KDE). The Kubuntu CDs are made up of Ubuntus base plus KDE. You can get exactly the same effect by installing Ubuntu and adding the KDE packages from the Ubuntu archives.

Kubuntu is the result of several months effort to get KDE 3.4 into Ubuntus main repository and create the first major derived Ubuntu distribution. Kubuntu is not a fork of Ubuntu but an official project of it, sharing the same package archive and infrastructure. It is possible to convert an Ubuntu system to Kubuntu or vice versa.

Goobox is a CD player and ripper.

Goobox is a CD player and ripper for the Gnome Desktop environment, it uses gstreamer to play and rip CDs and cddb-slave2 (distributed with gnome-media) to get and edit CD metadata such as track titles and album name.

GNOME Video Arcade is a simple xmame front-end for the GNOME Desktop Environment.

Just getting this project off the ground. Im hoping to create a simple and easy-to-use xmame front-end that is not just another mame32 clone.

This project is aimed at casual gamers like myself that just want to play classic arcade games on their desktop.

talkative project is a simple XMPP/Jabber client. It is written in Mono/C# and uses GTK+ GUI toolkit. It is designed to interoperate well with GNOME desktop environment.
Main features:
- Chats & Messages
- Support for multiple accounts
- Avatars