Subj : Re: KDE Plasma desktop vs. Cinnamon (KUbuntu vs. Linux Mint)
To   : fusion
From : Accession
Date : Sat Jan 31 2026 08:11 am

Hey Fusion!

On Fri, Jan 30 2026 19:27:01 -0600, you wrote:

> xfce is a cool one.. with a decent bit of history. these two
> cousins, chock full of IBM UI paradigms:

> https://www.landley.net/history/mirror/os2/history/os2warp/webex.gif 
> https://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/screenshot/CDE-3.png

> and xfce, which looked like this during it's earlier days:

> https://www.linux-community.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/
> xfce.png1.jpg

Very cool that there's old pictures kept in the archives. These desktop environments have definitely come a long way over the years!

Seems to have some similarities of Win2000/2kPro and XP (Classic mode), as well. They all had to start somewhere, I suppose.

I don't remember timeframes on this stuff whatsoever, but did Apple have GUI "desktop environments" before Microsoft? I vaguely remember using an Apple Macintosh in grade school before using a PC (which started with DOS, and before my parents bought and installed Windows 3.x, so I don't even remember if there were any Windows /before/ 3.x, or what they looked like).

Regards,
Nick

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