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Computer desktop environment
OpenWindows is a discontinued desktop environment for Sun Microsystems workstations which combined a display server supporting the X Window System protocol, the XView and OLIT toolkits, the OPEN LOOK Window Manager (olwm), and the DeskSet productivity tools; earlier versions of OpenWindows also supported the NeWS protocol. It implements the OPEN LOOK GUI specification. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: OpenWindowsA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: OpenWindows V3 introductionThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: OPEN LOOKA closely related topic
- Go sideways: SunViewA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
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đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕OpenWindows V3 introductionLogical Operations Inc · 1992
Distributed Window systemsAllan Davison · 1992
Solaris OpenWindows user's guideSunSoft Inc · 1993
Inside SolarisKarla Saari Kitalong · 1992
Solaris OpenWindows DeskSet Reference · 1993- 📕DeskSet environment reference guide. · 1990
- 📕OpenWindows Version 2. · 1990
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