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    Project has been moved to https://github.com/marchaesen/vcxsrv Windows X-server based on the xorg git sources (like xming or cygwin's xwin), but compiled with Visual C++ 2012 Express Edition. Source code can also be compiled with VS2008, VS2008 Express Edition and VS2010 Express Edition, although current project and makefile are not fully compatible anymore. Versions starting from 1.14.3.0 are not compatible with Windows XP anymore.
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    Downloads: 5,819 This Week
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    Xming X Server for Windows

    Xming X Server for Windows

    X Window System Server for Windows

    Xming is the leading X Window System Server for Microsoft Windows 8/7/Vista/XP (+ server 2012/2008/2003). It is fully featured, small and fast, simple to install and because it is standalone native Microsoft Windows, easily made portable (not needing a machine-specific installation).
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    Downloads: 5,961 This Week
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    CDE - Common Desktop Environment

    CDE - Common Desktop Environment

    The Common Desktop Environment, the classic UNIX desktop

    The Common Desktop Environment was created by a collaboration of Sun, HP, IBM, DEC, SCO, Fujitsu and Hitachi. Used on a selection of commercial UNIXs, it is now available as open-source software for the first time. For support, see: https://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/Home/
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    Downloads: 162 This Week
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    Fluxbox
    Fluxbox is a X11 windowmanager build for speed and flexibility.
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    Downloads: 166 This Week
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    SmartSystemMenu

    SmartSystemMenu

    Extends system menu of all windows in the system

    SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system.
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    Downloads: 95 This Week
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    Rename-It!

    Windows software to safely rename of thousands of files via regex.

    Define some filters to apply to a list of files, which can be in multiple folders, to rename the whole list at once. It checks the file names, integrates in the Shell (via Explorer context menu), supports regular expressions, ID3 tags, and much more. Moved to GitHub https://github.com/wernight/renameit/
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    Downloads: 54 This Week
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    wxMathPlot
    wxMathPlot is an add-on library for wxWidgets which provides a framework for easy plotting of mathematical functions, sampled data and generic 2D plots.
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    Downloads: 26 This Week
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    The project tries to create a free, fast and feature-full virtual desktop manager for Microsoft Windows. This application enhances the Microsoft "Window Manager" up to the level of usual Unix Window Manager, by providing virtual desktops, as well as some additional features, like always on top, window shading...
    Downloads: 27 This Week
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    icewm is a window manager for the X Window System. The features of icewm are speed, simplicity, and not getting in the user's way.
    Downloads: 18 This Week
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    Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Microsoft Azure

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    Blackbox is that fast, light window manager you have been looking for without all those annoying library dependancies. If you have a C++ compiler and the X Window System you can compile and use it.
    Downloads: 26 This Week
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    bbtools is a set of simple and small desktop tools for the Blackbox window manager. Tools range from a pager (bbpager) to a mail notifier (bbmail).
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    Downloads: 52 This Week
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    Clicky Gone

    Hide windows from praying eyes or for the comfort of a clean desktop.

    Hide windows from praying eyes or for the comfort of a clean desktop. Has a boss key feature that hides the active window and mutes the sound. You can also manage the priority of your applications through your applications system menu.
    Downloads: 13 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: 11 This Week
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    This program will let you use two screens on two different computers as if they were connected to the same computer. It even works between different operating systems. If you have two or more computers on your desk and you are tired of having several
    Downloads: 8 This Week
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    Wally is a Qt4 wallpaper / background changer, using multiple sources like files, folders, FTP remote folders, Flickr, Panoramio, Ipernity, Photobucket, Buzznet, Picasa, Smugmug, Google, Vladstudio and deviantART images.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    Mission Control / Emcee

    Windows "Expose" w/ "Mission Control" like piles

    Version 1.3 compiles from VS 2017 community (the free version) with the C++ standard set to the older one ... the code hasn't been modified to the newer standards. Version 1.2 includes support for folks who were having a problem compiling the program in VS 2013 because the code referenced a feature available in the 2015 SDK but not the one default with 2013. The Emcee.Shareware.zip file contains an open-source release of the commercial Emcee Software program. This version supports Windows 10 (both desktop and "modern" apps), loads of configuration controls (including customizable hot key and hot corner activations), multiple desktops, etc., etc.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    TrayMenu

    TrayMenu

    An alternative, freely configurable Start menu for Windows

    TrayMenu creates a hierarchical menu from the contents of any folder for quick access to applications, files, scripts, etc. The menu, which is based on the classic folder-based Start menu of earlier versions of Windows, can be accessed via an icon in the taskbar. No administrator rights are required for installation, which means that it can be used on computers with limited user rights.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    SyncWall

    SyncWall

    wallpaper manager with synchronization features

    SyncWall is quite a basic wallpaper changer with a special feature, it is the ability to synchronize wallpaper change between several workstations with a basic (and unsecured) client/server protocol. Each workstation must share the same pool of files, there is no FTP or Internet download. Because SyncWall is written with Qt, SyncWall runs on Windows and Linux (MacOSX isn't tested yet).
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    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    MIWM is a minimalist window manager with virtual workspaces. MIWM is written in C++, for the X window system.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    AutoPlay is fullscreen software for your Windows-based AutoPC. It replaces Windows Explorer, and provides touchscreen-friendly, easy-to-read functions. It serves as the launching point for MP3's (with cover art), videos, games, visualization, etc
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    Lion Linux

    Lion Linux

    Linux for older and average computers

    Lion Linux is an operating system for desktop and laptop computers. It is designed to work ‘out of the box’ and comes fully equipped with the apps most people need.
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    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    Waimea is a fast and highly customizable virtual multiple desktop window manager. It supports advanced features like transparent textures and Xft fonts.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    Provides battery,temperature,ac,cpufreq (SpeedStep,Powernow!) control and monitoring. Proper suspend to disk/ram and standby by shell hooks that are easy to extend. APM and ACPI machines are supported equally. For laptops as well as for workstations.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    Scwm is the Scheme Configurable/Constraints Window Manager, a window manager with a powerful dynamic configuration language based on Guile Scheme. Scwm has many, many advanced features, often implemented in the configuration language itself.
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    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    The IceWM Control Center allows you to run various tools for configuring IceWM's options. It contains menu/toolbar editor, winoptions editor, keys editor, themes switcher and some other tools. It supports themes, so you can add new (or replace exist
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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