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Common Desktop Environment Now Available as Open Source

Original: 📰 CDE - Common Desktop Environment ｢ The Common Desktop Environment was created by a collaboration of Sun, HP, IBM, DEC,

The Common Desktop Environment, the classic Unix desktop built through a collaboration of Sun, HP, IBM, DEC, SCO, Fujitsu and Hitachi, has been released as open-source software. Long used on commercial UNIX systems, CDE is now freely available, prompting nostalgia among Unix veterans and interest from developers curious about this piece of computing history.

Why now: The release of a historically significant commercial Unix desktop as open-source software is notable news for the tech community.

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• 📰 CDE - Common Desktop Environment ｢ 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 ｣ https://… · jbz@indieweb.social

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