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[[Image:UDE Screenshot.jpg|right|thumb|250px|UDE Screenshot]]
In [[computing]], '''UDE''', the '''U'''nix '''D'''esktop '''E'''nvironment, is a [[desktop environment]] for the [[X Window System]]. Given its efficient and lightweight design it can be used on almost any [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]], mostly without any porting effort.
== The User Interface ==
UDE's [[user interface]] philosophy is quite different from that of other [[desktop environment]]s. It is designed to be used very efficiently after a short learning phase.
[[Image:UDE Honeycomb.png|left|frame|The Hex Menu]]There is no [[task bar]] or [[desktop panel]] or equivalent. Windows lack a title bar and as such there are no buttons to close, resize, iconify or maximize windows on the window borders. These buttons are replaced by the so-called hex menu or honeycomb that appears when the user clicks on the window border (See picture).
User interaction works entirely by using the different mouse buttons on window borders and the desktop background. Combinations of mouse clicks to trigger more complex actions such as moving a window from one [[workspace]] to another or loading multiple [[Computer software|programs]] (or multiple instances of a single program) at a time. For that reason, efficient usage of UDE is only possible using a three-button mouse. As of today, UDE offers only very basic support for keyboard shortcuts.
The window manager is uwm (unrelated to the older [[UWM (computing)|uwm]] from 1985 or previous).
== External links ==
*http://udeproject.sourceforge.net
*http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=603256 - UDE author's announcement on August 18, 2006 to resume working on this project.
*http://sourceforge.net/projects/udeproject
*http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2246
*http://www.agutscher.de/udepatch.html
*http://www.agutscher.de/udethemes.html
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