#CDE

2026-01-11

@Gammitin

Nice. This used the #CDE desktop, based on #Motif. I did prefer the earlier #OpenWindows / #OpenLook, though. Partially because I was involved in the development of that.

#SunMicrosystems

☠ Captain Arcee ☠captainarcee@retro-gaiden.com
2026-01-06

I did also change the system fonts to more resemble the default #CDE Solaris fonts.

☠ Captain Arcee ☠captainarcee@retro-gaiden.com
2026-01-06

woah, I did not know how much more customization-friendly #KDE is compared to #XFCE. Wish I had switched a long time ago. I was able to make KDE look like #CDE with the Commonality theme and it looks way more complete than any theme I've had on XFCE.

Commonality Theme on KDE Neon
Till Kamppetertill@ubuntu.social
2026-01-05

@TheOneDoc @ljrk @kde

And in 2012 #KDE and #GNOME were already really good and so probably nobody cared about #CDE any more ...

Or did it get made use of, at least in parts, for some modern desktop environment? Or are there even user and developer communities of the free code of CDE (will it get ported to Wayland)?

2026-01-04

@LaurentFr j’avoue j’étais utilisateur de #fvwm2 avant de passer à #kde

#CDE tu l’utilisais à l’école ?

ロベルトファルク ☕Streakmachine@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-01-04

Legitimate question for all you lovely BSD-folks. Does anyone daily CDE nowadays?

#freebsd #openbsd #cde

2025-12-24

This is a CDE on Mageia 9. It took me several hours and consultations with friendly people on Mageia forums to make it work.
CDE is very archaic so I had to rebuild the whole Motif library reverting some recent patches before compiling CDE itself. My tiny HP Stream 14 laptop with Intel N3060 CPU had a hard time building this monstrosity.
Now the hardest part comes: figuring out why I did this and what do I actually do with it.
#Mageia #CDE #Motif

Screenshot of CDE desktop on Mageia 9.
𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚜sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2025-12-21

Freshly updated CDE 2.5.3 on NetBSD.
Have to check if it still builds on SPARC though.
#cde #x11 #unix #retrocomputing

CDE desktop on a 2K monitor.
Indigo 4-color palette. A number of motif applications, including a text editor (xnedit), a mail client (dtmail), a pdf reader (xpdf), an image viewer (ximaging, displaying the HP CDE logo) and a file finder (xfind).
XLibreXLibreDev
2025-12-19

The recently released 2.5.3 runs on .

That may bring back some memories of good times, tears shed, or other sentiments… Yes, we are almost at the end of 2025, and CDE is still working.

More at github.com/orgs/X11Libre/discu

Common Desktop Environment (CDE) on XLibre
Doktor Overcomma :vepi:bobcromwell@dobbs.town
2025-12-18

Yes, the picture accompanying this post was just what I had handy, and was SunOS and not Solaris. To make up for it, here's the CDE Phone.
#SunOS #Solaris #CDE

CDE running on a phone with a very Sun-ish case. Supposedly.
Patrick Georgipatrick@retro.social
2025-12-09

People griping about GNOME in my feed. Meanwhile I'm messing with the #CDE sources. Just #retrocomputing things.

2025-12-02

CDE (Common Desktop Environment) è tornato dopo due anni con la versione 2.5.3, reintroducendo il look classico Unix e migliorando la compatibilità con i moderni sistemi Linux e OpenBSD #CDE #Linux #Unix

linuxeasy.org/common-desktop-e

Bryan Steele :flan_beard:brynet@bsd.network
2025-11-28

You can now install the #CDE desktop port on #OpenBSD/sparc64.. because naturally, where else would you run it? :flan_coffee:​

marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs

2025-11-27

#ComplémentDenquête invite un fasciste pour commenter la haine véhiculée par la chaîne fasciste CNEWS. Dès la première minute, il affirme qu'il existe une corrélation entre l'immigration et la criminalité, puis accuse #CDe de propager des fake news. 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡

image de l'ITW chez complement d'enquete... on voit le fasciste Philippe Ballard...
րպհտին ջվգեան ⊽🜁inky@ծմակուտ.հայ
2025-11-27

դուրս ա եկել նոր cde֊ն, ես սարքեցի դրա ebuild, շինեցի, աշխատեցրի Xephyr֊ի մէջ (որ եղած սեսիաս չընդհատեմ)՝

էկրան ստեղծեցի՝

 $ Xephyr :1 -ac -screen 1280x800
$ DISPLAY=:1 /usr/dt/bin/Xsession
^C
[2025-11-27 23:33:34] $ r /etc/init.d/rpc
rpcbind     rpc.idmapd  rpc.pipefs  rpc.statd   
[2025-11-27 23:33:34] $ r /etc/init.d/rpcbind start
 * Starting rpcbind ...                                                   [ ok ]
[2025-11-27 23:33:39] $ DISPLAY=:1 /usr/dt/bin/Xsession

պարզւում ա պէտք էր rpcbind սթարտ անել, թէ չէ չէր միանում։


ու տէնց։

#cde #էկրանահան

2025-11-27

Oh, I have used it in the past .....fond memories :)

#unix #cde

phoronix.com/news/CDE-2.5.3-De

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