Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows. Its goal is to develop a desktop experience that increases productivity and advances current technology standards.
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Open Shell AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Desktop Environments
The best Desktop Environment alternative to Open Shell is Cairo Shell, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Open Shell and three of them are Desktop Environments so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Desktop Environment alternatives to Open Shell are Window Maker and SharpEnviro.
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Alternatives list
- 38 Cairo Shell alternatives
Window Maker has a reputation for being fast, efficient and highly stable. Window Maker has been characterized as reproducing "the elegant look and feel of the NeXTstep GUI" and is noted as "easy to configure and easy to use.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
- BSD
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25 SharpEnviro alternativesSharpEnviro (or SharpE) is an open source shell replacement system for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. When using SharpEnviro the default Windows desktop is replaced by a new and more powerful desktop environment.
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