mDesktop Alternatives
mDesktop is described as 'lightweight application that allows the user to utilize multiple virtual desktops. Also, mDesktop integrates with Hotcorners. mDesktop currently supports up to ten virtual desktops. Instructions:' and is an app in the Network & Admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to mDesktop for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, BSD, PortableApps.com and Spaces. The best alternative is VirtuaWin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mDesktop are Dexpot (Free Personal), WindowsPager (Free, Open Source), Sysinternals Desktops (Free) and KWin (Free, Open Source).
- Dexpot turns your monitor into up to 20. It creates and manages virtual desktops and enables you to work far more efficiently and comfortably with many simultaneously opened windows on Windows 95/98/ME and NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista (incl. x64).
Discontinued
Dead app. 3 years since the last update. Not compatible with current version of Windows. See changelog: http://www.dexpot.de/?id=changelog
- WindowsPager is a desktop-switcher/pager for Windows to manage virtual workspaces/desktops. It will integrate smoothly into the desktop panel.
Discontinued
Hasn't been updated since 2011, see changelog:
http://windowspager.sourceforge.net/changelog.html - Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of the windows you’re not using.
Discontinued
last version released: 2012
- KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland compositor. It is an integral part, and the default window manager of the Plasma Workspaces, but it can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.
- Virtuoz was designed to be a minimal and robust program that allows to have more than one desktop on Windows. It was inspired by Sysinternals Desktops, but uses a different approach, which doesn’t impose the limitations which Desktops is bound to.
- One of Vistas most talked-about new features is the Desktop Window Manager (DWM). A new set of thumbnail APIs can be used to access thumbnails of open windows.
- Windows 10 Virtual Desktop Hotkeys and System Tray Icon Features: List of all hotkey actions -Disable Default -Keyboard Application Menu -Toggle Auto-hide Taskbar -Open a File -Copy -Paste -Toggle Desktop View -Toggle zVirtualDesktop Settings -Show Window...