Archy
Archy, Articles from Jef Raskin about the History of the , Crafting a Revolution, DigiBarn Friends: Jef Raskin, A Life of Design, Down With GUIs, In Appreciation of Jef Raskin, Jef Raskin, Jef Raskin A to Z, Jef Raskin Center for Humane Interfaces, Jef Raskin the Movie
GEM
4GEM Central, Artline, Atari TOS History, Digital Research's GEM: Intel 8086 version, FreeGEM WebRing, GEM, GEM on the HP200LX, GEM Programs, GEM Workshop, Good old GEMDOS
GNOME
Applets, Development Tools, Education, Entertainment, FAQs, Help, and Tutorials, Graphics, Internet, Mailing Lists, Music and Audio, Nautilus
KDE
Database, Development, Distributions, Documentation, Games, Graphics, KDE 3, KOffice, Multimedia, Networking
Alternative Linux Desktop Environment
Provides C++/Java application framework.
arm0nia project
A group of projects that are intended to make Unix more powerful and friendly by creating a desktop environment based on plugins.
DesktopX
Extends Windows desktop to support true objects (can be anything) instead of passive icons, use one by one, or mix together to form themes; build your own desktop interface, even if not a programmer. [Stardock Corporation, Inc.]
DeXtop
GUI for Unix workstations, now runs on Linux, is Common Desktop Environment (CDE) from The Open Group, based on OpenMotif 2.2.1. Runs on all Accelerated-X brand of X servers, and other X-compliant X servers. [Commercial]
EDE - Equinox Desktop Environment
Main goals of this project are simplicity, speed, minimal memory usage (if possible), good look and fell and stability. That does not mean it will be for 8086. It's FLTK-based.
foXdesktop
Lightweight desktop environment, uses Fox multiplatform C++ widget set. [Open Source, LGPL]
Future GUIs
News of OS, GUI, software, related hardware developments. Updates irregularly, often interesting tidbits.
GUIdebook
A website dedicated to preserving and showcasing as many Graphical User Interfaces as possible. Lots of screenshots and icons.
Hooray for Bluecurve
Article praises, analyses Red Hat's new user interface in their Linux 8.0. [Linux Review]
Smashplay
Web-based desktop GUI, looks and acts like Windows and Mac OS. Using Flash so users can open a variety of programs and have control over the interface.
The Definitive Desktop Environment Comparison
Compares UI and usability of several desktop environments (DEs) that are widely used, admired, reviled: Windows XP Luna, BeOS 6 (Dano/Zeta), Mac OS X Aqua, Unix KDE and GNOME. Large article with many forum comments. [OSNews.com]
The GPE Palmtop Environment
A project whose aim is to provide a Free Software GUI environment for Palmtop/Handheld computers running the GNU/Linux operating system.
The GUI Gallery
Surprisingly large and thorough Graphical User Interface list, with timeline, screenshots, downloads, links. Very useful resource for students of computer interfaces.
XFce
Lightweight desktop environment for various Unix systems, easy to use and configure, fast, XFce 3 is based on GTK+. Description, downloads, screenshots, links, credits. [Open Source, GPL]
Xfce Desktop Environment
Runs on FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS/Solaris; English, French, German. Description, downloads, CVS, screenshots, bug reports, fora. [Open Source, GPL; SourceForge.net]
XPde
A desktop environment(XPde) and a window manager(XPwm) for Linux. It tries to make easier for Windows XP users to use a Linux box. Nothing more, no clipboard compatibility between Gtk and Qt applications, no emulation of Windows applications, no unification on the widgets of X applications, just a desktop environment and a window manager. [Open source, GPL]