PC , were desktop machines, with a horizontally oriented computer case , usually intended to have the display screen placed on top to save space on the desktop. In modern usage the word desktop usually .... Technically speaking desktop and tower computers are two different styles of computer case that use ..., the HP 9800 series desktop computers HP 9830A was actually an early desktopcomputer with printer ... programs in a computer. Most of today s desktop computers have one of the three major operating ... Windows , Mac OS X , and Linux . Microsoft Windows and Linux can be used for almost any desktopcomputer ... gaming PCs can cost up to US 10,000. See also Desktop replacement computer Laptop Personal computer ... http videos.howstuffworks.com computer tour video.htm HowStuffWorks Major components of a desktopcomputer ... DesktopComputer Category Personal computers Category Classes of computers Category Personal computing ar ca Ordinador de sobretaula cs Desktop de DesktopComputer et Lauaarvuti el ... de escritorio ko hi id Komputer meja it Computerdesktop kk ...Refimprove date June 2008 Image Computer aj aj ashton 01.svg framed right A stylized illustration of a tower personal computer A desktopcomputer is a personal computer PC in a form intended for regular use at a single location, as opposed to a mobile laptop or portable computer . Early desktop computers are designed to lay flat on the desk, while modern towers stand upright. Most modern desktop computers have separate screens and keyboards. Prior to the widespread use of microprocessors, a computer ... considered to be desktop cases in both senses, regardless of orientation and placement. OR date ... sized racks. It was not until the 1970s when computers such as the HP 9800 series desktop .... They could draw computer graphics with a plotter. The Wang 2200 of 1973 had a full size cathode ... Personal Computer used standard processors to reduce cost to put a complete computer on top ... more details
be used as a standalone computer was the Eurocom Corporation EUROCOM 2100 based on Intel s 8088 CPU architecture, it duplicated the functionality of the desktop models without requiring an external docking station . The development of the modern desktop replacement computer came with the realization ... computer s. Desktop replacement computers are, with a few exceptions, difficult to upgrade compared ..., and can rarely use identical components to a desktopcomputer. References references div Computer ...Refimprove date July 2008 File Acer Aspire 8920 Gemstone by Georgy.JPG thumb 300px A desktop replacement Acer Inc. Acer 8920 laptop with an 18.4 inch screen which can replace a desktop with its big screen. A desktop replacement computer DTR is a personal computer that provides the full capabilities of a desktopcomputer while remaining Mobile computing mobile . They are often larger, bulkier laptop s. Because of their increased size, this class of computer usually includes more powerful components ... battery capacity or none at all . Some use a limited range of desktop components to provide better ... of the words desktop and notebook , though the term is also applied to desktop replacement computers in general. ref http www.news.com 2100 1040 979763.html Desktop notebooks stake their claim , accessed ... Kaypro II, taken from an advertising poster from 1982. The forerunners of the desktop replacement were the portable computer s of the early to mid 1980s, such as the Osborne I , ref http www.cedmagic.com history osborne 1.html Osborne 1 The First Portable Computer from 1981 , accessed April 2010 ... SX 64 portable computer , accessed April 2010 ref These computers contained the Central processing unit CPU , computer display display , floppy disk drive and power supply all in a single briefcase like enclosure. Similar in performance to the desktop computers of the era, they were easily transported ... of the laptop form factor gave new impetus to portable computer development. Many early laptops ... more details
lowercase title iPAQ desktopcomputer Cleanup date January 2011 The iPAQ Desktop Personal Computer in its various incarnations was a Legacy free PC produced by the Compaq Compaq Computer Corporation around the year 2000. The Compaq iPAQ was primarily designed to be a portable desktopcomputer that could be used as a simple internet capable computer. Hardware File IPaqLegacyFreeFront.jpg thumb iPaq Desktop Front File IPaqLegacyBack.jpg thumb iPaq Desktop Legacy Rear The iPAQ had very few limitations on upgradability hard drives, memory RAM , Central processing unit CPU and Multi Bay drives can be readily interchanged, although the iPAQ did not contain sockets for expansion cards. It featured an interchangeable Multi Bay slot that could accept a 3.5 inch LS SuperDisk drive the only way to read a floppy disk standard Multi Bay floppy drives do not work , optical drives, or a secondary hard disk device. The slot was the same as those found on many Compaq Armada and many other HP Compaq laptop computer systems. By a method of convection for cooling, these computers are commonly found in office environments due to their low noise Decibel dB output. The iPAQ ran on either an Intel Pentium III processor or on an Intel Celeron processor ranging from 500 Hertz MHz to 1 Hertz GHz processor in a PGA370 socket. The internal RAM was upgradable to 512 Megabyte MB s of 100 Mhz 168pin SDR SDRAM. Strangely enough, the BIOS in the iPAQ actually prevents the system from booting if there is more than 512 MBs of RAM installed a message displays during POST instructing the user to decrease the amount of RAM in the system to no more than 512 MBs . The reason behind this forced RAM limitation ... in order for the computer to boot. This can be bypassed with a couple of BIOS tweaks ref http p0rtal.co.uk ... 50x50px iPaq Desktop Legacy Free Rear File IPaqDesktopv2Front.jpg thumb 50x50px iPaq Desktop v2 Front File IPaqLegacyFreeBack.jpg thumb 50x50px iPaq Desktop v2 Rear iPAQ Desktops were typically sold ... more details
Wiktionary desktopDesktop refers to the surface of a desk . The term has been adopted as an adjective to distinguish office appliances such as photocopiers and printers which can be fitted on top of a desk, from larger equipment covering its own area on the floor. Desktop may also refer to Desktopcomputer , a personal computer designed to fit on a desk Pizza box form factor , a design of computer case Desktop metaphor , especially the area behind the windows in a GUI using this metaphor Desktop environment , software that provides a comprehensive computer user interface Client computing , sometimes referred to as desktop to distinguish from the server disambig ca Escriptori de Desktop es Escritorio desambiguaci n ko it Desktop ja pl Desktop pt Desktop ru sk Desktop sv Desktop tr Desktop ... more details
ISYS desktop is an enterprise class desktop search tool designed to find information on individual Personal computer PCs as well as across corporate computer network networks , database s and proprietary systems. It was originally introduced in 1989 by ISYS Search Software as a search and retrieval tool for DOS . External links Official website http www.isys search.com products desktop index.html DEFAULTSORT Isys Desktop Category Desktop search engines ... more details
Deleted image removed Image Customization linux.jpg thumb right 300px Desktop Customization on the Linux operating system Unreferenced date October 2007 Desktop customization is a term that describes the customization of a personal computerdesktop environment . Customization can be carried out on different desktop environment in different ways. Popular desktop environments are Windows XP , GTK , Gnome and KDE . GTK, Gnome and KDE are environments found on the Linux Linux Operating system . Customization can include wallpapers, window styles, Widget engine widgets , gadgets , icons and skinned application software applications . desktop environment stub Category Personal computing Category Desktop environments zh ... more details
Remote Desktop may refer to Remote desktop software Apple Remote Desktop Remote Desktop Services Remote Desktop Protocol Desktop sharing Disambiguation de Remote Desktop ja Remote Desktop ... more details
. Active Desktop placed a number of channels on the user s computerdesktop metaphor desktop that provided ...Infobox Windows component name Active Desktop logo screenshot screenshot size caption included with Windows ... 2003 replaces replaced by Windows Sidebar and Windows Desktop Gadgets related components Refimprove date August 2009 Active Desktop was a feature of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 Internet Explorer 4.0 s optional Windows Desktop Update that allows the user to add Hypertext Markup Language HTML content to the desktop metaphor desktop , along with some other features. This function was intended ... 7 . Users can add HTML both in place of the regular Computer wallpaper wallpaper and as independent resizable desktop items . Items available on line can be regularly updated and synchronized so users can stay updated without visiting the website in their browser. Active Desktop works much like desktop widget technology in that it allows users to place customized information on their desktop. History ... in Windows 98 , is an Active Desktop item The introduction of the Active Desktop marked Microsoft ... the user to open a Web browser . Active Desktop debuted during the 1997 release of Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, as a feature of the optional Windows Desktop Update offered to users during the upgrade install. While the Windows Desktop Update is commonly referred to improperly as Active Desktop itself, it is actually an entire Windows shell upgrade from v4.0 to v4.71, or v4.72 ... to allow uppercase filenames the old v4.0 desktop would forcibly display uppercase filenames ... and seamlessly browsed. Active Desktop was largely considered to be a failure, with one of the main ... little used Citation needed date April 2009 , the availability of Active Desktop was key to Microsoft ... Windows Vista has replaced the Active Desktop with Windows Sidebar Now called Windows Desktop Gadgets starting with Windows 7 , which also allows components to be added to the desktop. Windows Server ... more details
Central Desktop, Isaac and Arnulf started Upgradebase in 1997, a product data provider to the computer and consumer electronics industry, and Vendorbase in 1999, a B2B marketplace for computer ...Infobox Software name Central Desktop logo Image CDLogo2010.GIF 180px screenshot Image Central desktop dashboard.JPG 280px caption A dashboard view, seen within Central Desktop developer Central Desktop operating system Cross platform genre Collaborative software website http centraldesktop.com www.centraldesktop.com Central Desktop, Inc. is a privately held collaboration software company that is headquartered in Pasadena, California. The company s primary focus is providing a Software as a Service collaboration tool to small and medium sized businesses. The company and its products are most often compared to other wiki based and project centric solutions such as SharePoint and Basecamp software Basecamp . ref http www.informationweek.com news software showArticle.jhtml?articleID 206101113 ... 02 03 central desktop ref In December 2006, the company accused Google of unfairly competing against ... Central Desktop received 7 million in first round funding from OpenView Venture Partners ref http www.openviewpartners.com ref in April 2008. ref http techcrunch.com 2008 04 16 central desktop takes 7 million ref Products Central Desktop is offered in three editions Workgroup, Enterprise and Community. ref http www.cmswire.com cms document management central desktop saas collaboration now available ..., Central Desktop 2.0. New features in Central Desktop 2.0 include an online file viewer that supports ... type into a downloadable PDF document. ref http www.fiercecio.com techwatch story central desktop unveils 2 0 upgrade 2010 02 23 ref Central Desktop product features include Wikis WYSIWYG editing ... External links http www.centraldesktop.com Central Desktop official website http cdblog.centraldesktop.com Central Desktop blog http forum.centraldesktop.com Central Desktop official forum Category ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 Desktop alerting is a relatively young sector of information logistics , where information is sent to an application that displays its content directly on the user s computerDesktop metaphor desktop . Typically, the alert is delivered to a client computing client computer from a central provider. The client is either an opt in software product, for example an RSS reader ... on the end user s desktop. Each recipient s computer typically has a client application installed ... tool, desktop alerting can serve as tool for reliable information distribution. Desktop alerting ... A desktop alert is an electronic message sent to computers over a local network or over the internet ... s for private users. Can be from a commercial or corporate point of view, desktop alerting ... over a computer network to a client computer. The transport protocol depends on the application. In earlier versions of Windows operating systems, the NET protocol was able to deliver desktop alerts in corporate .... Fields of application Desktop alerting has several fields of application. Commercial applications can ... Desk to users in a corporate network or advertisement to consumers. Desktop alert messages can ... http www.alert software.com DeskAlerts Desktop Alert Software http www.cordaware.com Cordaware bestinformed Desktop Alert & Emergency Notification Software http www.spydaman.com ACEmessage ACEmessage Desktop Alert Software http www.optini.com www.OPTINI.com OPT IN Desktop and Browser based alert software http www.desktopalert.net www.DesktopAlert.net Desktop Alert Software http www.spreadhub.com SpreadHub Desktop Alert Web App http www.alertsdesktop.com www.AlertsDesktop.com Desktop Alert Software http www.messagenetcommunicationsystems.com computer pop ups instant messaging pc alert for mac and pc www.MessageNetSystems.com Desktop Alert Software http http www.buildingtechnologies.siemens.com ... Siemens Sygnal Desktop Alert Software References references Category Office suites ... more details
unreferenced date March 2008 A crash to desktop or CTD is a crash computing computer program crash which is said to occur when a computer program program commonly a video game unexpectedly quits, abruptly taking the user back to the desktop metaphor desktop . Usually, the term is applied only to crashes where no error is Electronic visual display display ed, hence all the user sees as a result of the crash is the desktop. Many times there is no apparent action that causes a CTD. During normal function, the program may Hang computing freeze for a shorter period of time, and then close by itself. Also during normal function, the program may become a black Screen of Death black screen and play the last few seconds of sound depending on the size of the data buffer that was being played repeatedly before it crashes to desktop. Other times it may appear to be Event driven programming trigger ed by a certain action, such as loading an area. The CTD bugs are considered particularly problematic for users. Since they frequently display no error message, it can be very difficult to track down the source of the problem, especially if the times they occur and the actions taking place right before the CTD do not appear to have any pattern or common ground. One way to track down the source of CTDs for games is to run them in windowed mode. Windows Vista has a feature that can help track down the cause of a CTD problem when it occurs on any program. clarify date December 2010 Windows XP included a similar feature as well. clarify date December 2010 Some computer programs, such as StepMania and BBC s Bamzooki , also crash to desktop if in full screen, but displays the error in a separate window when the user has returned to the desktop. Crashes are usually caused by website failure or system ... Graphical user interfaces Category Computer jargon Category Computer errors Category Software anomalies Windows software stub sv Crash to Desktop ... more details
Features As of January 2008, Google Desktop features the following functionality File indexing After initially installing Google Desktop, the software completes an indexing of all the files in the computer ... metaphor desktop . Web results will open in a browser window, and selected computer results will be displayed ...Infobox Software name Google Desktop logo File Google Desktop logo.png Google Desktop s logo screenshot File GoogleSidebar Vista.png The GDS Sidebar sits on the user s desktop and displays relevant information. caption The GDS Sidebar sits on the user s desktop and displays relevant information. Google Desktop on Microsoft Windows Vista developer Google latest release version 5.9.1005.12335 latest release date operating system Cross platform genre Desktop search status Discontinued license Proprietary website http desktop.google.com desktop.google.com Google Desktop is desktop search software made ... s e mails, computer files, music, photos, chats, Web pages viewed, and other Google Gadgets . In September 2011, Google announced it would discontinue a number of its products, including Google Desktop ..., results can also be returned in a web browser on the Google Desktop Home Page much like the results for Google Web searches. Google Desktop can index several different types of data, including Google Desktop Email indexing email , web browsing history from Internet Explorer , Google Chrome and Mozilla ... 2007 10 22 url http desktop.google.com plugins c index all.html?hl en ref Google Desktop allows the user to control which types of data are indexed by the program. Google Desktop only indexes 100,000 ... drive, Google Desktop won t index all of them during this initial period. However, Google Desktop adds files to the index during real time indexing when users move or open them. ref http desktop.google.com support bin answer.py?hl en&answer 13754 I can t find Files Desktop for Windows Help Google ref Sidebar A prominent feature of Google Desktop is the Sidebar computing Sidebar , which ... more details
Ximian Desktop was a GNOME based desktop environment from Ximian . It was made to be suitable for Desktopcomputerdesktop and office productivity environment, and it enabled businesses to use Linux and open source software for daily work. Rather than being a complete Linux distribution, it was designed to fit on top of existing distributions, such as Red Hat and SUSE Linux Suse . It comprised the following modules Productivity Novell s edition of OpenOffice.org Office suite, Mozilla Firefox web browser, and more. Communication Novell Evolution and Novell GroupWise for collaboration, Pidgin software Gaim for multi network instant messaging. Enterprise ready Novell Linux Desktop 9 with Service Pack 2 is fully enterprise ready, with iPrint , Novell ZENworks integration, and more. Developer friendly Free Software development kit SDK available at http developer.novell.com developer.novell.com Category Novell software GNOME stub Linux stub ... more details
computer in 1983. A very primitive GUI presented a rough sketch of a desktop, complete with telephone ... labelled Computer . Amiga terminology for its desktop metaphor was taken directly from workshop jargon ... and Computer icon icons on the desktop. The paper paradigm refers to the paradigm used by most modern ...Original research date March 2009 Refimprove date September 2010 File Writing desk.jpg thumb The computer interface is a conceptual metaphor of a writing desk In computing , the desktop metaphor is an interface ... more easily interact with the computer. ref name autogenerated1 http www.csdl.tamu.edu l0f0954 academic cpsc610 hw2 3.htm Desktop Metaphor ref The desktop metaphor treats the computer display monitor of a computer as if it is the user s desk top, upon which objects such as document s and File folder ... represents a paper copy of the document placed on the desktop. Small applications called Desk Accessory desk accessories are also available, such as a desk calculator or notepad, etc. The desktop metaphor itself has been extended and stretched with various implementations of desktop environment s, since access to features and usability of the computer are usually more important than maintaining the purity of the metaphor . Hence we find trash cans on the desktop, as well as disks and network volumes which can be thought of as filing cabinet s not something normally found on a desktop . Other ... world desktop. History Image Apple Macintosh Desktop.png thumb left alt A screenshot of the original Mac OS. See caption. The original 1984 Mac OS history Mac OS desktop popularized the new graphical user interface . Users communicated with the computer not through abstract textual Command line interface commands but rather using a metaphorical desktop that included Computer icon icons of real life items with which the user was already familiar. The desktop metaphor was first introduced by Alan ... applications developed by PARC scientists throughout the ensuing decade. The first commercial computer ... more details
unreferenced date April 2008 Image A2000.jpg thumb right An Amiga 2000 desktop video system. The CPU unit is to the right with the monitor sitting on a VCR . Desktop video refers to a phenomenon lasting from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s when the graphics capabilities of personal computers such as Commodore s Amiga , the Apple Macintosh II and specially upgraded IBM PC compatibles had advanced to the point where individuals and local broadcasters could use them for analog signal analog non linear editing NLE and vision mixing in video production . Despite the use of computers, desktop video should not be confused with digital video since the video data remained analog. Full screen, full motion video s vast storage requirements meant that the promise of digital encoding would not be realized on desktop computers for at least another decade. Description There were multiple models of genlock cards available to synchronise the content the Newtek Video Toaster was commonly used in Amiga and PC systems, while Mac systems had the SuperMac Video Spigot and Radius computer Radius VideoVision cards. Apple later introduced the Macintosh Quadra 840AV and Centris 660AV systems to specifically address this market. Desktop video was a parallel development to desktop publishing and enabled many small production houses and local TV stations to produce their own original content for the first time. Desktop video meant that television advertising on Public access television , which had not been affordable before, became possible for local businesses such as real estate agents, contractors and auto dealers. As with the phrase desktop publishing , use of the term died out as the technologies it referred to became the norm for any kind of video production. External links http www.amazon.com Amiga desktop video Steven Anzovin dp 0874551714 book http www.archive.org details desktopvideo video ... the computer revolution.php the early use of personal computers at the BBC Category Broadcasting ... more details
Multiple issues refimprove April 2009 notability April 2009 orphan May 2009 A hosted desktop is a product ... software, Citrix XenApp or Microsoft Remote Desktop Services being two of the most common. Processing ... Desktop commonly involves a browser based connection to a desktop environment which includes an Office suite office productivity suite alongside other Application software desktop applications . The desktop ... Desktop is a term often used to refer to a container of a collection of virtual objects, software, hardware ... and perform computer related tasks ref name Zissis&Lekkas cite journal last Zissis first Dimitrios ... via one of many Remote desktop software remote desktop protocols . Clients can include thin clients ..., Mac OS X, Linux and others. The move towards hosted desktops, of which Desktop virtualization Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI is a subset Citation needed date March 2011 , is predicted by Gartner ..., cost control and scaling up down in timely fashion. Hosted desktop services can be a comparatively ... meet requirements. A Hosted Desktop based environment will generally migrate user authentication, file ... Desktop means that between 5 & 10 people can connect and work on a standard xDSL broadband ... are most often based on a Microsoft Server Technology Windows Server 2008 utilising Remote Desktop ... Workstation to make personalisation easier. Licensing for this type of Hosted Desktop is provided by the Microsoft .... Backup and disaster recovery will be handled by the Hosted Desktop vendor ref http www.entrustit.co.uk .... Pricing Models For Hosted Desktop vendors utilising Microsoft technology, charges are normally monthly with a basic charge applied for each user of a Hosted Desktop and then additional charges for an Office ... A Canadian provider describes its hosted desktop on its website as ... a combination of IT infrastructure ... ref A UK provider describes its hosted desktop on its website as Hosted Desktop replaces the traditional office network environment with a hosted desktop, Desktop in the Cloud . This will look ... more details
Infobox title Desktop Linux image File Gnome.png 250px caption The GNOME desktop environment, one of the most popular Linux desktops Desktop Linux , also called Linux on the desktop , refers to specialized Linux distribution s with features designed for desktop personal computer users. These features ... boot and x86 virtualization for running both Linux and Windows on the same computer. Year of Desktop Linux Since at least 2000, articles declaring that 20XX will be the year of Linux on the desktop or year of the Linux desktop YoLD have been published by a number of tech related magazines and websites ... the desktop role specifically, while others include all the software available for the platform. In that case, the user will be given the choice to select either a desktop or server type when the operating system is installed. History See also History of free software Desktop Historically, UNIX and other Unix like operating systems have been utilized on Server computing servers , Mainframe computer ... for low end desktop computers. Desktop environments See also Linux adoption On desktop computers l1 Desktop adoption of Linux Image KDE 4.png thumb KDE desktop environment Linux offers many desktop alternatives. The most popular desktop environments are GNOME , KDE , Xfce and LXDE . These are rather large collections of desktop programs, rather than bare bones X window manager window managers such as FVWM , IceWM amongst numerous others. These environments present a GUI using a desktop metaphor ... cube. Regardless of the source, all Linux desktop applications use the X Window System and thus ... 05 13 last About, Inc authorlink year 2008 ref Desktop Linux environments have been improving in appearance ... their greatest use on desktop Linux distributions. It can also refer to a breakthrough in the number of pre installed Linux distributions on personal computer s being sold by PC manufacturers such as Dell ... of the linux desktop title 2008 Year of the Linux Desktop accessdate 2008 05 23 last Strohmeyer first ... more details
takes place when the computer is idle and most search applications can be set to suspend it if a portable computer is running on batteries, in order to save power. When indexing the files, desktop ...Cleanup date October 2010 File Puggle search.png thumb Puggle Desktop Search File AdunaAutoFocus5.png thumb OSL Desktop Search engines software Aduna AutoFocus 5 Image with inadequate rationale removed Image Spotlight Grouping.png thumb right Apple Inc s Spotlight software Spotlight is an example of a desktop search tool. Desktop search is the name for the field of search tools which search the contents of a user s own computer files , rather than searching the Internet. These tools are designed ..., sound files, images and video. One of the main advantages of desktop search programs is that search ... Magazine ref Windows Vista enables the indexing service by default. A variety of desktop search programs are now available see List of search engines Desktop search engines this list for examples. Desktop ... on a Computer network network , documents stored in repositories such as corporate intranet s and a multitude ... special report who sees your data.htm Security special report Who sees your data? , Computer Weekly ... X1 Technologies X1 Professional Client is an example of a desktop search tool for Windows. Companies ... not have a desktop search standard, or lack strict central control over end users downloading tools from the Internet . Some consumer oriented desktop search tools make it possible to generate indexes ... know exist. Citation needed date November 2009 Historically, full desktop search come from work of Apple inc. Apple Computer s Advanced Technology Group , resulting in underlying AppleSearch technology ... system. Technologies Desktop search engines build and maintain an Index search engine index ... computer, but their great advantage is that they do not load the resources of computer with indexing ... to search inside Microsoft Office documents. Long term goals for desktop search include the ability ... more details
Image knotes.png thumb Screenshot of Knotes, a desktop note application for KDE Desktop notes are computer applications that allow putting Post it note like windows on the screen, with reminders, short notes and other clippings. They are typically rectangular and yellow, like their real world counterpart, but most applications support other colours and more elaborate designs. The earliest known desktop note application is Note pad made for the GEOS 8 bit operating system GEOS system for the Commodore 64 in 1985. For Apple Macintosh Macintosh Stickies software Stickies was developed by Jens Alfke and included by Apple in System 7 Macintosh System 7 in 1994. ref cite web url http jens.mooseyard.com 1997 04 they made me an offer i couldnt refuse title They Made Me An Offer I Couldn t Refuse author Jens Alfke date April 13, 1997 work Thought Palace publisher accessdate January 18, 2010 ref A number of applications have duplicated the functionality of Stickies on other platforms. Mac OS X has its own built in desktop note functionality through Dashboard Mac OS Dashboard , an application that has notes and other desktop widgets . On Microsoft Windows , desktop note applications have been included by default since Windows Vista , which has the Notes gadget . ref http vista.gallery.microsoft.com .... Also you can find other, free or non free, desktop note applications like ShixxNOTE which have ... note recipient s from network neighborhood list LAN or by entering computer name, IP address or e mail address. Screenshot of ShixxNOTE program Send note to dialog. td tr table On Linux , desktop notes have existed for quite some time. The GNOME Desktop GNOME desktop, which is used by default on Ubuntu OS Ubuntu , has a built in sticky notes feature available, whereas KDE K Desktop Environment has a desktop notes application called Knote. See also Desk Accessory Desktop widget ShixxNOTE Stickies software Stickies Web annotation References reflist Category Desktop widgets ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Desktop outsourcing is the process where a Company firm , U.S. Government agency Government Agency , or Non profit organization non profit contracts a third party to maintain and manage one or more of its computing equipment components and software maintenance . Justification for desktop outsourcing could include shifting focus and energy to areas of core competency, reducing Human resources staffing costs, and the Planned maintenance routine maintenance , upgrades, and repairs associated with managing multitudes of Computer system PC systems and Server computing servers or a combination of both Applegate et al. 2007 . References reflist Corporate Information Strategy and Management. Applegate, Lynda, Austin, Robert, McFarlan, Warren F. 2007 . New York McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. ISBN 0 07 063584 6 Littman, Dan. Outsourcing the desktop Outsourcing desktop management can shave costs while bringing relief to an assortment of infrastructure management headaches . IDG Publishing Network, Inc. 6 February 2006. 18 April 2008. http www.infoworld.com article 06 02 06 74669 06FEoutdesk 3.html . External links http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 14027181 ITM Outsourcing the desktop Outsourcing desktop management can shave costs while bringing relief to an assortment of infrastructure management headaches. case studies on outsourcing Category Business process Outsourcing Category Business terms Category Information technology management Business term stub ... more details
de DesktopComputer Virtueller Desktop fr Bureau virtuel interface graphique ja pl Wirtualny ...About software that creates a virtualized environment between the computer platform and its operating system Virtual machine virtual machines running desktop environments Desktop virtualization Cleanup date June 2007 In computing , a virtual desktop is a term used with respect to user interface s, usually within the WIMP computing WIMP paradigm, to describe ways in which the virtual space of a computer s Desktop metaphor desktopdesktop environment environment is expanded beyond the physical limits ... desktop area and can also be helpful in reducing clutter. There are two major approaches ... copies of their desktop view port and switch between them, with open windows existing on single ... of the physical viewing device. Typically, scrolling panning a subsection of the virtual desktop into view is used to navigate an over sized virtual desktop. Overview Switching desktops Switchable desktops ... LaStrange in swm the Solbourne Window Manager, for the X Window System in 1989. Virtual Desktop was originally a trademark of Solbourne Computer . ref Thomas E. LaStrange 1990 http www.lastrange.com ... at an x, y position on the computer s display, windows of running applications are then placed at x, y positions on a given virtual desktop context . They are then only accessible to the user if that particular context is enabled. A switching desktop provides a way for the user to switch between contexts , or pages of screen space, only one of which can be displayed on the computer s display at any ... Desktop MatthiWare Mutter window manager Mutter default window manager for GNOME 3 olvwm extended ... virtuawin whim windowmaker xmonad Oversized Desktops Other kinds of virtual desktop environments do not offer discrete virtual screens, but instead make it possible to pan around a desktop that is larger ... that is higher than the monitor s display resolution, the virtual desktop manager may allow windows ... more details
, separates a personal computerdesktop environment from a physical machine using the client server model of computing. Virtual desktop infrastructure, sometimes referred to as virtual desktop interface ref cite web url http www.networkworld.com community node 38582 title Virtual Desktop Interface publisher ... desktop, except that the actions of the controlling computer may be almost unnoticeable on the remote computer display. This differs from simple remote desktop software in that several people ...Desktop virtualization sometimes called client virtualization ref See for example cite book author John ... 9780137150830 page 95 pages 317 quote ... client, or desktop, virtualization. ... The concept of client ... model enabling desktop virtualization, encompassing the hardware and software systems ref http blogs.techrepublic.com.com ... Desktop Models Desktop Software publisher InformationWeek date accessdate 2010 03 17 ref Many enterprise level implementations of this technology store the resulting virtualized desktop on a remote central ... to the desktop VMs are propagated to all user machines through the network, thus combining ... computer or notebook computer , and thus is not as portable as the pure client server ... and individuals to take advantage of the flexibility of multiple desktop VMs on a single hardware platform without additional network and server resources. Technical definition Desktop virtualization ref cite web url http www.networkworld.com news 2009 112409 vdi desktop virtualization cheat sheet.html title Desktop virtualization cheat sheet publisher Networkworld.com date accessdate ... different hardware architecture from that used by the projected desktop environment, and may also be based upon an entirely different operating system. The desktop virtualization model allows the use ..., centrally located computer or server. The central machine may operate at a residence, business ... by a local area network , a wide area network , or the public Internet. VDI Virtual desktop infrastructure ... more details
Inc. Apple introduced a desktop environment on an affordable personal computer , which also failed in the market. On commercial personal computer s the desktop metaphor was popularized among technical ...File Gnome 3.2 shell.png thumb GNOME 3.x desktop environment File KDE 4.png thumb Latest version of KDE , using Plasma KDE Plasma as the desktop. File GNOME Screenshot 2.10 FC4.png thumb GNOME 2.x desktop environment In graphical computing, a desktop environment DE commonly refers to a particular implementation of graphical user interface GUI derived from the desktop metaphor that is seen on most modern personal computer s. ref name autogenerated1 cite web url http www.csdl.tamu.edu l0f0954 academic cpsc610 hw2 3.htm title Desktop Metaphor publisher Csdl.tamu.edu date accessdate 2012 02 04 ref ... full control over the OS is required in such cases. A desktop environment typically consists of icon computing icons , Window computing windows , toolbars , directory file systems folders , computer wallpaper wallpapers and Widget engine desktop widgets see Elements of graphical user interfaces and WIMP ... that make the desktop metaphor more complete. A desktop environment aims to be an intuitive way for the user to interact with the computer using concepts which are similar to those used when interacting with the physical world, such as buttons and windows. While the term desktop environment originally described a style of user interfaces following the desktop metaphor, it has also come to describe ... and desktop environments Window managers and desktop environments Linux 101 Bot generated title ref This usage has been popularized by the Common Desktop Environment and the KDE K Desktop Environment . Implementation On a system that offers a desktop environment, a window manager in conjunction ... desktop environment was by Xerox and was sold with the Xerox Alto in the 1970s. The Alto was generally considered by Xerox to be a personal office computer it failed in the marketplace because of poor ... more details
Infobox software name ROX Desktop logo screenshot Image rox desktop 2004.png 250px caption A screenshot of the ROX desktop developer latest release version 1.4 latest release date release date and age df yes 2008 12 30 operating system Microsoft Windows and Unix like operating systems programming language C programming language C , Python programming language Python genre Desktop environment license GNU General Public License website http www.roscidus.com desktop home www.roscidus.com desktop home The ROX Desktop is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System . It is based on the ROX Filer which is a drag and drop spatial file manager . It is free software released under the GNU General ... be installed or removed easily using Zero Install . The desktop The ROX Desktop is a desktop environment ... executable directories , and are thus also Installation computer programs installed copied , uninstalled ... comp.sys.acorn.misc Re ROX desktop ref and is still led by him in 2009. The desktop uses ... manager license GNU General Public License website http roscidus.com desktop ROX Filer ROX Filer ..., or can be used as part of ROX Desktop. It is the file manager provided by default in certain ... Comparison of X Window System desktop environments Package management system References Reflist 2 Bruce Byfield 7 February 2007 http www.linux.com archive feed 59961 ROX Desktop provides light, quirky ... ausgabe 2002 07 068 desktopia rox 2.html RISC rocks. Jo s alternativer Desktop ROX LinuxUser External links http rox.sourceforge.net ROX home page http roscidus.com desktop ROX Filer Project website X desktop environments and window managers FOSS File managers Interlang Use dmy dates date October 2010 Use British English date October 2010 DEFAULTSORT Rox Desktop Categories Category Free desktop ... programmed in Python Category Linux windowing system related software Category GTK de ROX Desktop fr ROX Desktop it ROX Desktop nl ROX Desktop pl Rox ru ROX Desktop ... more details
Desktop wars may refer to The struggle for dominance of the desktopcomputer market from the mid 1980s to mid 1990s between Mac OS history Apple s Mac OS classic , History of Microsoft Windows Microsoft s Windows DOS based and OS 2 IBM s OS 2 . Citation needed date July 2010 The debate among Linux users and developers as to which Linux desktop environment is best generally, the wars are fought over KDE and GNOME , although alternatives such as Xfce are tossed in the mix. For the most part, it is friendly competition between the two, but occasionally, there have been cases in which aspects of the development of desktop environments have been criticised, such as by Linus Torvalds Later years Linus Torvalds . ref cite web title GNOME v. KDE, December 2005 edition url http lwn.net Articles 163792 first Jonathan last Corbet work LWN.net date 2005 12 13 accessdate 2010 07 24 ref ref cite web title Linus versus GNOME url http www.desktoplinux.com news NS8745257437.html author Steven J. Vaughan Nichols work DesktopLinux.com date 2007 02 23 accessdate 2010 07 24 ref ref cite web title KDE 4, distributors, and bleeding edge software url http lwn.net Articles 316827 first Jake last Edge work LWN.net date 2009 01 28 accessdate 2010 07 24 ref References reflist See also Software wars Operating system advocacy Desktop Linux Category Software wars Category Linux linux stub ... more details
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