Mezzo (desktop environment)
Mezzo is a desktop environment for Linux systems developed by Ryan Quinn . The environment is used as standard in combination with the Symphony OS live system, also developed by Quinn and first published in 2004 . Mezzo uses FVWM as a window manager.
It differs from other desktop environments in that it does not treat the desktop as a main folder and does not use nested menu structures. Therefore, no folders, shortcuts or other files are created on the desktop, the desktop is almost empty by default. There are only four icons in the corners of the screen. These symbols can be used to call up groupings with programs and instructions linked for specific tasks. The four groups are assigned general workspaces called System , Programs , Files, and Trash .
Although Mezzo was designed and offered exclusively for the Symphony OS system, early versions of the environment were also available for other Debian -based distributions .
The concept of mezzo, despite its limited distribution, also inspired other projects, e.g. B. the KDE based Kuartet Desktop , whose GUI is similar to that of Mezzo.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bryan Lunduke: 10 exotic desktop environments for Linux. freerepublic.com, May 15, 2013, accessed June 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Jun Auza: Five Lesser Known Desktop Environments for Linux. junauza.com, August 23, 2008, accessed June 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Overview of Kuartet Desktop. (No longer available online.) Kde-look.org, archived from the original on February 14, 2009 ; accessed on June 20, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
