ROX Desktop

ROX Desktop
A screenshot of the ROX desktop
Release	1999 (1999)
Final release	2.11 / October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09)
Written in	C, Python, GTK
Operating system	Unix-like
Type	Desktop environment
License	GNU General Public License
Website	rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/
Repository	github.com/rox-desktop/

Lxterminal (one of many Linux terminal or console applications) running neofetch, showing AntiX Linux 21 running ROX Desktop 2.11.

The ROX Desktop is a discontinued graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. It is based on the ROX-Filer, a drag and drop spatial file manager. It is free software released under the GPL-2.0-or-later. The environment was inspired by the user interface of RISC OS (not to be confused with RISC/os). The name "ROX" is derived from "RISC OS on X Window System". Programs can be installed or removed easily using Zero Install, a decentralized software installation system.

The project was started by Thomas Leonard as a student at the University of Southampton in 1999 and was still led by him in 2012.