OpenWindows
OpenWindows running the Mozilla web browser. The default DeskSet tools appear at the bottom of the screen.
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| Developer(s) | Sun Microsystems |
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| Initial release | 1989 |
| Last release |
v3.6.2 / February 2000
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| Development status | Discontinued |
| Operating system | SunOS / Solaris |
| Platform | IA-32, PowerPC, SPARC, x86, x86-64 |
| Type | Desktop environment |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | download |
OpenWindows was a desktop environment for Sun Microsystems workstations which combined SunView, NeWS, and X Window System protocols. OpenWindows was included in later releases of the SunOS 4 and Solaris operating systems, until its removal in Solaris 9 in favor of Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and GNOME 2.0.
OpenWindows implemented the OPEN LOOK GUI specification. OpenWindows comprised four components: the OPEN LOOK Window Manager (olwm), the DeskSet productivity tools, the XView and OLIT widget toolkits, and the underlying X11/NeWS window server.
OpenWindows 1.0 was released in 1989 as a separately licensed addition to SunOS 4.0, replacing the older SunView (originally "SunTools") windowing system. Its core was the "xnews server", a hybrid window server that as its name implies supported both X11 and NeWS-based applications. The server could also display legacy SunView applications, although this functionality was not well-supported. (A standalone NeWS windowing system was also available for a time, but was never the primary SunOS windowing environment.) Starting with SunOS 4.1.1 in 1990, OpenWindows 2.0 was bundled with the operating system.
Solaris 2.0, the first release of the successor to SunOS 4, included OpenWindows 3.0.1. Starting with Solaris 2.3 in late 1993, Sun switched to a standard X11R5 release of X11. It was still called OpenWindows (now version 3.3), but the NeWS protocol was replaced by support for Display PostScript. Support for SunView applications was removed. The graphical look and feel of the window manager and tools was still based on OPEN LOOK. Solaris 7 featured OpenWindows 3.6.1, with an X11R6.4 server.
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