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Alternative GUIs: SymphonyOS (TuxMachines)
TuxMachines takes a
look at Symphony OS. "The SymphonyOS desktop (named "mezzo")
seems to be a marriage of the fvwm window manager with Mozilla's scriptable
layout engine, Gecko. On the desktop, there are areas with links in them
(known as "desklets" and "launchers"). When clicked, the links can bring up
Web pages or programs. In the four corners of the desktop, there are
hotspots that bring up what are referred to as "menus," which are actually
full-page views of four specific functional areas: Computer (settings);
Files; Programs; and Trash. In the top center of the main page, there's a
hotspot containing the clock, that also works as the way to refresh the
desktop after the desktop background image has been changed through
SymphonyOS' Desktop Manager."
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