You might be interested in the following announcement of a public desktop environment for Linux (and other OSes).
Regards, Dan Evans Freedom Desktop Lite Announcement (1.01) We are pleased to announce the public availability of the Freedom Desktop Lite. Freedom Desktop Lite is an easy-to-use yet powerful desktop environment/GUI integrated to the Unix environment. It combines ease of use and advanced features to help users interact with Unix quickly and efficiently. Freedom Desktop runs transparently in a variety of Unix environments, from Desktop computers (i.e. Linux) to enterprise workstations. Copies of Freedom Desktop Lite in binary or source code form may be retrieved from ftp://fsw.com/pub/fdlite The Freedom Desktop Lite environment bundles the following applications: - File Manager _ Program Manager - Print Tool - Find Tool - Editor - Terminal emulator - Pixmap/Icon Editor - Screen grabber - Screen saver - Rolodex For more information feel free to visit http://www.fsw.com/fdlite/index.html Regards, Freedom Desktop Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fsw.com