Editing ROX Desktop (section)

{{Short description|Desktop environment for X Window System}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2010}}
{{Infobox software
|name = ROX Desktop
|logo = Rox_logo.png
|screenshot = rox-desktop-2004.png
|caption = A screenshot of the ROX desktop
|developer =
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|latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1417071|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1417071|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
|latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1417071|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
|operating_system = [[Unix-like]]
|programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[GTK]]
|discontinued = yes
|genre = [[Desktop environment]]
|license = [[GNU General Public License]]
|repo = {{url|https://github.com/rox-desktop/}}
|website = {{url|http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/}}
}}
[[File:AntiX 21 Runit with ROX Desktop 2.11.png|alt=AntiX 21 Runit with ROX Desktop 2.11|thumb|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<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kenlon |first=Seth |date=December 16, 2019 |title=Relive Linux history with the ROX desktop {{!}} Opensource.com |url=https://opensource.com/article/19/12/linux-rox-desktop |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=opensource.com |language=en}}</ref> 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 [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]. The environment was inspired by the user interface of [[RISC OS]] (not to be confused with [[MIPS RISC/os|RISC/os]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/artifact2002.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120053710/http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/artifact2002.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2007|title=ROX founder: Why I brought RISC OS to Unix}} </ref> 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<ref name="acornuser 199912">{{cite news | url=http://audio22.archive.org/details/Acorn_User_Issue_214_1999-12_IDG_Media_GB | title=RISC O-X? | work=[[Acorn User]] | date=December 1999 | access-date=16 August 2013 | issue=214 | pages=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.sys.acorn.misc/msg/bdb27a8da23af4e6|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710040544/http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.sys.acorn.misc/msg/bdb27a8da23af4e6|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2012|title=comp.sys.acorn.misc – Re: ROX desktop}}</ref> and was still led by him in 2012.