perlbox
perlbox is a desktop manager for UNIX-type systems written in Perl Tk. Features include a retractable taskbar with a configurable start menu, run box, embedded mail client, and support for voice recognition. The desktop features configurable, clickable, graphical icons.
| Tags | Desktop Environment |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX BSD FreeBSD Linux Unix |
| Implementation | Perl |
Recent releases
- 04 Nov 2002 09:37
Release Notes: New file selection widgets were added. The installer and the configuration system were improved.
- 10 Jun 2002 14:50
Release Notes: New, faster dialogs and file selectors offered by the libPB API, an enhanced background configuration, a new 'control panel' style configuration (no wizards!), and general code reductions and optimizations.
- 28 May 2002 02:34
Release Notes: This release takes care of some problems with setting up paths in version 0.1.1, and has added icon support and configuration options.
- 27 May 2002 04:23
Release Notes: This version includes the ability to add icons on the fly by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting "Add Icon". There is also a new option in the configuration wizard to change the desktop logo.
- 29 Apr 2002 18:34
Release Notes: This release contains several critical fixes, the most important of which concerns the manner in which applications were communicating. It has stopped using Tk::send and Tk::receive due to differences in the manner in which different implementations of Perl deal with taint checking. Other major features include a "configuration wizard", which is accessible by a right-clicking on the desktop.
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- Popularity Score
- 56.67
- Vitality Score
- 2.95
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