<s>
The	O
Common	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
(	O
CDE	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
desktop	O
environment	O
for	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Motif	B-Application
widget	I-Application
toolkit	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
UNIX	B-Application
98	O
Workstation	B-Device
Product	O
Standard	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
the	O
Unix	B-Application
desktop	O
associated	O
with	O
commercial	O
Unix	B-Device
workstations	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
helped	O
to	O
influence	O
early	O
implementations	O
of	O
successor	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
KDE	B-Application
and	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
,	O
which	O
largely	O
replaced	O
CDE	O
following	O
the	O
turn	O
of	O
the	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
long	O
history	O
as	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
CDE	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
on	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
,	O
version	O
2.0	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
as	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
,	O
CDE	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
derivatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hewlett-Packard	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
SunSoft	O
,	O
and	O
USL	O
announced	O
CDE	O
in	O
June	O
1993	O
as	O
a	O
joint	O
development	O
within	O
the	O
Common	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Environment	I-Operating_System
(	O
COSE	O
)	O
initiative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
contributed	O
the	O
primary	O
environment	O
for	O
CDE	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
HP	O
's	O
Visual	B-Device
User	I-Device
Environment	I-Device
(	O
VUE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
VUE	O
was	O
itself	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
Motif	B-Device
Window	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
contributed	O
its	O
Common	B-General_Concept
User	I-General_Concept
Access	I-General_Concept
model	O
from	O
OS/2	B-Application
'	O
s	O
Workplace	B-Device
Shell	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
contributed	O
its	O
ToolTalk	B-Operating_System
application	O
interaction	O
framework	O
and	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
its	O
DeskSet	O
productivity	O
tools	O
,	O
including	O
mail	O
and	O
calendar	O
clients	O
,	O
from	O
its	O
OpenWindows	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
USL	O
provided	O
desktop	O
manager	O
components	O
and	O
scalable	O
systems	O
technologies	O
from	O
UNIX	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
HP	O
endorsed	O
CDE	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
standard	O
desktop	O
for	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
and	O
provided	O
documentation	O
and	O
software	O
for	O
migrating	O
HP	O
VUE	O
customizations	O
to	O
CDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1994	O
CDE	O
became	O
the	O
responsibility	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
new	O
OSF	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
merger	O
of	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
and	O
Unix	B-Application
International	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
September	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
Motif	B-Application
and	O
CDE	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
project	O
,	O
CDE/Motif	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSF	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
Open	B-Application
Group	I-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
1997	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Group	I-Application
released	O
their	O
last	O
major	O
version	O
of	O
CDE	O
,	O
version	O
2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
Hat	O
Linux	B-Application
was	O
the	O
only	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
that	O
proprietary	B-Application
CDE	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Xi	O
Graphics	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
specializing	O
in	O
the	O
X	O
Windowing	O
System	O
,	O
offered	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
CDE	O
bundled	O
with	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
called	O
Xi	O
Graphics	O
maXimum	O
cde/OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
were	O
phased	O
out	O
,	O
and	O
Red	O
Hat	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
about	O
2000	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
desktops	O
regarded	O
CDE	O
as	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
,	O
but	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
other	O
desktop	O
environments	O
such	O
as	O
GNOME	B-Application
and	O
K	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
Environment	I-Language
2	I-Language
were	O
quickly	O
becoming	O
mature	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
widespread	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
phase	O
out	O
CDE	O
as	O
the	O
standard	O
desktop	O
environment	O
in	O
Solaris	B-Application
in	O
favor	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
early	O
2005	O
,	O
includes	O
both	O
CDE	O
and	O
the	O
GNOME-based	O
Java	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
System	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
project	O
,	O
begun	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
CDE	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
no	O
intent	O
to	O
make	O
Solaris	B-Application
CDE	O
available	O
as	O
open-source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
release	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
in	O
November	O
2011	O
only	O
contained	O
GNOME	B-Application
as	O
standard	O
desktop	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
CDE	O
libraries	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Motif	B-Application
and	O
ToolTalk	B-Operating_System
,	O
remained	O
for	O
binary	O
compatibility	O
but	O
Oracle	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
11.4	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
removed	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
CDE	O
runtime	O
environment	O
and	O
background	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP-UX	B-Application
:	O
from	O
version	O
10.10	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IRIX	B-Operating_System
:	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
CDE	O
was	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
IRIX	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Desktop	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
:	O
available	O
starting	O
with	O
2.3	O
,	O
standard	O
in	O
2.6	O
to	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
its	O
launch	O
until	O
2012	O
,	O
CDE	O
was	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motif	B-Application
,	O
the	O
toolkit	O
on	O
which	O
CDE	O
is	O
built	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
The	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Group	I-Application
in	O
2000	O
as	O
"	O
Open	B-Application
Motif	I-Application
,	O
"	O
under	O
a	O
"	O
revenue	O
sharing	O
"	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
license	O
did	O
not	O
meet	O
either	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
or	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
definitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Group	I-Application
had	O
wished	O
to	O
make	O
Motif	B-Application
open	B-License
source	I-License
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
succeed	O
doing	O
so	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
a	O
petition	O
was	O
created	O
asking	O
The	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Group	I-Application
to	O
release	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
CDE	O
and	O
Motif	B-Application
under	O
a	O
free	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
CDE	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL-2.0-or-later	B-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CDE	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
then	O
released	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
project	O
OpenCDE	B-Application
had	O
been	O
started	O
in	O
2010	O
to	O
reproduce	O
the	O
look	B-Application
and	I-Application
feel	I-Application
,	O
organization	O
,	O
and	O
feature	O
set	O
of	O
CDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
when	O
CDE	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
,	O
OpenCDE	B-Application
was	O
officially	O
deprecated	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
CDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Motif	B-Application
widget	I-Application
toolkit	I-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL-2.1-or-later	B-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
CDE	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
completely	O
free	O
and	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
desktop	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
CDE	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
,	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
live	O
CD	O
was	O
created	O
based	O
on	O
Debian	O
6	O
with	O
CDE	O
2.2.0c	O
pre-installed	O
,	O
called	O
CDEbian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Debian-based	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
SparkyLinux	O
offers	O
binary	O
packages	O
of	O
CDE	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
with	O
APT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2023	O
,	O
CDE	O
is	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
NuTyX	O
GNU/Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
which	O
offers	O
an	O
ISO	O
download	O
image	O
with	O
it	O
,	O
in	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
in	O
source	O
form	O
in	O
pkgsrc	B-Application
which	O
is	O
the	O
default	O
package	O
manager	O
of	O
NetBSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
CDE	O
,	O
version	O
2.2.1	O
,	O
was	O
made	O
since	O
its	O
release	O
as	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
version	O
2.2.2	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
CDE	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
under	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
10	O
with	O
the	O
default	O
Clang	B-Application
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
2.3.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2018	O
,	O
CDE	O
uses	O
TIRPC	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
portmapper	O
rpcbind	O
does	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
in	O
insecure	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
Xprint	O
anymore	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
compiled	B-Language
on	O
the	O
BSDs	B-Operating_System
without	O
installing	O
first	O
a	O
custom	O
version	O
of	O
Motif	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multihead	O
display	O
support	O
with	O
Xinerama	B-Device
has	O
been	O
improved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
as	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
,	O
CDE	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Increased	O
portability	O
to	O
more	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Unix	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
internationalization	B-General_Concept
into	O
other	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
