<s>
The	O
ROX	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
is	O
a	O
graphical	O
desktop	O
environment	O
for	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
ROX-Filer	B-Language
which	O
is	O
a	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
spatial	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
environment	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
of	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
(	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
RISC/os	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
ROX	O
"	O
comes	O
from	O
"	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
on	O
X	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
can	O
be	O
installed	B-Application
or	O
removed	O
easily	O
using	O
Zero	B-Application
Install	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ROX	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
is	O
a	O
desktop	O
environment	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
ROX-Filer	B-Language
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
are	O
executable	B-Application
directories	I-Application
,	O
and	O
are	O
thus	O
also	O
installed	B-Application
(	O
copied	O
)	O
,	O
uninstalled	O
(	O
deleted	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
run	O
through	O
the	O
filer	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ROX	O
has	O
a	O
strong	O
link	O
with	O
Zero	B-Application
Install	I-Application
,	O
a	O
method	O
of	O
identifying	O
and	O
executing	O
programs	O
via	O
a	O
URL	O
,	O
to	O
make	O
software	B-Application
installation	I-Application
completely	O
automatic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desktop	O
uses	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
toolkit	I-Application
,	O
like	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
and	O
Xfce	B-Language
desktops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
program	O
would	O
be	O
installed	B-Application
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
,	O
by	O
dragging	O
the	O
archive	O
from	O
the	O
web	O
to	O
the	O
archiver	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
there	O
to	O
the	O
applications	O
directory	O
in	O
the	O
filer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ROX-Filer	B-Language
is	O
a	O
graphical	O
spatial	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
as	O
a	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
or	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
ROX	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
provided	O
by	O
default	O
in	O
certain	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Puppy	O
Linux	O
and	O
Dyne:bolic	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
Xubuntu	B-Application
until	O
Thunar	B-Language
became	O
stable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ROX-Filer	B-Language
is	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
GTK+	B-Application
toolkit	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
,	O
ROX-Filer	B-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
