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		sbinnee 40 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Noctia: A sleek and minimal desktop shell thoughtf... I have no idea what shell means either! Isn’t it called ricing to customize desktop environment? Since when do people started calling it shell?

Valodim 40 days ago [–]

I'm not sure about Linux, but on Windows it's been called that since forever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_shell

mxmilkiib 39 days ago | [–]

I wonder where where LiteStep is at

used it (and sometimes SharpE) for a number of years until about idk 20y ago

http://litestep.net

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiteStep

https://reddit.com/r/LiteStep/comments/1fjnj9y/litestep_revi...

https://sharpe.sourceforge.net

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