21. Similarities and differences in usage and look between CDE and NsCDE

NsCDE is not a mere clone of CDE. Under the first visual impression, there are some unintentional and intentional differences.

First of all, it is not a standalone Window Manager or Desktop Environment written in some language(s), tightly integrated as uniform army of tools (like lxqt, xfce4 ...). It is a patchwork which owns 80% of it's functionality to wonderful and powerful Window Manager of FVWM. Other parts are standalone desktop tools and implementations of desktop concepts which are integrated, various configurations, scripts and programs which are making the whole thing to function like one entirety: the combination of the CDE experience and modern powerful X Window Manager ... a hybrid desktop environment. Here are some things that I can recall to be different - for the worse or for the better, user's opinion may vary.

What is similar or the same:

Differencies exist: for worse or better. They are described here in detail with complete explanations: