18. 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 unintentional and intentional differences.

First of all, it is not a standalone Window Manager or Desktop Environment written in some language(s). It is a patchwork which owns 80% of it's functionality to wonderful and powerful Window Manager of FVWM. Other parts are configurations, scripts and programs which are making the whole thing to function like the combination of the CDE experience and modern powerful X Window Manager. 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: