 OpenWindows running the Mozilla web browser. The default DeskSet tools appear at the bottom of the screen. | |
| Developer(s) | Sun Microsystems |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1989 |
| Final release | v3.6.2
/ February 2000 |
| Operating system | SunOS, Solaris, SVR4 |
| Platform | PowerPC, SPARC, x86, x86-64 |
| Type | Desktop environment |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | download |
OpenWindows is a discontinued desktop environment for Sun Microsystems workstations which combined a display server supporting the X Window System protocol, the XView and OLIT toolkits, the OPEN LOOK Window Manager (olwm), and the DeskSet productivity tools; earlier versions of OpenWindows also supported the NeWS protocol. It implements the OPEN LOOK GUI specification.
OpenWindows was included in later releases of the SunOS 4 and Solaris operating systems, until its removal in Solaris 9 in favor of Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and GNOME 2.0.