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{{about|the desktop environment for Unix-like systems|the card game company|Upper Deck Company|other uses|ude (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = UDE
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| caption                = UDE Screenshot
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| author                 =
| developer              = Christian Ruppert, Jan Rocho
| released               =
| latest release version = 0.2.11b
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|2022|06|05}}
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| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system       = [[Unix-like]]
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| status                 =
| genre                  = [[Desktop environment]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website                = [http://udeproject.sourceforge.net/ udeproject.sourceforge.net]
}}
The '''Unix Desktop Environment''' ('''UDE''') is a [[desktop environment]] for the [[X Window System]]. Given its efficient and lightweight design it can be used on almost any [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]], mostly without any [[porting]] effort.

==User interface==
[[Image:UDE Honeycomb.png|left|frame|The Hex Menu]]
UDE's [[user interface]] philosophy is quite different from that of other [[desktop environment]]s. It is designed to be used very efficiently after a short learning phase. There is no [[taskbar]] or desktop panel or equivalent. Windows lack a title bar and as such there are no buttons to close, resize, iconify or maximize windows on the window borders. These buttons are replaced by the so-called hex menu or honeycomb that appears when the user clicks on the window border (See picture).

User interaction works entirely by using the different mouse buttons on window borders and the desktop background. Combinations of mouse clicks can trigger more complex actions such as moving a window from one [[workspace]] to another or loading multiple [[Computer software|programs]] (or multiple instances of a single program) at a time. For that reason, efficient usage of UDE is only possible using a three-button mouse. As of 2004, UDE offers only very basic support for keyboard shortcuts.

The window manager is uwm (unrelated to the older [[Ultrix Window Manager|uwm]] from 1985 or previous).

==External links==
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*[http://udeproject.sourceforge.net/ Official website]
*http://www.agutscher.de/udepatch.html
*http://www.agutscher.de/udethemes.html

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