| Visual User Environment | |
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 VUE onHP-UX 9.10 | |
| Developers | Apollo Computer,Hewlett-Packard |
| Initial release | March 1992; 33 years ago (1992-03) |
| Operating system | Domain/OS,HP-UX |
| Type | Desktop environment |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | docs.hp.com/en/A2615-90003/index.html "Using Your HP Workstation". Archived fromthe original on March 15, 2005. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2017. |
Visual User Environment (VUE orHP VUE)[1] is a discontinueddesktop environment developed byHewlett-Packard, intended for use onUnixworkstations. VUE is based on theMotif widget toolkit and targets theX Window System.
VUE is a precursor toCommon Desktop Environment (CDE), which was also based on Motif.
Work began on VUE in 1988 atApollo Computer for use withDomain/OS, as an alternative to Apollo's standard DM and wmgr.
Shortly later, HP acquired Apollo, where they released the first version of VUE for Domain/OS, and then went on to modify VUE for use withHP-UX.
According to an article published in theHewlett-Packard Journal, the look and feel of HP-VUE was used when developing the Common Desktop Environment (CDE):[2]
HP is one of four sponsor companies that contributed key technologies and helped to develop CDE (Common Desktop Environment). CDE's consistent look and feel is based on HP's proven and accepted HP VUE technology.
After its release, HP endorsed CDE as the new standard desktop for Unix, and provided documentation and software for migrating VUE customizations to CDE.[2]
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