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MultiDesk
The link "Older pages" refers to my old and mostly outdated pages. BTW, they still contain some useful free tools and links.
MultiDesk is under heavy development, and features are added constantly. It takes a slightly different approach than other similar software products, that may make it a little less convenient to use, but a LOT more powerful.
Main features are:
- Multiple desktops, completely separate from each other;
- ...this means even separate class list: you can have different desktop enhancers for different users;
- Multiple users, each with his own desktop;
- Customizable environment, on a user-per-user basis;
- Customizable shell: the user is NOT forced to use the WPS;
- Customizable resolution: each user can have a different video resolution;
- Configurable default user;
- Configurable "root" (administrator) user;
- Configurable security settings;
- Locking of files to prevent users from reading/writing (e.g. configuration and password files are automatically locked).
- A full-featured user-management program, that can be used to:
- Create/delete users;
- Create/delete desktops;
- Customize desktops;
- Copy settings from one desktop to another;
Planned features are:
- Utility to copy objects from one desktop to another, or to clone the whole desktop; (near future)
- Customizable pre/post login scripts;
- Definition of different default users based on the hour of the day, or on the day of the week;
- WarpCenter management (i.e. different WarpCenters for different users); (near future)
- ...your ideas :-)
Current version is 0.1.9. Download is here, or yu can get it from Hobbes.
You need WarpIN to install MultiDesk.
WARNING: Netscape does NOT understand the .WPI extension. You'll have to press <SHIFT> while clicking on the link to download it. It is even possible that Netscape will download it in ASCII mode, resulting in a corrupt file.
There are several workarounds for this situation:
- Use another HTTP downloader, such as WGet;
- Download it from Hobbes with an FTP client;
- If you have already installed WarpIN, you can use the included WIZilla tool; look in the docs for instructions on how to install it;