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Skeuomorphic Wayland desktop for Linux released
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Skeuomorphic Wayland desktop for Linux released

The gist

DEsk, a skeuomorphic Wayland desktop for Linux, released its v0.1 beta on Oct 10, 2026.
It's a first release, so expect rough edges and changes.

How it unfolded

  1. recentlyThe author posted a skeuomorphic Wayland desktop on Reddit — paper windows on a walnut desk, a drawer for a dock, a bookcase for apps — under the name DeskWM.
  2. Oct 10, 2026v0.1 beta of DEsk, a realistic skeuomorphic Wayland desktop, is released.
  3. recentlyDEsk v0.1.2 (BETA) is the current version, adding fixes and an installer for Fedora; the repository shows 7 commits, 427 stars, 17 forks and 10 watchers.

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