CDE – Common Desktop Environment – Release 2.5.3
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https://www.theregister.com/2012/08/09/cde_goes_opensource/
... is still being maintained... while the very clever hand-crafted FOSS recreation, NsCDE, built on FVMW and things, lies slowly mouldering.
I compared them:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/28/battle_of_the_retro_d...
Actual CDE is heavier, on Linux, but I'm sure there's a good reason. This thing ran well in 32MB of RAM, 40 years ago.
I feel NetBSD should adopt it by default. It works, and it would be fitting.
CDE being heavier is probably mostly caused by its large functionality. After all, NsCDE is mostly an FVWM colour scheme, while CDE comes with all the bells and whistles.