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Visual User Environment (VUE or HP VUE) is a discontinued
Work began on VUE in 1988 at Apollo Computer for use with
Introduction to HP VUE
HP Vue and CDE: Differences Between the Interfaces
(Purdue University) {{X desktop environments and window managers HP software Desktop environments Software that uses Motif (software) X window managers
desktop environment
In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphica ...
developed by Hewlett-Packard, intended for use on Unix
Unix (; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, an ...
workstation
A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications. Intended primarily to be used by a single user, they are commonly connected to a local area network and run multi-user operating systems. The term ''workstat ...
s. VUE is based on the Motif widget toolkit and targets the X Window System
The X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems.
X provides the basic framework for a GUI environment: drawing and moving windows on the display device and interacting wi ...
.
VUE is a precursor to Common Desktop Environment
The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is a desktop environment for Unix and OpenVMS, based on the Motif widget toolkit. It was part of the UNIX 98 Workstation Product Standard, and was for a long time the Unix desktop associated with commercial ...
(CDE), which was also based on Motif.
History
Work began on VUE in 1988 at Apollo Computer for use with Domain/OS
Domain/OS is the discontinued operating system used by the Apollo/Domain line of workstations manufactured by Apollo Computer. It was originally launched in 1981 as AEGIS, and was rebranded to Domain/OS in 1988 when Unix environments were added to ...
, 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 with HP-UX.
* VUE 1.0 – Released with Domain/OS
Domain/OS is the discontinued operating system used by the Apollo/Domain line of workstations manufactured by Apollo Computer. It was originally launched in 1981 as AEGIS, and was rebranded to Domain/OS in 1988 when Unix environments were added to ...
SR10.4
* VUE 1.1
* VUE 2.0 – Released for HP-UX
* VUE 2.0.1
* VUE 3.0 – Released with HP-UX 9.0 in 1992
According to an article published in the ''Hewlett-Packard Journal'', the look and feel of HP-VUE was used when developing the Common Desktop Environment (CDE):
After its release, HP endorsed CDE as the new standard desktop for Unix, and provided documentation and software for migrating VUE customizations to CDE.
See also
*Motif Window Manager
In computing, the Motif Window Manager (MWM) is an X window manager based on the Motif toolkit.
Overview
MWM is a lightweight window manager, having robust compliance and configuration of the features it has. MWM first appeared on in the early ...
* Common Desktop Environment
The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is a desktop environment for Unix and OpenVMS, based on the Motif widget toolkit. It was part of the UNIX 98 Workstation Product Standard, and was for a long time the Unix desktop associated with commercial ...
References
External links
* *Introduction to HP VUE
HP Vue and CDE: Differences Between the Interfaces
(Purdue University) {{X desktop environments and window managers HP software Desktop environments Software that uses Motif (software) X window managers