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| • | LiteStep is a Windows shell replacement under the GPL, for Windows 9x and up. It was inspired by AfterStep, which in turn was inspired by NEXTSTEP. LiteStep was initially developed by Francis Gastellu as a closed source project until April of 1998 (version b23), and was then entirely rewritten (versions 24 and up) by the newly assembled development team. LiteStep later inspired DarkStep, which supports scripting, and PureLS. It alsoinspired Phil Stopford in 1999 to start LDE(X), which is a complete and production-stable LiteStep-based Windows interface replacement. LiteStep is one of the oldest remaining Windows shell replacements. Over time, and due to the rise of popularity in freeform skinning, LiteStep desktop designs have tended to drift away from the Afterstep layouts seen under pre-24 versions. Like most of the commonly known Windows shell replacements, LiteStep is based on the idea of a small core that loads configurable modules (DLLs). LiteStep has the biggest number of modules and this allows all Windows users to configure their environment to be rich and full-featured or minimalistic. When needed, additional modules are now downloaded and installed automatically from the internet. A theme for LiteStep is a collection of configurations, scripts and images stored in a .zip or .lsz file that, when installed, change the visual style of the desktop. When using recent themes with a recent version of LiteStep, installation is automatic. LiteStep has been known to please people that like their desktop to be visually appealing, people that like to configure their environment, Unix/Linux users and people that find the Start button interface that comes with Windows to be less than ideal. Source: [wikipedia: litestep] |
windows:themes
| joeblade.com | ||
| litestep news, tutorials, and themes. | ||
| WinCustomize Skins and Visual Styles | ||
| library with over 150 themes with reviews and author contact information. | ||
alternate_shells:software
| Litestep.net | ||
| offers, links to mailing list, forums, updated modules, news, user groups, and themes for litestep users. | ||
| Loose-Screws | ||
| an extensive litestep module archive. includes both present, and past versions of modules. | ||
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