Easiest way to get the UNIX CDE desktop installed on a Linux Debian distribution
![CDE UNIX desktop environment.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1491425406314-300x225.jpg)
There is a new Linux distribution available. Sparky Linux. This is based on Debian and has quite a lot of software available. Debian is a very stable Linux system and basing a new distribution on it with the apt packaging system makes a whole lot of sense. Download this distribution from the following link: https://sparkylinux.org/download/. Choose the rolling option.
Install this and then boot up into the Lxde desktop.
![Sparky Linux desktop updating package repos.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Sparky-Linux-2017-04-13-13-29-33-300x225.png)
Run sudo apt update to update the package repositories for the first time.
Then run this command to install the CDE UNIX desktop on Debian.
sudo apt install cde-desktop |
Now logout and choose CDE from the drop down at the top of the screen and login to a new fresh CDE desktop.
![Sparky Linux CDE desktop.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Sparky-Linux-2017-04-13-13-42-51-300x225.png)
This is incredible, now the awesome CDE desktop from Solaris UNIX is now available on a Debian based Linux distribution. This makes the desktop accessible to everyone now.