3D Window Managers?

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Does anyone know of a window manager that displays your files as a 3d city like in the movie Jurassic Park or Hackers? I know about bumptop but it makes your desktop look like a desktop (boring).

Phoshi · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-13T18:58:25.093

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I'll do better than that! File System Navigator is literally the file manager used in Jurassic Park! It WAS a Unix system! She DID know that!

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answered Oct 13 '09 at 18:13

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+1 for SGI! note it's actually **fsn (File System Navigator)** (not Manager) – quack quixote Oct 13 '09 at 18:48
I actually have a copy of that, not that it would help anyone without an SGI workstation. But there you are http://factormystic.net/sa/fsn/ – Factor Mystic Oct 14 '09 at 00:27

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 13 '11 at 02:36

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The Linux port of fsn is called FSV. The site Nooface lists a bunch of 3D window managers, including fsv, with a variety of effects. Some link are to not just window managers. For example, what better way to kill a process?

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That is incredible. – Phoshi Oct 14 '09 at 10:28

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 30 '11 at 14:32

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One of my favorite YouTube videos compares the hardware-accelerated 3D window managers of Windows Vista ("Aero") and Linux Ubuntu ("Beryl").

answered Nov 30 '11 at 14:32

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited May 09 '19 at 13:43

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It doesn't look like a city, but SphereXP is a 3D desktop manager, where windows are put inside a sphere.

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3D Window Managers?

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