Equinox Desktop Shell comes in three varieties; Home, Professional, and Server. Whilst all versions share the same codebase to ensure maximum compatibility, they are aimed at different environments. The Home Edition was released first, and forms the subset from which all others versions will be derived.

In addition to a home-orientated interface, Equinox caters for professional environments. Equinox Server is aimed at corporate networks, and along with a host of customisation facilities, can support multiple users, allowing them to communicate and share files. Its network clients can use the Professional Edition, which provides enhanced security settings ranging from a workstation to a fully locked-down terminal.

Minimum Spec:
266MHz CPU
10 MB HD space
64 MB RAM
16 MB Graphics card

Aimed at home users, or those on a home-network, Home Edition can act as either a client or server. The standard shell will be the default user interface for Equinox and will provide the best balance between performance and features. The Standard shell will feature skinning, task management, integration with the Invenio file browser and Lite application support. Its powerful security-management features complement the remote networking support and provide the most flexible, accessible and robust shell for users with a small memory footprint.

The default Standard Edition desktop

Minimum Spec:
400MHz CPU
20 MB HD space
64 MB RAM
16 MB Graphics card

Essentially the Home Edition with more tools and greater interface control, Equinox Professional Edition provides a superset of the Home features. As such, the minimum specification is raised from that of the Home Edition.

Minimum Spec:
500MHz CPU
30 MB HD space
128 MB RAM
Network Card

Intended to function in an always-on environment, Equinox Server will accept connections from any version of Equinox, providing web server and network bridge functions. Also provided are Advanced Network Settings, a User Accounts manager, and a Connections manager. The Server Edition will only use the "Professional" skin, and will feature an Import/Export users facility.

Configuring network behaviour in Server Edition