Comparison
Although Spaces was a new feature for Mac OS 10.5, virtual desktops existed for quite some time on other platforms, such as Linux, Solaris, AIX and BeOS. Virtual desktops also existed for Windows and for the Mac OS via 3rd party software and It has been a standard feature on GNU/Linux desktops for a number of years. The first platform to implement multiple desktop display as a hardware feature was the Amiga 1000, released in 1985.
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