A week from this Monday, DesktopX 1.1 will arrive. Stardock has been putting a massive effort behind this release. It's the first public version of DesktopX since like July.

For skin authors, themers, and developers, here are some useful links:

Getting Started: http://www.desktopx.net/docs/gettingstarted.html

The new user manual:
http://www.desktopx.net/docs

Developer's page:
http://www.desktopx.net/development.html