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• Computers: Software: Operating Systems: Graphic Subsystems: Desktop Environments  (722)

Window Managers for X     xwinman.org Guide to window managers for the X Window System. Descriptions, screenshots and configuration files for all popular window managers, along with related resources, including a news and discussion area.

aewm  www.red-bean.com/~decklin/aewm A minimalistic X11 window manager.

AfterStep Applets  www.tigr.net/afterstep Home of the distribution of applications for the AfterStep window manager.

amiwm  www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html X window manager that tries to look and feel like Amiga Workbench.

BadWM  badwm.sourceforge.net A minimalistic window manager for the X Window System.

Blackbox  blackboxwm.sourceforge.net Light window manager, without all those annoying library dependencies.

B4Step Window Manager  b4step.free.fr B4Step is a Window Manager running under X11R6 with a different way to manage window banners. It can use OpenGL routines for animations, is Gnome compliant and has also a sound support.

Enlightenment  www.enlightenment.org A window manager based on Enlightenment Foundation Libraries.

Evilwm  evilwm.sourceforge.net A minimalist Window Manager for the X Window System.

Fast Light Window Manager  flwm.sourceforge.net Derived from wm2. Source code and binaries available.

FluxBox  fluxbox.sourceforge.net A fast compact window manager based on the Blackbox, but offering more features.

Generic Window Manager Manual  tronche.com/gui/x/gwm/html-manual GWM is an X window manager you can program using LISP.

GNUstep.org  www.gnustep.org Official site of GNUstep: free implementation of NeXTStep/OpenStep specification.

Ion  modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion Text-editorish, keyboard friendly window manager.

JD4X  jdx.sourceforge.net A basic GUI windowing environment developed to support the Java programming language based on top of the X window system.

LinuxPlanet Window Managers Page  www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/subjects/432 Reviews of, and tutorials on, window managers under Linux, for beginners.

The Mass Interactive Desktop  5dwm.org A desktop environment that looks like an IRIX desktop.

mlvwm  www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~y-miyata/mlvwm.html Macintosh Like Virtual Window Manager.

Official AfterStep Development site  afterstep.sourceforge.net Site dedicated to Development of the AfterStep Window Manager. Includes HTMLized sources, daily activity log, and TODOs.

The Official AfterStep Site  www.afterstep.org NeXTStep-like windowmanager

Open Look Virtual Window Manager  www.plig.org/xwinman/olvwm.html Based on olwm. Allows large virtual desktops.

Openbox  icculus.org/openbox A standards compliant light-weight extensible window manager.

Oroborus  www.oroborus.org A very minimalistic, but still fully configurable windowmanager.

pekwm  pekwm.org A good looking but lean windowmanager with support for dockapps, tabbed windows, automatic window manipulation, dynamic menus, key sequences.

Pie Menu Window Manager  www.crynwr.com/piewm Minimal window manager that uses pie menus.

PWM  modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/pwm Lightweight window manager for X11 that lets multiple client windows attach to the same frame.

Ratpoison Window Manager  ratpoison.sourceforge.net A simple Window Manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations.

ROX Desktop  roscidus.com/desktop A desktop environment with some features of RISC OS.

Sawfish  sawfish.wikia.com An extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language. All window decorations are configurable and all user-interface policy is controlled through the extension language. This is no layer on top of twm, but a wholly new architecture.

The Scheme Configurable (Constraints?) Window Manager  scwm.sourceforge.net A highly configurable X Window manager written and configurable with Guile Scheme. An absolute must for any hardcore Schemer who uses X Window. Now at version 0.99.6.1 with Gnome support, a CORBA interface, a complex constraint system for pseudointelligent window placement and management, extremely flexible decoration configurability, and a GUI configuration interface for non-Scheme hackers, plus an assortment of decoration themes.

Small Window Manager  www.small-window-manager.de Minimal window manager intended for use with small screen sizes.

The Stump Window Manager  www.nongnu.org/stumpwm A tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written entirely in Common Lisp.

VTWM  www.kolumbus.fi/jtp/personal/vtwm A virtual window manager for the X Window System. It is based on twm, and can be used just like twm. It provides multiple virtual screens, a 3D look, and lots of neat features.

Window Manager Icons Distribution  wm-icons.sourceforge.net a project to provide an efficient configurable icon distribution

WindowLab  www.nickgravgaard.com/windowlab A small and simple window manager of novel design.

wm2  www.all-day-breakfast.com/wm2 Really minimal window manager

wmx  www.all-day-breakfast.com/wmx wmx is also a window manager. Home page quote : "wmx is a window manager for X. It's based on wm2, and it retains a similar look and feel, but it's intended to provide an experimental vehicle for features that fall comfortably outside the scope of the manifesto for the original wm2."

XD640  www.oksidizer.com/software/xd640.html A lightweight graphical desktop environment for X-Window designed for older computers running at 640x480 screen resolution.