Window Managers Archive

WindowMaker 0.92 Released

Submitted by OpenGLCoder 2005-07-05 Window Managers 19 Comments

WindowMaker 0.92 has been released. Many bugs have been fixed, among other things. You can download it here.

X Window Manager Benchmarks (E17 on Top)

Guest post by Hisham Mardam Bey 2005-06-09 Window Managers 125 Comments

After benchmarking an extensive set of Window Managers for X, we have found that Enlightenment DR17 comes out on top in terms of speed. The benchmark was performed on old (FVWM) and new (Metacity, new KDE / KWin) window managers and rated them in terms of window mapping and response time. The bechmark can be found here (both results and source).

Mezzo’s revolutionary desktop environment?

Submitted by Omega 2005-05-16 Window Managers 25 Comments

Have a look here for an appliance-like desktop environment.

Java Desktop for X v0.5 released

Submitted by Tay Hock Keong 2005-04-13 Window Managers 6 Comments

JD4X v0.5 now supports both jdk v1.4 or v1.5 (jdk 5). The binary version released is however, compiled for jdk 1.5 (jdk 5).

Blackbox is back

Guest post by Ciprian Popovici 2005-03-07 Window Managers 45 Comments

People have said many times that Blackbox development, the minimalist window manager for X, was dead. With sometimes as much as two and a half years passing between stable releases, I can see why they'd get such ideas.

New Enlightenment; Rasterman’s Opinions on xdevconf

Guest post by Diego Calleja 2005-02-22 Window Managers 110 Comments

Rasterman talks about other's opinions. As he says, E17 has several of the tecnoologies gnome and others are searching. He adds two videos as a proof with animate backgrounds and other things.Perhaps it's time for the linux desktop world to stop reinventing the wheel and collaborate one with each other. Gnome has things like accesibility and lots of apps, enlightenment has a very powerful rendering engine. It'd be a shame to see people reinventing the wheel.

Flush and the FVWM

Guest post by Tavis Ormandy 2005-02-21 Window Managers 57 Comments

I'd like to announce my new project, flush. Flush is a shell with a difference, you'll be able to execute simple commands like mv and rm, but there will be no support for scripting constructs, pipelines, globbing or substitution.

EDE 1.0.2 Released

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-04 Window Managers 33 Comments

The EDE Team presents version 1.0.2 of the Equinox Desktop Environment and version 2.0.4 of the Extended Fast Light Toolkit (eFLTK).

Matchbox 0.9 Released

Submitted by Matthew Allum 2005-01-04 Window Managers 10 Comments

Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited. Version 0.9 was released today.

Java Desktop for X

Submitted by Tay Hock Keong 2004-11-29 Window Managers 20 Comments

Want to try a real Java + Linux based desktop? JD4X and ZerahStar are joining efforts to produce a next generation desktop. It is still in very early stages of development but worth the try.

Window Maker 0.90.0 released

Submitted by Gürkan Sengün 2004-10-23 Window Managers 25 Comments

Window Maker, a window manager for X11 which mimics NEXTSTEP as close as possible, was released today. The most important news are antialiased fonts, UTF-8 support, font configuration in WPrefs, xinerama support, NetWM support (allows running well with GNOME 2.x, KDE 3.x) etc.

AfterStep 2.0 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-28 Window Managers 47 Comments

AfterStep is a Window Manager for X which started by emulating the NeXTSTEP look and feel, but which has been significantly altered according to the requests of various users. This release has improved stability and speed, an Ident module, updated docs, and added menu keyboard shortcuts. Wharf animation has been fixed, and there are many other bugfixes.

XPDE 0.5.1 Released

Submitted by Christopher Stone 2004-08-23 Window Managers 51 Comments

The XPde Team released XPde 0.5.1, the release that includes a Start Menu and fixes.

FVWM – Still Alive and Well

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-02 Window Managers 13 Comments

DistroWatch has a quick write up on the current status of FVWM, an old favorite.

Enlightenment Foundation Libraries Preview Release

Submitted by Witek Tarchalski 2004-08-01 Window Managers 84 Comments

The Enlightenment Foundation Libraries are a collection of libraries that make up the foundation of the future enlightenment-0.17 window manager, and of several applications:

IceWM – The Cool Window Manager

Guest post by Rahul Gaitonde 2004-07-22 Window Managers 67 Comments

IceWM is a lightweight window manager for UNIX-like systems. Although widely used, it is often underrated - there is hardly any IceWM-related content on the Internet. This article is my attempt to share my experiences as a longtime IceWM user. It contains tips and tricks, usage scenarios, and makes use of examples whenever possible to better demonstrate IceWM's features and capabilities. Finally, the article is meant for those with some familiarity with UNIX, but who are new to IceWM.

Waimea Developer Returns From Beyond

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-02 Window Managers 38 Comments

From Slashdot: Waimea 0.5.0 was released after about a year from the developer disappearing. It turns out he was just working on getting the OpenGL backend for Cairo completed. Waimea is the first window manager that uses Cairo for rendering.

Advanced Window Managers in the UNIX World

Guest post by Martin Stubenschrott 2004-05-06 Window Managers 72 Comments

In the Unix world of computing, it is possible to exchange your window manager with an advanced one. The window manager's main purpose is to move/resize windows on the screen. These improved window managers differ from the way people are used to interact with windows in the Microsoft Windows world.

XPDE 0.5.0 Released

Submitted by XulChris 2004-03-23 Window Managers 26 Comments

This is the first release of XPDE with a completely rewritten code base. A screenshot can be seen here. Go at TechDigest to pose your question for an interview with XPDE.

Equinox Desktop Environment 1.0.1 Released

Submitted by Maggot 2004-02-03 Window Managers 25 Comments

FLTK-based Equinox Desktop Environment (EDE) 1.0.1 is released. Current released features: Small memory footprint; Fast loading, comparing to other window managers; Theme support; Window decorations support; Xft support (text anti-aliasing support); Wallpaper support (support for may image formats); Taskbar with configurable menu, cpu status, easy keyboard type switching; Localisation support; Graphical front-end for: xscreensaver configuration, software installation (.rpm, .deb, .tgz), time and time-zone configuration fast file and directory finder.