Top Window Managers for Linux
dynamic window manager or dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features and all this hype about remote control through a 9P...
QLBar is a toolbar gadget for X11 that contains icons and allows to launch associated applications quickly. Usually it appears as a one pixel high line placed at edge of the screen, because not to cover other windows.On mouse move on this line QLBar...
CTWM is a highly-configurable window manager based on the classic TWM window manager. It supports xpms, multiple workspaces, advanced icon managment, animated icons and backgrounds, 3D titles and borders, etc. It offers rudimentary Gnome support and is...
FVWM project is an extremely powerful ICCCM-compliant multiple virtual desktop window manager for the X Window system. Development is active, and support is excellent. Check it out!Features:cursor-pointer" onclick="spovl3hide();"> Application features...
xmonad is a tiling window manager for X. Windows are arranged automatically to tile the screen without gaps or overlap, maximizing screen use. Window manager features are accessible from the keyboard; a mouse is optional. xmonad is extensible in Haskell,...
Equinox Desktop Environment (shortly EDE) is small desktop environment, builted to be simple and fast. Comparing to other desktop environments, EDE is much faster and smaller in memory space (EDE's window manager use less memory than xterm).The word...
Etoile intends to be an innovative GNUstep based user environment built from the ground up on highly modular and light components with project and document orientation in mind, in order to allow users to create their own workflow by reshaping or...
CLFSWM is yet A(nother) Common Lisp FullScreen Window Manager.CLFSWM is a 100% Common Lisp X11 window manager (based on Tinywm and Stumpwm. Many thanks to them).It can be driven only with the keyboard or with the mouse. A display is divided in workspaces,...
lwm (Lightweight Window Manager) is a window manager for X that tries to keep out of your face. There are no icons, no button bars, no icon docks, no root menus, no nothing: if you want all that, then other programs can provide it.There's no...
IceWM is an open source software project that aims to deliver a basic, easy-to-use and unencumbered window manager for the X Window System, running on a wide range of GNU/Linux operating systems and trying to imitate the look and feel of Windows...
