Free Window Managers for Linux
Hackedbox provides a stripped down version of Blackbox - The X11 Window ManagerThe toolbar and Slit have been removed. The goal of Hackedbox is to be a small "feature-set" window manager, with no bloat.There are no plans to add any functionality, only...
Golem is a lightweight, fast window manager for X11 which is very customizable.Golem's development has stagnated for a while and Jordan has given the project to Bruce Ashfield. Bruce is currently working on a new release which will have some existing...
Techisa Desktop Environment is a lightweight alternative desktop environment developed using Qt.The project's goal is to provide users with a comfortable environment using as few resources as possible. Only a Brazillian Portuguese translation is currently...
The Aurora Project is an attempt to create a new generation of Linux distributions. It will try to break free from old patterns and establish Linux as a serious world player.Currently, Aurora Project consists of the Aurora Desktop Environment which,...
As its name implies, alloywm is a quite exquisite, aesthetic little window manager for X11. The premise of this window manager is not to be over-bloated like better known window managers such as KDE, and to keep the interface out of a user's way. Also,...
The UDE-Project is creating a new WM which will be a complete GUI in future. The project does not use any special GUI-Libraries such as QT or GTK+.We just use the standard Xlibs (both to keep UDE fast and slim and to avoid dependencies).UDE has a...
Ion is a tiling (no overlapping windows) window manager which also has PWM-style tabbed frames which can contain multiple client windows.These features help to keep windows organized and to switch quickly between them. Ion was designed primarily as an...
GNOME SlackBuild is a complete GNOME Desktop Environment for Slackware Linux 12.1, encompassing all the needed packages for a full, clean installation of GNOME for Slackware. It aims to provide a fully functional desktop, including a wide range of...
Firebox WM manages your windows. It tends to comply with the ICCCM/Motif/EWMH standards for window management. Firebox WM aims to be small and fast.Installation:The simplest way to compile this package is:1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's...
XD640 (X11 Desktop 640x480) project is a lightweight desktop environment and office suite.XD640 is a simple graphical desktop environment for X-Window. The goal is to create a set of light weight and fast applications running on a slow computer (i486...
