Amiwm

Amiwm
Developer(s)	Marcus Comstedt
Stable release	0.21pl2 / 20 July 2010
Type	Window manager
License	Proprietary
Website	http://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html

In computing, the AMIga Window Manager (amiwm) is a stacking window manager for the X Window System written by Marcus Comstedt.^[2]

The window manager emulates the Amiga Workbench and includes support for multiple virtual screens like the AmigaOS, but doesn't offer more functionality than standard Workbench.^[3] By the words of its author, "the purpose of amiwm is to make life more pleasant for Amiga-freaks like myself who has/wants to use UNIX workstations once in a while".^[4] AmiWM was not updated for years since the 1998 release, yet Linux Format magazine rated it as fast and reliable in 2007.^[5] Although Marcus Comstedt included new features like support for AmigaOS 3.5 icons during internal development,^[6] a new version was not released until 2010.^[7]

Features

Features of the amiwm window manager include:

Supports iconification of running tasks
Window borders
Window titlebars
Titlebar buttons for menu, minimize, maximize, and close
Desktop shortcuts

Notes

^ Source code available.

References

^ http://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Proffitt, Brian (October 4, 2000). "From the Desktop: Amiga, We Hardly Knew Ye, Looking at AmiWM". Linux Planet. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
^ Livermore, Chris (Christmas 1997). "NetBSD". Amiga Format. No. 105. Future Publishing. p. 87. ISSN 0957-4867.
^ "amiwm". July 20, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
^ Saunders, Mike (April 2007). "Skins alive! Old-school skin: Amiga Workbench". Linux Format. No. 91. Future plc. p. 58. ISSN 1470-4234.
^ Proffitt, Brian (October 4, 2000). "From the Desktop: Amiga, We Hardly Knew Ye - page 2, Looking at AmiWM". Linux Planet. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
^ "amiwm". March 15, 1998. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

External links

[2] Source code available.

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[3] Proffitt, Brian (October 4, 2000). "From the Desktop: Amiga, We Hardly Knew Ye, Looking at AmiWM". Linux Planet. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

[4] Livermore, Chris (Christmas 1997). "NetBSD". Amiga Format. No. 105. Future Publishing. p. 87. ISSN 0957-4867.

[5] "amiwm". July 20, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

[6] Saunders, Mike (April 2007). "Skins alive! Old-school skin: Amiga Workbench". Linux Format. No. 91. Future plc. p. 58. ISSN 1470-4234.

[7] Proffitt, Brian (October 4, 2000). "From the Desktop: Amiga, We Hardly Knew Ye - page 2, Looking at AmiWM". Linux Planet. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

[8] "amiwm". March 15, 1998. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

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