Software:Amiwm

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Amiwm
Developer(s)Marcus Comstedt
TypeWindow manager
LicenseProprietary[lower-alpha 1]
Websitehttps://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.[1]

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.[2] 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".[3] AmiWM was not updated for years since the 1998 release, yet Linux Format magazine rated it as fast and reliable in 2007.[4] Although Marcus Comstedt included new features like support for AmigaOS 3.5 icons during internal development,[5] a new version was not released until 2010.[6]

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

  1. ↑ Source code available. The source code can be distributed unmodified for non-commercial purposes only. Modified source code cannot be distributed without the author's prior consent, but patches against the unmodified source code can be distributed.

References

  1. ↑ Proffitt, Brian (October 4, 2000). "From the Desktop: Amiga, We Hardly Knew Ye, Looking at AmiWM". Linux Planet. http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/opinions/2402/1. 
  2. ↑ Livermore, Chris (Christmas 1997). "NetBSD". Amiga Format (Future Publishing) (105): 87. ISSN 0957-4867. 
  3. ↑ "amiwm". July 20, 2010. https://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html. 
  4. ↑ Saunders, Mike (April 2007). "Skins alive! Old-school skin: Amiga Workbench". Linux Format (Future plc) (91): 58. ISSN 1470-4234. 
  5. ↑ Proffitt, Brian (October 4, 2000). "From the Desktop: Amiga, We Hardly Knew Ye - page 2, Looking at AmiWM". Linux Planet. http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/opinions/2402/2. 
  6. ↑ "amiwm". March 15, 1998. https://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html. 



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