| Developer(s) | Marcus Comstedt |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 0.21pl2[1] 
/ 20 July 2010 |
| Type | Window manager |
| License | Proprietary[a] |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Source code available.
References
[edit]- ^ 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. 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. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- ^ "amiwm". March 15, 1998. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
External links
[edit]- amiwm homepage
- amiwm's official github
- xwinman.org page on Amiwm
- amiwm patch to make it look like Amiga OS 1.x
| Desktop environments (comparison) |
| ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shells | |||||||||
| X window managers (comparison) |
| ||||||||
| Wayland compositors | |||||||||
| Related | |||||||||