awesome
awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, light, and extensible. It is primarily targeted at the power user, developer, and anyone dealing with everyday computing tasks who wants to have fine-grained control over a graphical environment.
| Tags | Desktop Environment Window Manager |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux Unix |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 04 Jun 2009 17:29
Changes: This version fixes error handling when no configuration file is found.
- 26 May 2009 15:53
Changes: This version fixes compatibility with Lua 5.1 and a problem with applications setting bad icons. It also reverts some changes about docking, making things more EWMH compliant.
- 18 May 2009 10:57
Changes: This version fixes a couple of issues in startup-notification handling. It also fixes a build issue on exotic operating systems.
- 08 May 2009 17:35
Changes: This version fixes a bunch of memory leaks and some positioning bugs in naughty.
- 02 May 2009 11:18
Changes: This version dropped socket support in favor of D-Bus. awful.menu can now use the keyboard for navigation. Wiboxes can have a background image. Beautiful now uses a file format based on Lua, which is more powerful. The launcher prompt now reports errors and starting/started events using startup-notification. Naughty can handle icons provided in raw format via D-Bus.
