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Window Maker: X11 window manager with the look and feel of the NeXTSTEP UI


uction Window Maker is an X11 window manager originally designed to provide integration support for the GNUstep Desktop Environment, although it can run stand alone. In every way possible, it reproduces the elegant look and feel of the NeXTSTEP user interface.

Stacking window manager with ability for semi-automatic tiling management Lightweight and blazing fast Easy to use Highly configurable Ability to bind keyboard shortcut to wide set of actions Dynamic menu entries Small, dockable apps ( dockapps) Human readable config files and GUI prefs application Free and open source Active community from all of the world In screenshots section you can see examples of how users set up their desktops. Many distributions already have Window Maker included in their software repositories, so it could be installed directly from there.

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