Amiwm Explained

Amiwm
Developer:	Marcus Comstedt
Genre:	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.^[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

External links

• amiwm homepage
• amiwm's official github
• xwinman.org page on Amiwm
• amiwm patch to make it look like Amiga OS 1.x

Notes and References

1. News: Proffitt . Brian . October 4, 2000 . From the Desktop: Amiga, We Hardly Knew Ye, Looking at AmiWM . Linux Planet . September 5, 2017 .
2. Livermore. Chris. Christmas 1997 . NetBSD. Amiga Format . Future Publishing. 0957-4867. 105. 87.
3. Web site: July 20, 2010 . amiwm. September 5, 2017 .
4. Saunders. Mike . April 2007 . Skins alive! Old-school skin: Amiga Workbench. Linux Format . Future plc. 1470-4234. 91. 58.
5. News: Proffitt . Brian . October 4, 2000 . From the Desktop: Amiga, We Hardly Knew Ye - page 2, Looking at AmiWM . Linux Planet . September 5, 2017 .
6. Web site: March 15, 1998 . amiwm. https://web.archive.org/web/20100313174735/https://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html . March 13, 2010. September 5, 2017 .