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FLWM

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Developer(s)
  
Bill Spitzak

Operating system
  
Unix-like

Written in
  
C++

Platform
  
Linux

FLWM

Initial release
  
1998; 19 years ago (1998)

Stable release
  
1.02 / December 1, 2014; 2 years ago (2014-12-01)

The Fast Light Window Manager is a stacking window manager written in C++ and available for redistribution under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence. FLWM is the default window manager for Tiny Core Linux.

Features

Features of the FLWM window manager include:

  • Small (i386: 43.6 kB package, 156.0 kB installed, ia64: 58.1 kB package, 216.0 kB installed)
  • Stacking windows
  • Written in C++
  • Freely redistributable under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
  • Based on the FLTK toolkit
  • Window decorations include borders and a vertical titlebar
  • sloppy focus with click to focus (no autoraise)
  • Multiple desktops
  • Desktop switching via menu or through keyboard navigation
  • No support for themes
  • Colors can be customized only in source code with other options

    • References

    FLWM Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA